Wolverine is a mutant superhero in the Marvel Comics universe and member of the X-Men.
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Is Wolverine sterile?
Pretty much just that...it seems like there would be a lot of little (and not so little) Wolverines running around by now if not. Surely this is addressed somewhere in the comics.
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Professor X's mind reading and Wolverine's adamantium skull
Can Professor X read the mind of Wolverine even if he has an adamantium skull?
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What are the exact parameters of Wolverine's healing factor? [duplicate]
Wolverine's healing factor seems to return him to the same state over and over again after injuries. But what about stuff like haircuts? Or nail clipping? Do they grow back to where they were before?
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Is The Wolverine based on any canonical source?
Watching the trailer of the upcoming The Wolverine I wondered, is it based on any canonical source?
So, is there any world / timeline / comic series where Wolverine either loses his regenerative ...
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Can Wolverine survive blood-borne diseases?
Wolverine's unique ability of cell regeneration almost makes him invincible but if he was to suffer from any blood borne disease in particular AIDS would he survive? AIDS affects the white blood cells ...
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Can Rogue harness Wolverine's adamantium blades after touching him?
Rogue has the ability to harness the abilities of other mutants for a short while upon any sort of skin contact. Upon touching Wolverine she is able to use his regenerative properties but what about ...
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How did Punisher kill Wolverine?
Of all the characters to kill off, Punisher, in a one-shot comic book called 'Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe', manages to finish off Wolverine.
The wiki article is vague; how does Punisher kill ...
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Do Wolverine's opponents bleed (and leave blood on the claws) in comics?
As per this question, in the movies, they don't show blood on Wolverine's claws (because MPAA ratings would suffer otherwise).
The implication seems to be that this is endemic to movies, and not the ...
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Why doesn't Blood stick on Wolverine's blades?
Wolverine has stabbed a number of opponents using his adamantium blades in the movies but every time he does so and takes out the blade from someones' body it's nice and shiny. There's not even a ...
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Are Wolverine's claws shrinking? [closed]
In X- Men Origins: Wolverine, Wolverine observes his metal claws in front of a mirror in the house of an old couple who had sheltered him. His blades appear a little big in comparison with the blade ...
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Did Wolverine's bones regenerate before being enhanced with Adamantium?
Wolverine had healing powers from the very start. Before Wolverine had his skeleton enhanced with Adamantium, his bones were breakable as shown in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Did his healing power ...
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Could a bullet made out of Muramasa blade kill Wolverine?
Murasama blade was described by Wolverine as "the only thing in the world that could put him down." as it cuts his skin at molecular level. If we harness a bullet out of the blade and shoot Wolverine ...
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Was Wolverine the first comic character to have long claws as their main identification?
When I picture wolverine in my mind I can't help but think of him with claws out. It is his single most identifiable trait. He has healing powers and strong olfactory senses but the claws are what ...
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Why is Wolverine's hand missing?
In the picture below it appears that (this version of) Wolverine has only got one hand and one set of claws, the other hand seems to be missing.
What happened to his missing hand and claws? How did ...
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Do Wolverine's cells ever die?
Wolverine has a prodigious healing factor, but does this mean that none of his cells ever die?
A lot of human cells naturally die and are replaced, such as hair and skin. Not to mention red blood ...
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Wolverine (with a criss crossed skin?) rescues the X-men which are in a strange hallucinated world
Some 20 years ago (I feel old: we are talking the first half of the 90s) I was reading (in italian translation, so probably we were lagging some years with respect to the original publication dates) ...
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Why were the colours of Wolverine's costume yellow and blue?
After a little Google search, I couldn't find a canonical answer regarding why Wolverine used to wear those colours. Is it maybe because Wolverine just likes those colours?
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Would Wolverine continue to function in a vacuum? [duplicate]
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Can Wolverine survive without oxygen?
The questions How to kill Wolverine? and Can Wolverine swim? don't seem to address what happens when Wolverine is in an oxygenless ...
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Wolverine and his Adamantium bones [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to kill Wolverine?
Weapon X or The Wolverine, in an experiment underwent injection of adamantium into his body that covered up his skeletal. This made him kind of ...
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Which Nightcrawler rescued Wolverine?
In Wolverine: Weapon X #9, Wolverine gets rescued from Dr Rot by Psylocke and Nightcrawler. In Uncanny X-Force, it's the Age of Apocalypse Nightcrawler that had joined Psylocke, Wolverine, etc. Is ...
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The Blackguards' powers in Wolverine: Weapon X?
In Wolverine: Weapon X, Wolverine encounters a set of humans "improved" by nanites that given them a lot of the powers that Wolverine himself has, including improved healing and claws. I ended up ...
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Wolverine's regeneration capabilities [duplicate]
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How much of Wolverine has to be left to heal?
If someone were to cut off a limb of Wolverine using a weapon sharp enough to cut Adamantium, would the limb regenerate ...
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How exactly do Wolverine's claws come out?
In answering this question Could Wolverine's claws be prevented from unsheathing if his wrists are bent? I couldn't find anything that actually described what caused Wolverines claws to pop out. ...
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Could Wolverine's claws be prevented from unsheathing if his wrists are bent?
When retracted, Wolverine's claws are stored in his arms. In order to unsheathed them, they must pass though his wrist and move along the space between his knuckles.
Due to the way Wolverine's claws ...
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Can Wolverine swim?
I am talking about of Wolverine with adamantium.
I don't know the weight of Wolverine, but is Wolverine with adamantium bones rather heavier than with calcium bones?
If some one have a canonical ...
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What psychological problems does Wolverine have?
What psychological issues has Wolverine's difficult life has left him with? I would prefer if they were explained using modern psychological definitions and techniques.
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Why is it called a “healing factor”?
Wikipedia and Marvel both list wolverines main mutation as a Healing Factor. A healing factor of...what? 2? 3? Over 9000?
Every time I've used the term 'factor' in the sense of it describing ...
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How can Wolverine stand with so much Adamantium?
Adamantium is an indestructible metal in the Marvel Comics. Wolverine was infused with the metal. But since the metal is indestructible it means it is dense, very dense.
How can Wolverine stand ...
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If Wolverine regenerated a limb, would it be covered in adamantium?
We've discussed Wolverine regenerating his body after nuclear explosions, but his adamantium-laced skeleton was left in tact afterwards.
After Magneto ripped the adamantium from his body, Wolverine ...
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When Wolverine regenerates, how does his hair know when to stop growing?
When Wolverine regenerates, why does his hair stop growing?
EDITED TO ADD:
In Avengers vs. X-Men #3, he goes from this
to this
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Will Wolverine ever die naturally?
Wolverine's incredible regeneration power heals and repairs his body against any damage. Does this power work against aging and tissue decaying processes? or, aging processes affect his regeneration ...
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In “Avengers vs X-Men”, how can heroes common to both teams fight?
Wolverine, Beast & Storm are members of both Avengers and X-Men. As they are common to both teams, how can they fight?
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Out of two organic lumps of Wolverine, what decides which one would regenerate to full Wolverine?
Wolverine has regenerated from his skeleton. He can return from even a single cell.
Cut down Wolverine's finger.. Finger will be grown up from body, but finger will not be grown up to full body. I ...
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How many times has Wolverine lost his memories?
I always laugh with my friends whenever Wolverine loses his memories. Fire an Adamantium bullet on his head or blow out his body.. He loses his memories & start gaining it over time.
I want to ...
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How does the Muramasa Blade block Wolverine's regeneration capability?
Wolverine's mutant powers can't heal him faster if he is wounded by the red Muramasa Blade (not the old black).
From the linked Wiki:
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Captain America, the sword was ...
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Where are Wolverine's memories stored while he is almost completely annihilated?
As we saw here, here and here (among others), Wolverine has regeneration powers that are somewhat impressive.
Here a quote from Thaddeus Howze's answer
As long as there is a single cell (I ...
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Can Wolverine survive without oxygen?
Wolverine has survived even a nuclear bomb. Even poisons don't work on him. He seems immortal due to his regeneration powers.
Can he survive without oxygen while his body exists in full working state ...
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How to kill Wolverine?
Wolverine is a tough man, his regeneration power makes him almost indestructible.
In the second X-men movie, Wolverine himself killed Deathstrike, a mutant that had the same regeneration power as ...
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Why are Wolverine and Kitty Pryde headmaster and headmistress?
I've just started reading the Wolverine and X-Men series without reading all the backstory and was wondering how on earth it was these two that ended up heading the new school, especially Wolverine? ...
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Is Wolverine an alcoholic?
Wolverine's love of beer is fairly well known. According to Wikipedia, he can even suffer the effects of intoxication if he binges.
However, does he have an actual alcohol dependence? Considering ...
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Why are Wolverine's teeth not Adamantium coated?
Wolverine's skeleton is fully coated with Adamantium, even his Claws. But his teeth don't seem to be Adamantium coated, or at least he doesn't have Jaws's smile. Why?
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What happened to the first nine weapon program?
Wolverine was created in the Weapon X program (in fact he became Weapon X). Does this mean there were nine other attempts at bonding adamantium to a skeleton, or does it mean there were 9 other ...
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Is Dog related to Wolverine?
I made a slight fool of myself when the Wolverine: Origin's film came out, touting that they got it all wrong saying that:
My information is from the cartoon series which treated them separately ...
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Where does Wolverine: Origins Leave off?
At the end of wolverines origin movie, he is in a bar in tokyo, with no memory of the Weapon X programme. Does this correspond to any particular story arc in the comics; the ending of one of the ...
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Should the Adamantium bullets have worked on Wolverine
In X-Men Origins: Wolverine has Adamantium bonded with his skeleton, after Wolverine escaped the operating room, Col. Striker is given a gun and Adamantium bullets.
But according to the quote from ...
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What is a good starting point to read about Wolverine and the X-Men?
Can someone direct me to which comic or series of comics to start reading so I can understand Logan's story line better?
Is there an order I should be reading the comics in? Is the X-Men story over?
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Could Wolverine survive a nuclear bomb?
According to the Marvel wiki on adamantium ,
A sufficient amount is capable of surviving multiple nuclear explosions with no damage.
And an answer on another question here says that Wolverine ...
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Why was Wolverine's life at risk during the Weapon X procedure?
If Logan was shot or stabbed thru the heart or brain, he wouldn't die because of his healing powers. Professor Xavier stating that if Wolverine would die if he were decapitated, so we know there are ...
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In X-Men Origins, why didn't Zero use adamantium bullets?
In the scene in X-Men Origins: Wolverine where wolverine has the adamantium bonded with his skeleton, after Wolverine escaped the operating room, Col. Striker ordered Zero (an expert marksman) to ...
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What is the meaning of Wolverine's “I can put six shots into a quarter…” statement?
In the Weapon X comic, Wolverine says "I can put six shots into a quarter... an' get change for the gum-machine." What does he mean by that? I read it here: ...
