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Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)

The Religious Affiliation of
Wolverine
James Howlett / Logan

Religion: raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker CBR Scale: S

Name: Wolverine

Alter Ego: James Howlett / Logan

Other Names: Patch

Classification: hero hero  

Publisher(s): Marvel

First Appearance: The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #180 (Oct. 1974): "And the Wind Howls...Wendigo!"

Creators: Len Wein, Herb Trimpe, Jack Abel

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 10,615

   Comic Book Appearances: 10,329

   TV, Film Appearances: 267

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 19

Teams/Affiliations: Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive

Enemy of: Wendigo

Birth Place: Alberta, Canada

Race: white

Gender: male

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Wolverine is still a member of the X-Men 150 years in in the future, as depicted in the "Here Comes Tomorrow" storyline presented in New X-Men (vol. 1) #s 151-154.


This character is in the following 1182 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The 3-Minute Sketchbook #1 (Oct. 2007)
A+X #1 (Dec. 2012): "Cake" (lead character)
The Adventures of the X-Men #12 (Mar. 1997): "Better to Light a Small Candle..."
Alpha Flight (vol. 1) #40 (Nov. 1986): "Love" (only on cover)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1 (Jan. 2010) (1-panel cameo)
The Astonishing X-Men
Astonishing X-Men Saga #1 (Mar. 2006)
Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special (July 2008)
Astonishing X-Men/Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Sketchbook (Sep. 2009)
Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis
The Avengers
Avengers Academy #38 (Dec. 2012): "Crosstown Rivals"
Avengers Assemble (vol. 1) #1 (July 2010)
Battletide
Bizarre Adventures #27 (July 1981): "Show Me the Way to Go Home..."
Black Panther
Cable & Deadpool #44 (Oct. 2007): "Head Games"
Cable (vol. 2) #10 (Mar. 2009): "Waiting For the End of the World Part Four: The Last Hope"
Captain America
Captain America: The Legend #1 (Sep. 1996)
Cerebus #56 (Nov. 1983): "Origin of the Wolveroach, Part 3: The Mystic We" (character based on)
Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (Mar. 2007)
Classic X-Men
Claws
Cloak and Dagger (vol. 2) #9 (Nov. 1986): "The Lady and the Unicorn" (only on cover)
Codename: Genetix #1 (Jan. 1993): "Nature of the Beast! Part 1"
Contest of Champions II
Daredevil
The Daredevils #9 (Sep. 1983): "What If: Obnoxio the Clown Fought Crime?" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Dark Angel #9 (Apr. 1993): "Assassination, Part One"
Dark Avengers
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (Nov. 2009): "Utopia: Conclusion"
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 (Aug. 2009): "Utopia: Part 1" (1-panel cameo)
Dark Reign: Mr. Negative #2 (Sep. 2009): "Battle for Chinatown" (mentioned)
Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1 (Nov. 2009) (mentioned)
Dark Reign: Young Avengers
Dark Wolverine
Dark X-Men
Dark X-Men: The Beginning
Darkhawk
The Darkness / Wolverine #1 (Sep. 2006): "Old Wounds" (lead character)
DC/Marvel All Access
Deadpool
Deathlok (vol. 2) #31 (Jan. 1994): "Deja Vu (Cyberstrike Part 1 of 4)" (alternative reality version)
The Defenders
Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #1 (Nov. 1988): "Love is the Spell. The Spell is Death!" (cameo)
Doomwar #6 (Sep. 2010): "Doomwar, Part 6" (cameo)
Elektra
Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer
Essential Spider-Woman #2 (25 June 2007): "Cry, Mutant!"
Excalibur
Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem (Dec. 1989): "Mojo Mayhem" (clone of)
Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America #1 (June 2007): "Denial" (lead character)
Fantastic Four Annual #23 (1990): "When Franklin Comes Marchin' Home"
Gambit
Ghost Rider / Wolverine / Punisher: The Dark Design (Dec. 1994): "The Dark Design"
Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 (July 2008): "Gone"
Giant-Size Avengers
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (July 1975): "Second Genesis"
GLA #2 (July 2005): "Dismembership Drive" (cameo)
Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1 (Nov. 1988): "Mexican Standoff" (lead character)
Hawkeye
Heroes for Hire
House of M #4 (Sep. 2005)
Hulk
Hulk/Wolverine: Six Hours #1 (Mar. 2003): "Six Hours: Part One" (lead character)
I [heart] Marvel: Mutant Heart #1 (Apr. 2006): "The Promise" (lead character)
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Fist / Wolverine: The Return of K'un Lun
Iron Man (vol. 1) #212 (Nov. 1986): "Precious Legacy" (only on cover)
J2 #10 (July 1999): "On the Road with Wolverine"
JLA #1 (Jan. 1997): "Them!" (1-panel cameo)
Jubilee
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (2013)
Machine Man & Bastion Annual '98 (June 1998): "Deus X Machina" (cameo)
Magik
Marvel Age Annual
Marvel Collector's Edition
Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Double-Shot #3 (Mar. 2003): "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (1-panel cameo)
Marvel Fanfare
Marvel Graphic Novel #50 (1989): "Wolverine / Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection" (lead character)
Marvel Holiday Special #1 (Dec. 1991): untitled illustration
Marvel Holiday Special 1993
Marvel Holiday Special '96 (Dec. 1996): "Humbug!" (lead character)
Marvel Knights 4
Marvel Knights Spider-Man
Marvel Legacy: The 1980s Handbook (Mar. 2007)
Marvel Super Hero Squad (20 Oct. 2009)
Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions
Marvel Super-Heroes
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars
Marvel Team-Up
Marvel Universe: The End
Marvel Year-in-Review #4 (1992)
Marvel: Shadows and Light #1 (Feb. 1997): "The Spoon Job" (lead character)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (24 Oct. 2006)
Maximum Security #3 (Jan. 2001): "Whatever the Cost!"
Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet #1 (Oct. 2000): "A Very Dangerous Planet" (1-panel cameo)
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #23 (May 2009) (1-panel cameo)
The Mighty World of Marvel (vol. 2) #7 (Dec. 1983): "Loss" (lead character)
Ms. Marvel
Mystique
The New Avengers
The New Avengers 100 Project (May 2011)
The New Mutants
New Thunderbolts
New X-Men
Nightcrawler
normalman - Megaton Man #1 (Aug. 1994): "Lest No Bridge Be Unburned" (cameo)
One-Shot Parody Issue #1 (1986): "Xmen (pronounced Zhmen -- 1 syllable)"
The Order
Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7 (1987): "The Honeymoon" (only on cover)
Punisher (vol. 8) #1 (Mar. 2009): "The Punisher Saga"
Rune (vol. 2) #2 (Nov. 1995): "Red Shift Rune"
Scarlet Spider
The Secret Defenders
Secret War
Secret Wars II
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack #35 (Apr. 1995): untitled "Li'l Silvie" feature (cameo)
Sleepwalker #3 (Aug. 1991): "Theater of Madness!" (dream)
Special Edition X-Men #1 (Feb. 1983): "Second Genesis"
Spider-Man & Wolverine
Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1 (Feb. 1987): "High Tide" (lead character)
Spider-Woman (vol. 4) #7 (May 2010): "Agent of S.W.O.R.D.: Part 7"
Strange Tales (vol. 5) #1 (Nov. 2009): "The Blue Hair" (lead character)
Super-Villain Team-Up #14 (Oct. 1977): "A World For the Winning!" (cameo)
Tales from the Age of Apocalypse #2 (Dec. 1997): "Sinister Bloodlines" (photo/picture/video)
The Thing (vol. 2) #8 (Aug. 2006): "Last Hand"
Thunderbolts
Ultimate Nightmare
Ultimate Spider-Man #90 (Apr. 2006): "Silver Sable: Part 5: "Hey, wait up!! You can't just leave now!""
Ultimate X-Men #44 (June 2004): "New Mutants, Part Five"
Uncanny Avengers #1 (Dec. 2012): "New Union"
The Uncanny X-Men
Union Jack (vol. 2) #1 (Nov. 2006): "Enemies of the Crown" (cameo)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #-1 (July 1997): "There's a Man who Leads a Life of Danger!"
Venom (vol. 2) #13.3 (Apr. 2012): "Circle of Four: Part Four" (vision)
Warheads
Weapon X
Weapon X: The Draft - Agent Zero #1 (Oct. 2002): "Initiation"
What If? Astonishing X-Men
The Wolverine (2013) (lead character)
Wolverine / Captain America
Wolverine / Punisher
Wolverine / The Punisher: Revelation
Wolverine
Wolverine/Gambit: Victims
Wolverine: First Class
Wolverine: Global Jeopardy #1 (Dec. 1993): "The Heart of Animals" (lead character)
Wolverine: Inner Fury (Nov. 1992) (lead character)
Wolverine: Mr. X #1 (May 2010): "Unfinished Business" (lead character)
Wolverine: Origins
Wolverine: Rahne of Terra (Aug. 1991) (lead character)
Wolverine: Saudade
Wolverine: Snikt!
Wolverine: Soultaker #1 (May 2005): "Chapter One: The Mark of Mana" (lead character)
Wolverine: The Best There Is
X Necrosha #1 (Dec. 2009): "Necrosha: Chapter One"
X-Factor
X-Force
X-Men
X-Men and Captain Universe #1 (Dec. 1994): "Sleeping Giants"
The X-Men and the Micronauts #1 (Jan. 1984): "First Encounter"
X-Men Annual (vol. 2) #1 (Mar. 2007): "Covenant" (1-panel cameo)
X-Men Forever
X-Men Origins: Emma Frost
X-Men Unlimited
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One-Shot
X-Men: Alpha #1 (Feb. 1995): "Beginnings..."
X-Men: Black Sun
X-Men: Divided We Stand
X-Men: Legacy
X-Men: Liberators
X-Men: Millennial Visions
X-Men: Millennial Visions 2001
X-Treme X-Men
X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land
X-Treme X-Men: X-Pose
X2 (2003) (lead character)
Young Avengers
Young X-Men


Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Wolverine.html
  - http://www.comicvine.com/wolverine/29-1440/
  - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001095/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/wolvwolz.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/loglorc.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/x0xmxz.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/ultimateuniverse.html
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/w2.html
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/MC2Handbook/wmc2.html
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/ageofapocalypse.html
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/wbwei.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/xaxz.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/x0xaxl.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/meamem.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/tbtel.htm
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/James_Howlett_(Earth-8280)