Since Wolverine
is alive, it's no surprise that his family tree looks more like an orchard. The hero X-Man fathered dozens of known children, not to mention the countless others who could still exist. Wolverine has also been cloned more than a few times, leading to multiple variants of the mutant hero parading around the Marvel Universe. Unfortunately, not all of Logan's family members share his noblest characteristics.
Throughout his entire life, Wolverine has walked closely a delicate line of moral ambiguity. Although Logan has embraced his heroic nature, his relatives often tend towards villainy. By nature,
Wolverine is a wild beast
; it's technically a facet of his mutations. Whether it's a sibling, a son, or a clone, your family members often share your lethal hot-tempered tendencies. Of course, not all of Logan's spouses were heroes either. Although some members of his family, notably Laura and Gabby Kinney, embraced heroism as best they could, these ten relatives are far from heroic.
1
Daken
While Akihiro turned over a new leaf during
the Krakoa era
the vast majority of his comedic career was spent as a villain. While he was still inside the womb, Akihiro's mother was killed by the Winter Soldier. The fetus was separated from its mother by the ancient mutant Romulus before being abandoned on another family's doorstep. Akihiro bbecame the focus of serious neglect and abuseas well as a personal student of Romulus, transforming him into the monster known as “Daken”.
Like Daken, and later "Dark Wolverine", Akihiro was a brutal hunter, trained to disregard any life other than his own. Blaming Wolverine for everything wrong in his life, Akihiro spent decades hunting down his father, regardless of the cost. Wolverine's son took countless lives and committed multiple acts of domestic terrorism without a care in the world. but his short-sighted goals of revenge. Currently, the mutant is now an unwilling servant of Mephisto, unwittingly serving the Lord of Hell's infernal whims.
2
“Dog” Logan
Unfortunately, no one knows Dog's real name. Wolverine and Dog were half-brothers, joined by their father, Thomas Logan. While Wolverine lived with his supposed father John Howlett Sr. Dog became the target of his biological father's alcohol abuse. Dog was, as expected, treated no better than a dog, and even that is a generous description. Dog adopted some of his father's darker tendencies, turning the injured boy into another threat. In the night
Wolverine ran away from his home
Dog and Thomas went on a killing spree before Wolverine finally killed Thomas and scarred Dog's face.
Years later, Dog became obsessed with hunting Wolverine. After a brief encounter in early adulthood, their confrontation led to the death of their mutual childhood friend. This enraged Dog, only strengthening his resolve to kill Wolverine. Centuries later, Dog got a second chance and joined the Hellfire Academy as an instructor. However, he only took this position to prove that he was a better teacher than Wolverine. Although his current whereabouts are unknown, it appears that Dog has finally abandoned his lethal animosity towards his brother.
3
Destroy Darkholme
Raze Darkhölme is, as expected, the son of Wolverine and Mystique. Although this version of the character comes from a potential future timeline, he has hinted that his child self should already exist in the current time of Earth-616. Raze possesses the full spectrum of both parents' mutant abilities, although he prefers to rely more on his mother's powers. At some point during her adulthood, Raze killed Mystique and took her place. Some time later he joined forces with his half-brother, Carlos Xavier II, and the two created
a new Brotherhood of Mutants.
He planned to bring the multiverse's mutant refugees to Earth and establish a global mutant Republic.
More than anything, Raze is a radical. A selfish radical at that. Raze saw its greatest success during the No more humans story, when he traveled to Earth-616 and instantly moved all of humanity into a digital world. He planned to bring the multiverse's mutant refugees to Earth and establish a global mutant Republic. Unfortunately, this plot was a short-lived ego trip for Raze, who only wanted to present himself as a savior.
4
The mongrels
As previously mentioned, Wolverine has been around for a long time, having many partners and leaving behind many children. In one of his plots to kill Wolverine, Daken traveled the world collecting as many of his siblings as possible. It's unclear if the chosen mutants were told about their family heritage, as Wolverine didn't even know they were his children until after their deaths. The Mongrels were then handed over to a cult of individuals who held a grudge against Wolverine.
The Mongrels became the organization's attack dogs, sent to attack and torture Logan's friends and family. The Mongrels and Wolverine finally clashed, leading to the Mongrels' deaths at Logan's hands. Regardless, none of the Mongrels are particularly unique. Unfortunately, only one of its members has mutant powers, making victory easy for Wolverine.
5
Varkis
In a unique crossover with Blade, Wolverine and
the Daywalker
discover a cult of mystical vampires. After seemingly defeating them, the last survivors gathered pieces of Wolverine to transform into their next messiah. Accelerated through black magic, Varkis, a vampiric copy of Wolverine, was created. Varkis possesses all of Wolverine's mutant abilities, along with the naturally enhanced strength of a standard vampire.
Thanks to his healing factor, Varkis can even withstand the brutal incendiary style of vampiric death. Even more terrifying is his primal rage. One of Wolverine's mutations enhances his natural senses and strength at the expense of his mind. Combining this power with the already primitive nature of a vampire, Varkis is a bestial force of dark magic and mutant fury.
6
Bellona
Bellona, like Gabby Kinney, is a clone of Laura Kinney. Technically the genetic daughter of Wolverine, Bellona was created alongside Gabby and eight other clones to serve as bodyguards and live weapons for Alchemax customers. Bellona and her sisters were mercilessly brutalized during their training, killing six and inspiring Bellona, Gabby, and two others to escape. Bellona is the most violent of Laura's clones, which makes her an enduring covert ops mercenary despite not having mutant abilities. That said, Alchemax artificially enhanced her to be insensitive to pain and implanted her
with adamantium claws
.
In her freedom, Bellona launched a series of attacks against Alchemax before becoming a skilled mercenary. From Kimura, Laura's original handler, to Madame Masque, Bellona has no clear morals when it comes to your customers. However, like Laura and her other sisters, Bellona has a clear hatred for child abusers and traffickers.
7
Viper
Wolverine and Viper were students of a woman named Seraph until she died and made Wolverine swear an oath of loyalty to Viper. Originally known as Madame Hydra, Viper rose through the ranks before being deposed. From then on she joined and
reformed the Serpent Society
before leaving for Madripoor. She summoned Wolverine and invoked his loyalty oath, forcing Logan to marry her.
Viper became a notable Avengers villain during the Secret Empire plot.
Through your status, Viper took control of Madripoor. However, after Viper was possessed by a demonic spirit, Wolverine was forced to savagely beat her. In exchange for medical treatment, Wolverine demanded a divorce. Although she has not often been an X-Men villain, Viper has become a notable villain for the Avengers during the Secret Empire plot.
8
X's weapons
During
the Krakoa era
Beast was put in charge of the country's intelligence security. For the safety of Krakoa, the Beast began to severely cross moral boundaries in his experiments. He kidnapped one of Wolverine's backup clones, choosing to maintain his savage nature, and turned him into an absurdly powerful attack dog. After catching Wolverine's attention, Beast moved in and expanded his operation.
Beast began cloning more duplicates of Wolverine, making each of them physical copies of Logan during
the Weapon X program
. Through this new project, Weapons of X, Beast has amassed a small army of Wolverines. These Weapon X duplicates are already destructively unstable powers, but under the Beast's control, they became a tyrannical force that slaughtered countless innocents in the name of Krakoa.
9
Shogun
After one of his many deaths, Wolverine was resurrected by a witch in the service of the Hand. However, before replacing his soul in his body, the witch took a portion to be recreated as his personal servant. This masked villain was known as the Shogun and briefly served as one of the Hand's most violent assassins.
However, Shogun was not very powerful. The witch Phaedra placed Wolverine's soul in an inanimate suit of armor, leaving the being voiceless and truly bodiless. This meant that Shogun did not possess any of Wolverine's strength and powers. Instead, Shogun relied on his absent form as a means of near-immortality in combat. Wolverine ultimately decided that the best way to get his soul back would be to blow up Shogun.
10
Thomas Logan
While he may not be a supervillain, Wolverine's biological father is the first true villain in Wolverine's life. Thomas Logan, caretaker of the Howlett Family Estate, had an affair with the owner's wife, Elizabeth. As mentioned before, Thomas was a violent drunk who despised John Howlett, taking out his anger on his son Dog. When the Logans were banished from the property, Thomas and Dog returned, killing the entire team and John Howlett Sr.
It was at this moment that Wolverine's mutant abilities developed. The young mutant stabbed his biological father in the back, killing him. From that moment on, Wolverine adopted the name Logan to hide his identity. Over 100 years later, Thomas Logan has been seen waiting in Hell several times. After Wolverine killed the Mongrels, there Thomas waited, ready to welcome each Logan into his special pit in Hell.