Wolverine Is not just a guy with claws and a healing factor. He is an animalistic hero who is hardly a mutant. There are plenty of reasons for a man with an anger problem to be a frenzied fighter, considering his traumatic backstory and just how many times Marvel has tried to kill him – but The new era of Wolverine is pulling no punches.
Right outside the gate, Wolverine shows off his metal, which goes beyond the metal of his adamantium skeleton. in Wolverine #1By the new team of Saladin Ahmed, MartÃn Cóccolo and Bryan Valenza, Cyber ​​​​is the renamed version of ​​an old Wolverine villain who seeks to hunt down Logan and put him down as a wild and mad animal. But when they face off, Wolverine does much more than just win the battle. After Logan defeats Saber, he remarks that while Saber’s skin may be adamantium, his insides are not, and he proceeds to slow the villain into a pulp. Not only that, but he strikes out one of his eyes in a cruel display to show that The new Wolverine has completely abandoned his humanity.
Wolverine is now more animal than human
Wolverine trades his title for a Wolf Lake myth
Wolverine has always been something of an anti-hero, considering how he has no qualms about killing, like some other heroes. And while the latest issue isn’t the first of Wolverine’s blood-soaked rides, it’s one of the first times that Wolverine has taken the next step in his evolution. He has always been a predator, but in this battle sequence, There is a severe lack of humanity. And the battle is not the only way this is seen.
It seems like Wolverine is making his transition from a hero with a figure to an animal most fans don’t really know anything about. A hero of wolf-like symbolism. Logan is seen running with the wolves, fully accepted by them unlike the humans and the mutants who did not accept him, and later remarks that he defends his pack in battle. Wolverine has fully embraced his animal side, but he has graduated from just being Wolverine, into the symbol of a much more menacing wild animal.
This isn’t Wolverine’s first run at losing his humanity
Wolverine got a terrible redesign X-Men
This isn’t even Wolverine’s most gruesome look, considering he has an animalistic redesign that gets rid of his human nose. in X-Men #25 By Fabian Nicieza, Andy Kubert and Matt Ryan, Magneto pulled all the adamantium from Wolverine’s skeleton, revealing that the Weapon X program had only stopped his mutation. What emerged was a fully mutant Wolverine that became a Hulk-like animal with bone claws and a gigantic body.
But neither this version nor Old Man Logan or any of the other versions of Wolverine can compete with the latest Wolverine. Although he has not physically transformed into any animal version of himself, it is the inside that is slowly changing. His humanity is disappearing with every kill and every storm he enters. The first wolverine was a crazy animal – this wolverine is a skilled predator, extremely intelligent even in his blood.
Wolverine tapped into his animal instincts as a vampire lord
Wolverine keeps getting darker and grittier
There is also a version of Wolverine that was briefly transformed into a vampire lord, where his animal instincts and his hunt for blood were only heightened. This, again, is another example of an outside factor bringing out the innate instinct in Logan. Although all the versions of Wolverine may seem scary, the scariest part of his character is this He had the animal instinct and the desire to chase everything.
It seems through all the story arcs that Marvel has always meant Wolverine to be its darkest, wildest character. It’s no secret that Wolverine loves to kill. But his recent brutalization of Saber shows that he is completing his evolution into a being who has finally and completely lost his humanity. Wolverine can come back to the side of heroes only so many times until he is lost in the storm forever.
Is Wolverine still a hero?
Or is he more animal than man?
In the case of Wolverine #1He does more than go to the dark side – he plays with his food, as he allows Saber to escape, bleeding in the snow, a meal to catch at a later date. Wolverine loves the hunt and the chase. Again, Wolverine is not just an unintelligent animal that loves to kill. He’s a predator, and the worst thing a villain can do is run away from Wolverine – It just means he will be hunting you later.
In the end, Wolverine decides to help a wounded Nightcrawler, showing an aspect of his wolf side that resembles humanity. After all, animals are not monsters. Even though he’s officially leaving the X-Men, Wolverine has a pack, and he’ll always protect his friends no matter what. But the way he protects his friends is so brutal and so dark that in the end, Wolverine can’t look like a hero anymore.