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The Wolverine
Background:
The Character Wolverine was first introduced in 1974. He's part of a sub-human species known as mutants. Mutants have special abilities that no one else has, some can fly while others can change their appearance. Wolverine's superhuman ability is super fast healing and bones come out of his hands, in between his knuckles. His skin splits and bleeds each time they come out, but they just heal too fast for him to bleed. Wolverine's real name is Jame Howlett and he was born in Canada. His parents were a rich couple but it was revealed in his late adolescence that he was actually the illegitimate son of the grounds keeper, Thomas Logan. His biological father ends up killing his adopted father and James kills him in return with his claws. This is the first time they appear because mutations are triggered by a traumatic event. His mother kicks him out of the house and then commits suicide. He runs away with his friend Rose and used the name Logan. However he ends up killing Rose with his claws. After that traumatic event he lives with wolves for a while.
He's drafted into World War II and fights alongside Captain America. Then he's recruited by the CIA to be a part of a specail black ops unit called Team X. AS a result, he's given false memories. He doesn't remember his actual life, instead the one the CIA gave him. he breaks free and joins the Canadian Defense Ministry. However, they end up capturing him and torturing him. They inject his system with adamantium, which is the strongest metal known to the earth. They turn his bones, and by extension his claws, intometal. He has literally become indestructible. Thus he is transformed into the Wolverine.
He's drafted into World War II and fights alongside Captain America. Then he's recruited by the CIA to be a part of a specail black ops unit called Team X. AS a result, he's given false memories. He doesn't remember his actual life, instead the one the CIA gave him. he breaks free and joins the Canadian Defense Ministry. However, they end up capturing him and torturing him. They inject his system with adamantium, which is the strongest metal known to the earth. They turn his bones, and by extension his claws, intometal. He has literally become indestructible. Thus he is transformed into the Wolverine.
X-Men:
X-Men is a group formed by Charles Xavier, or Professor X, of mutants that band together to fight crime. It started out as a school where Professor X taught mutant students to control their powers and learn to live with them. Characters like Wolverine, Storm, Cyclopes, Iceman, Beast, and Phoenix become professors as well, teaching people from their experiences.
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Movie Appearances:
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Hugh Jackman has been playing Wolverine, Logan, since 2000. That's when the first X-Men movie came out. The sequel is called X2: X-Men United and it was released in 2003. X-Men: The Last Stand was released in 2006. Then X-Men Origins: Wolverine came out in 2009. In 2011 Hugh Jackman briefly made an appearance in X-Men: First Class. In 2013 he has his own movie called, simply, The Wolverine. X-Men: Days of Future Past was released in 2014. In 2016, X-Men: Apocalypse will come out. And in 2017 another Wolverine movie will be released, however it has not been titled yet. Hugh Jackman is, arguably, the most important Marvel character.
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