The Reavers are a fictional team of criminal cyborgs appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .
81-788: [REDACTED] Look up reaver in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reaver or Reavers may refer to: Fictional characters [ edit ] Reavers (comics) , cyborgs in Marvel Comics Reaver ( Firefly ) , in the 2002 TV series, and the related movie Serenity villains in the 2017 film Logan a group of monster hunters in Andrzej Sapkowski 's 1992 short story collection Sword of Destiny , part of The Witcher series an enemy in The Runelords book series by David Farland
162-463: A Japanese American , Hama argued that his depiction was somewhat more authentic than previous American superhero stories told in Japan. In 1991, Wolverine also appeared in a one-shot story written by Howard Mackie and penciled by John Romita Jr. , co-starring with Punisher and Ghost Rider . John Romita Jr. acknowledged primarily commercial motivations, because, as he said at the time, these three "are
243-644: A career as a mercenary . He serves with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during D-Day , and later with the CIA before being recruited by Team X , a black ops unit. Sometime after WWII and before joining Team X, Logan spends time in Madripoor before settling in Japan , where he marries Itsu . While Logan is away from home, Romulus sends the Winter Soldier to kill the pregnant Itsu and has her baby taken from her womb;
324-422: A character specifically named Wolverine, who was a Canadian of small stature and with a wolverine 's fierce temper. John Romita Sr. designed the first Wolverine costume, and believes he introduced the retractable claws, saying, "When I make a design, I want it to be practical and functional. I thought, 'If a man has claws like that, how does he scratch his nose or tie his shoelaces?'" Wolverine first appeared in
405-487: A comic writer and commentator, argues that this series was particularly significant in establishing the character's popularity: "Before Claremont and Miller created the Wolverine series, Logan wasn't a key figure, but the creation of this series is when Wolverine became Marvel's Batman ." In this period, Wolverine's appearance and characterization were particularly influenced by the film roles of Clint Eastwood , particularly
486-537: A crossover graphic novel with Nick Fury , written by Archie Goodwin with art by Howard Chaykin . He appeared in a second self-contained story taking place in the Savage Land written by Walter Simonson and illustrated by Mike Mignola the following year. Larry Hama took over the ongoing series and had a seven-year run, from 1990 to 1997. In the first years of the 1990s, the series was usually illustrated by Marc Silvestri . Following Silvestri's departure in 1992,
567-495: A distance as if he were a projectile weapon. This tactic recurs in many future battles. In The Dark Phoenix Saga , Jean Grey apparently sacrifices herself after transforming into the Phoenix Force , thereby temporarily ending the love triangle among herself, Wolverine, and Cyclops. While his teammates often distrust him, Wolverine is invaluable in rescuing the others and defeating their enemies, particularly in their conflict with
648-812: A father figure. She eventually learns that he is actually her biological father. In the Enemy of the State story line, Wolverine is brainwashed by the Hand . He battles Elektra, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Fantastic Four . He also attacks the X-Mansion and kills Northstar . Wolverine is captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and submitted to VR reprogramming. He turns against the Hand. In the House of M story line, Scarlet Witch drastically transforms reality. As
729-439: A few issues, Wolverine remains in a bestial state in which he is less articulate and shrewd. In this period, Val Semeiks is usually the penciller. Sales for X-Men comics declined somewhat at the turn of the 21st century, and Grant Morrison was hired to revive interest in the characters, including Wolverine, by means of the more experimental New X-Men . Frank Quitely and Chris Bachalo drew many of these issues, as well as
810-475: A four-part eponymous limited series in 1982, which debuted Wolverine's catchphrase , "I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice." The subsequent 1991 Weapon X storyline by Barry Windsor-Smith established that Wolverine had received the adamantium grafted to his skeleton in a torturous process conducted by a secret government project intended to create a super soldier, and that this experience led to post-traumatic amnesia . Wolverine
891-702: A group of Australian cyborgs who formed the original 'Reavers', along with other cyborgs. The Reavers are not to be confused with the Reavers who are involved in the histories of the Guardians of the Galaxy members Starhawk and Aleta . The Reavers appeared in the 2017 film Logan with their leader Donald Pierce portrayed by Boyd Holbrook . The Reavers first appeared in the comic title Uncanny X-Men #229 (May 1988) and were created by Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri . The original group of cyborgs calling themselves
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#1732854906421972-472: A longer, monthly run and afterwards Paul Smith , John Romita Jr. , Marc Silvestri and Jim Lee were frequent artists on this series. He remained a significant protagonist in this series until Chris Claremont left the title to write the new X-Men (vol. 2) and Wolverine transitioned to this new series. The character's growing popularity led to a solo, four-issue series, Wolverine (September–December 1982), by Claremont and Frank Miller. Elliott Serrano,
1053-621: A more psychedelic aesthetic and storytelling style. In 1993, the Wolverine ongoing series was often drawn by Dwayne Turner . Other writers who wrote for the Wolverine ongoing series include Peter David , Archie Goodwin , Erik Larsen , Frank Tieri, Greg Rucka , Mark Millar , and Gregg Hurwitz . Many artists have also worked on the series, including John Byrne, Gene Colan, Marc Silvestri, Mark Texeira , Adam Kubert , Leinil Francis Yu , Rob Liefeld , Sean Chen , Darick Robertson , John Romita Jr. , Joe Madureira , and Humberto Ramos . In
1134-490: A mutated wolverine cub, and that this rekindled Wein's frustration. He again stated that he had "always known that Wolverine was a mutant." In an article about the evolution of Wolverine included in a 1986 reprint of The Incredible Hulk #180–181, titled Incredible Hulk and Wolverine , Cockrum said he considered having the High Evolutionary play a vital role in making Wolverine a human. Writer Wein wanted Wolverine to be
1215-486: A mysterious masked mutant Wildlife, who is actually an amnesiac Beast , the former X-Men member, until the arrival of former Secret Empire agent, Linda Donaldson recovers Beast's memories. Wolverine kills Living Diamond for killing both Beast and Linda. Before taking Mesmero away, as Wolverine's old mask was heavily damaged, Wolverine takes Beast's Wildlife mask, which then becomes his iconic mask he uses through years. Later, Professor Charles Xavier recruits Wolverine to
1296-580: A new costume for Wolverine (taken from his adversary Fang ) in the final issue of his run, but it was dropped one issue into Byrne's run because he and Cockrum alike found it painfully difficult to draw. In 1979, Wolverine featured in his first solo story, "At the Sign of a Lion", published in Marvel Comic #335 (UK). Written by Mary Jo Duffy , with pencils by Ken Landgraf and inks by George Pérez —marking Pérez's debut as an inker—the story centers on Wolverine as
1377-535: A new iteration of his superhero-mutant team, the X-Men , along with Banshee , Storm , Nightcrawler , and Colossus . He competes with Cyclops for the affection of Jean Grey . It was later revealed that Wolverine had been sent to assassinate Xavier, who wiped Logan's memories and forced him to join the X-Men. X-Men #100 introduces the fastball special, a combat maneuver in which the super-strong Colossus throws Wolverine at
1458-435: A pirate lord in the video games Fable II (2008) and Fable III (2010) a class specialization in the video game Dark Age of Camelot a class specialization in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition a unit in the video game StarCraft a bandit faction in the add on for The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon and The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn video games Morrowind and Skyrim an enemy type in
1539-686: A returning Mark Silvestri. Subsequently, he featured in the Astonishing X-Men series initially written by Joss Whedon and illustrated by John Cassaday . At the turn of the century, in addition to the Wolverine series and appearances in the various X-Men series, another publication expanded upon the character's past: Origin , a six-issue limited series by co-writers Joe Quesada , Paul Jenkins , and Bill Jemas and artist Andy Kubert (Nov. 2001 – July 2002). A second solo series, Wolverine: Origins , written by Daniel Way with art by Steve Dillon , spun off of , and ran concurrently with,
1620-419: A revamped version of the superhero team the X-Men; writer Chris Claremont , artist Dave Cockrum and artist-writer John Byrne would play significant roles in the character's development. In 1979, Wolverine featured in his first solo story, published in Marvel Comic #335 (UK). His position as a standalone character further advanced when artist Frank Miller collaborated with Claremont to revise Wolverine with
1701-461: A similar origin for Wolverine in the Marvel continuity, having feral mutants be an evolved lifeform. John Byrne said, both in interviews and on his website, that he drew a possible face for Wolverine, but then learned that Dave Cockrum had already drawn him unmasked in X-Men #98 (April 1976), long before Byrne's run on the series. Later, Byrne used the drawing for the face of Sabretooth , an enemy of
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#17328549064211782-618: A specific team of supervillains, the Ultimate Marvel version of the Reavers are human gladiators who have undergone surgery to become cyborgs for the specific purpose of hunting down mutants on live television for the Genoshan Government under Mojo Adams . They are led by the deranged Mutant-hunter Sgt. Wade "Wadey" Wilson aka Deadpool . Some do retain the names of the Earth-616 Reavers, such as 'Bonebreaker'. Another known one
1863-443: A trademark of the character. Chris Claremont took the name Logan from Canada's Mount Logan , stating that "the idea was the tallest mountain being the name of the shortest character". A revival of X-Men followed, beginning with X-Men #94 (August 1975), drawn by Cockrum and written by Chris Claremont. In X-Men and Uncanny X-Men , Wolverine is initially overshadowed by the other characters, although he does create tension in
1944-716: Is captured and placed in a circus. Saul Creed, brother of Victor Creed , frees Logan, but after he betrays Logan and Clara Creed to Nathaniel Essex , Logan drowns Creed in Essex's potion. Logan returns to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot people. Following the death of his Blackfoot lover, Silver Fox , at the hands of Victor Creed, now known as Sabretooth , he is ushered into the Canadian military during World War I . During World War II, Logan teams up with Captain America and continues
2025-441: Is confronted by Bonebreaker and the Reavers. Pierce arrives to prevent the lobby from being wrecked. Taking Albert on a tour, Pierce states that he has been upgrading his operations with the help of a 3D Printer. When Pierce stated that Elsie-Dee is not here and that she previously appeared asking to have her self-destruct mechanism disarmed, Albert retaliates while claiming that Pierce doesn't own him or Elsie Dee. After Albert subdues
2106-581: Is destroyed, but the two escape through the sewer. The Reavers face off against the Punisher again. In the firefight, the Reavers kill Microchip's cousin. The Punisher sets off auto-destruct charges, which cause heavy damage to the three Reavers, particularly Bonebreaker, whose cybernetic lower body is demolished. The Reavers retreat. The Reavers then successfully attack the White Queen 's company, Frost Technotics. They capture Rogue , who has returned from inside
2187-476: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Reavers (comics) In the Marvel Universe , the Reavers are characters dedicated to the destruction of the X-Men and a number of them especially wanted to take revenge on Wolverine in particular. The group are assembled under the leadership of character Donald Pierce and consist of three survivors from
2268-416: Is generally referred to by this code name rather than as Wolverine. In this reality, Logan still has his adamantium, and Magneto, now the leader of the X-Men, helps him to control his feral rages. Weapon X is also missing a hand. He and Jean Grey are lovers in this reality. The series lasted four issues, before concluding and the return to the original name and numbering of the Wolverine series. Following
2349-410: Is given for why Pretty Boy, Skullbuster, and Bonebreaker came to be involved with the group, aside from Pierce claiming to have created the original Reavers. Lady Deathstrike's reasons for joining the Reavers are even more unclear, as she professes a lack of interest in their goal of eliminating mutants. While the X-Men are away from their Australian base, the Reavers retake the ghost town and wait for
2430-601: Is named 'Cruise'. The Reavers appear in Logan , consisting of Donald Pierce, Bonebreaker, Pretty Boy, Angelo Macon, Danny Rhodes, and Mohawk. This version of the group are Alkali-Transigen's enhanced security force who serve the corporation's head, Dr. Zander Rice . Wolverine (character) Wolverine (birth name: James Howlett ; alias : Logan and Weapon X ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , often in association with
2511-412: Is recruited for a new squad. Gil Kane illustrated the cover artwork but incorrectly drew Wolverine's mask with larger headpieces. Dave Cockrum liked Kane's accidental alteration (he thought the original was too similar to Batman 's mask) and incorporated it into his own artwork for the actual story. Cockrum was also the first artist to draw Wolverine without his mask, and the distinctive hairstyle became
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2592-412: Is ripped out by Magneto in X-Men (Vol 2) #25. Writers were inspired by a passing joke of Peter David's. It is revealed that Wolverine has natural bone claws, in contrast to previously established narrative continuity that his claws were entirely bionic. Wolverine himself is confused by this realization, and his healing factor is also greatly weakened by recovery from this extraordinary injury. He leaves
2673-717: Is typical of the many tough antiheroes that emerged in American popular culture after the Vietnam War ; his willingness to use deadly force and his brooding loner nature became standard characteristics for comic book antiheroes by the end of the 1980s. As a result, the character became a fan favorite of the increasingly popular X-Men franchise, and has been featured in his own solo Wolverine comic book series since 1988. Wolverine has appeared in most X-Men media adaptations, including animated television series , video games and film . In live action, Hugh Jackman portrayed
2754-523: Is unsuccessful and causes Wolverine's mutation to accelerate out of control. He is temporarily changed into a semi-sentient beast-like form. Eventually, the villain Apocalypse captures Wolverine, brainwashes him into becoming the Horseman Death , and successfully re-bonds adamantium to his skeleton. Wolverine overcomes Apocalypse's programming and returns to the X-Men. Jean Grey becomes again possessed by
2835-549: The Fantastic Four and the Avengers . The common depiction of Wolverine is multifaceted; he is portrayed at once as a gruff loner , susceptible to animalistic " berserker rages" despite his best efforts, while simultaneously being an incredibly knowledgeable and intelligent polyglot, strategist, and martial artist, partially due to his extended lifespan and expansive lived experiences. He has been featured in comic books, films, animation, and video games. The character first appeared in
2916-692: The Hellfire Club . In this decade his new X-Men teammates included Longshot , Dazzler , and Rogue . He becomes engaged to Mariko Yashida and battles The Hand . However, the engagement is broken because of the intervention of a member of the Hellfire Club. He becomes a close defender and mentor for Kitty Pryde . He battles Sabretooth during the Mutant Massacre story line, though he later discovers that he had many previous interactions with Sabretooth that his traumatic amnesia concealed. Separate from
2997-539: The High Evolutionary , Wein denies this: While I readily admit that my original idea was for Wolvie's claws to extend from the backs of his gloves ... I absolutely did not ever intend to make Logan a mutated wolverine. I write stories about human beings, not evolved animals (with apologies for any story I may have written that involved the High Evolutionary). The mutated wolverine thing came about long after I
3078-748: The Revisionist Western antihero films featuring the Man with No Name . Dialogue and scenes also present a direct homage to Eastwood's neo-noir detective film Dirty Harry . This inspiration continued to be significant throughout the development of the character and his adaptations. The mini-series was followed by the six-issue Kitty Pryde and Wolverine by Claremont and Al Milgrom (Nov. 1984 – April 1985). Marvel launched an ongoing solo book written by Claremont with art by John Buscema in November 1988. It ran for 189 issues. In 1989, Wolverine also featured in
3159-507: The Upstarts ' game, Trevor Fitzroy dispatches his own Sentinels to the Reavers' Australian hideout to kill Pierce and anyone else they find there. In the ensuing battle, only Pierce, Lady Deathstrike and Cylla escape the massacre, Pierce seemingly only making it as far as the Hellfire Club before he is "killed". Cylla later resurfaces, allying herself with Bloodscream in an attempt to murder Wolverine. However, Bloodscream betrays her and sucks
3240-409: The X-Men . He is a mutant with animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, a powerful regenerative ability known as a healing factor, a skeleton reinforced with the unbreakable fictional metal adamantium , significantly delayed aging and a prolonged lifespan and three retractable claws in each hand. In addition to the X-Men, Wolverine has been depicted as a member of X-Force , Alpha Flight ,
3321-458: The " Hunt for Wolverine " storyline, Donald Pierce later leads a new group of Reavers, composed of Star and Shine whom together go by the Starshine moniker, Pretty Boy, Skullbuster (Cylla Markham) and Bonebreaker. They were able to find the place where the X-Men had hidden Wolverine's metal-encased body until they were found by an X-Men. During the battle, Wolverine's adamantium shell was broken and to
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3402-434: The 1977 sports film Slap Shot . Byrne also created Alpha Flight, a group of Canadian superheroes who try to recapture Wolverine due to the expense their government incurred training him. Later stories gradually establish Wolverine's murky past and unstable nature, which he battles to keep in check. Byrne also designed a new brown-and-tan costume for Wolverine, but retained the distinctive Cockrum cowl. Cockrum had introduced
3483-546: The 2010–2013 Avengers series and the 2010–2013 New Avengers series. Wolverine was born as James Howlett in northern Alberta , Canada (approximately near Cold Lake ), during the late 19th century, purportedly to rich farm owners John and Elizabeth Howlett, though he is actually the illegitimate son of the Howletts' groundskeeper, Thomas Logan . After Thomas is thrown off the Howletts' property for an attempted rape perpetrated by his other son, named simply Dog , he returns to
3564-502: The Canadian government's Department H . He becomes Wolverine, one of Canada's first superheroes. In his first mission, he is dispatched to stop the destruction caused by a brawl between the Hulk and the Wendigo . After the Canadian government failed to capture Hulk, Wolverine is forced to team-up with Living Diamond to infiltrate Brand Corporation, where they are briefly caught by Mesmero and
3645-519: The Howlett manor and kills John Howlett. In retaliation, young James kills Thomas with bone claws that emerge from the back of his hands, as his mutation manifests. He flees with his childhood companion, Rose, and grows into manhood on a mining colony in the Yukon , adopting the name "Logan" . When Logan accidentally kills Rose with his claws, he flees the colony and lives in the wilderness among wolves, until he
3726-569: The Phoenix Force, and Wolverine has no other choice but to kill her with his claws. Wolverine learns about the existence of X-23 . He initially believes her to be a clone, raised to be a perfect assassin. X-23 later goes by the name Laura. She is eventually enrolled at the Xavier Institute , with her true origin being kept secret as Logan's way of protecting her. Despite being introduced as Wolverine's "sister", she quickly accepts Wolverine as
3807-484: The Reavers operated out of an underground complex beneath the fictional ghost town of Cooterman's Creek in North Central Australia . They acted as a commando-style team of thieves, with apparently dozens of members. Their base was inexplicably equipped with advanced computers and a sub-basement tunnel system. The Reavers coerced the mutant teleporter Gateway to teleport them from Australia to locations around
3888-483: The Reavers surprise it was empty. The X-Men eventually defeated the Reavers and delivered them to Alpha Flight. Only Starshine was able to evade capture and contacted Lady Deathstrike about their findings. During the " Iron Man 2020 " event, Donald Pierce and the Reavers are shown to have established a company called Reavers Universal Robotics in Hightown, Madripoor . Albert shows up there to confront Donald Pierce where he
3969-765: The Reavers, Pierce states that he sold Elsie-Dee's head to Yakuza boss Kimura, the arms to the Jade Dragon Triad, and the legs to the Vladivostok Mafia. In light of Albert's actions towards them, the Reavers, Kimura, the Jade Dragon Triad, and the Vladivostok Mafia to take action against Albert vowing that he will never make it out of Madripoor alive. In the Age of Apocalypse , Reavers were a band of human traitors serving Apocalypse . They have been enhanced with Apocalypse's techno-organic virus which allows them to merge with both organic and mechanical materials. Rather than being
4050-571: The Siege Perilous, although Rogue is then rescued by a recreation of Ms. Marvel . Donald Pierce transforms Cylla Markham into the new Skullbuster (although she usually goes by the name Cylla). Lady Deathstrike later seeks Wolverine in Madripoor and Vancouver. Pierce creates an android named Elsie-Dee and a Wolverine android double named " Albert " to kill Wolverine. The attempt fails, however, when Elsie-Dee rebels against her programming. As part of
4131-593: The Weapon X program, although his memories remain unreliable. He meets Maverick , another former participant in the Weapon X project, and discovers that he had previously worked together with Sabretooth in a covert team subsequent to the project. In X-Men #25 (1993), at the culmination of the " Fatal Attractions " storyline, the supervillain Magneto forcibly removes the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton. This massive trauma causes his healing factor to burn out and also leads to
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#17328549064214212-433: The X-Men temporarily as a result. In 1994, the Wolverine ongoing series was usually drawn by Adam Kubert , the brother of the artist for X-Men . In 1995, all of the X-Men related comic books were temporarily replaced by a storyline in an alternate reality, named Age of Apocalypse . The Wolverine series was replaced by a series called Weapon X (not to be confused with the origin story published in 1991), in which Logan
4293-438: The X-Men, he has adventures in Madripoor disguised as his alter ego "Patch." He is a mentor for Jubilee . When the X-Men split into two different subgroups, he participates in the "Blue Team" along with Cyclops, Rogue, Beast , Gambit , and Psylocke . Jean Grey had been resurrected by this point, leading to resumption of his rivalry with Cyclops. He also discovers some aspects of the trauma and brainwashing he received from
4374-472: The age of a young adult, with superhuman strength and agility similar to Spider-Man . This changed when Wein saw Cockrum's drawing of the unmasked Wolverine as a hairy 40-year-old. Wein originally intended the claws to be retractable and part of Wolverine's gloves, and both gloves and claws would be made of adamantium . Chris Claremont eventually revealed that they were an integrated part of Wolverine's anatomy in X-Men #98 (April 1976). Writer Jeph Loeb used
4455-587: The assault on Muir Island, Skullbuster is rendered inoperative by sniper fire from Forge . Donald Pierce rescues a gravely wounded pilot named Cylla Markham , who agrees to be converted into a cyborg. Around this time, Bonebreaker, Reese, and Pretty Boy are dispatched to a New York warehouse after Microchip , an associate of the Punisher , in a self-confessed mistake, infiltrates their computer system. The temporary absence of Gateway gives Punisher and Microchip enough time to evacuate and set up resistance. The warehouse
4536-666: The boy would later become Daken . Logan believes his son to be dead for many years. As a member of Team X , Logan is given false memory implants. Eventually breaking free of this mental control, he joins the Canadian Defense Ministry. Logan is subsequently kidnapped by the Weapon X program, where he remains captive and experimented on, until he escapes. It is during his imprisonment by Weapon X that he has adamantium forcibly fused onto his bones. James and Heather Hudson help him recover his humanity following his escape, and Logan begins work as an intelligence operative for
4617-676: The character across ten installments of the X-Men film series produced by 20th Century Fox between 2000 and 2017, and reprised the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Henry Cavill portrayed an alternate version of Wolverine dubbed "Cavillrine" in Deadpool & Wolverine . Troye Sivan portrayed a young version of Logan in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine . Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas asked writer Len Wein to devise
4698-478: The discovery that his claws are actually bone. Wolverine leaves the X-Men for a time, embarking on a series of adventures during which his healing factor returns. Feral by nature, Wolverine's mutation process will eventually cause him to degenerate physically into a more primitive, bestial state. Elektra helps him to recover his humanity. After his return to the X-Men, Cable 's son Genesis kidnaps Wolverine and attempts to re-bond adamantium to his skeleton. This
4779-415: The early 1990s, Wolverine featured as a prominent character in X-Men vol. 2, initially written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Jim Lee . The first issue of this comic book series is the highest selling comic book in history. Following the departure of Claremont and Lee, Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza usually wrote the title while Andy Kubert illustrated it. In 1993, Wolverine's adamantium
4860-579: The final "teaser" panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 ( cover-dated October 1974), written by Wein and penciled by Herb Trimpe . The character then appeared in a number of advertisements in various Marvel Comics publications before making his first major appearance in The Incredible Hulk #181 (November 1974), again by the Wein–Trimpe team. In 2009, Trimpe said he "distinctly remembers" Romita's sketch and that, "The way I see it, [Romita and Wein] sewed
4941-500: The last panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 before having a larger role in #181 ( cover-dated November 1974), in the Bronze Age of Comic Books . He was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita Sr. Romita designed the character's costume, but the character was first drawn for publication by Herb Trimpe . Since 2017, Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas has also claimed co-creator credit. Wolverine then joined
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#17328549064215022-406: The leadership of Donald Pierce, who reorganizes the team as an assassination squadron to undertake para-military style commando operations, dedicated to taking vengeance on the X-Men in particular and eliminating mutants in general. Pierce combines the three survivors of the original Reavers with Lady Deathstrike and the three former Hellfire Club mercenaries Cole, Macon , and Reese. No explanation
5103-649: The life from her, killing her. However, most Reavers somehow survive their supposed deaths. They later return to battle the X-Treme X-Men on behalf of the Shadow King . Donald Pierce puts together a new group of Reavers, composed of young anti- mutant humans (with the exception of Elixir , who at the time was unaware that he was a mutant). They are defeated by Karma , Elixir, and a handful of young mutants. The group later breaks Pierce out of prison, but with Elixir as bait, they are lured into an ambush and captured by
5184-548: The martial artist superhero Iron Fist , whose stories Chris Claremont was writing. Byrne then conceived of the idea of Sabretooth being Wolverine's father. Together, Byrne and Claremont came up with Wolverine being about 60 years old and having served in World War II after escaping from Sabretooth, who was about 120 years old. Following Byrne's departure, Wolverine remained as a prominent character in X-Men , which later changed its name to Uncanny X-Men . Cockrum returned for
5265-506: The monster together and I shocked it to life! ... It was just one of those secondary or tertiary characters, actually, that we were using in that particular book with no particular notion of it going anywhere. We did characters in The [Incredible] Hulk all the time that were in [particular] issues and that was the end of them." Though often credited as co-creator, Trimpe denied having had any role in Wolverine's creation. The character's introduction
5346-465: The protagonist. The narrative unfolds in a bar, where Wolverine, sitting alone, becomes embroiled in a fight with Hercules after the latter attempts to intimidate him. This story is notable for being Wolverine's first appearance as a standalone character, separate from the X-Men. Despite suggestions that co-creator Len Wein originally intended for Logan to be a mutated wolverine cub, evolved to humanoid form by an already established Marvel geneticist,
5427-443: The return to the original timeline, a follower of Apocalypse captures Wolverine and attempts to bond adamantium to his skeleton a second time, with the goal of making him one of Apocalypse's warriors. However, Wolverine's healing factor and willpower reject the process; the ensuing stress leads him to regress into a bestial state. Stick , the former mentor of Daredevil , sends Elektra to re-train Wolverine, and heal his psyche. For
5508-495: The same five mutants who stopped Pierce when he first betrayed the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle. The Reavers return to play a role in the comic book crossover storyline Messiah Complex event under the leadership of Lady Deathstrike. Judging from the design of their costumes, as well as their rhetoric in battle, these newest Reavers are simply existing members of the Purifiers upgraded with cybernetics rather than classic members of
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5670-400: The second Wolverine solo series. Following Larry Hama's exit from the Wolverine solo title, Mark Millar became a particularly influential writer for the character. In 2008, he and artist Steve McNiven explored a possible future for Wolverine in an eight-issue story arc entitled " Old Man Logan " that debuted with Wolverine #66. Wolverine appears as a regular character throughout both
5751-464: The series was often illustrated by Mark Texeira . Hama's run included a storyline inspired by Ernest Hemingway 's For Whom the Bell Tolls . The series was bimonthly from July 1991 to September 1992. Hama also introduced "Albert," a cyborg copy of Wolverine, and often featured Jubilee as Wolverine's sidekick. Hama also frequently delved into Wolverine's mysterious past in the Weapon X program, which
5832-447: The team as he is attracted to Cyclops' girlfriend, Jean Grey . As the series progressed, Claremont and Cockrum (who preferred Nightcrawler ) considered dropping Wolverine from the series; Cockrum's successor, artist John Byrne , championed the character, later explaining, as a Canadian himself, he did not want to see a Canadian character dropped. Byrne modeled his rendition of Wolverine on actor Paul D'Amato , who played Dr. Hook in
5913-685: The team to come back. However, on their return, the X-Men escape the Reavers through the Siege Perilous . Only Wolverine, who is on a leave of absence in Madripoor , remains. Once he returns, they capture him, and proceed to torture and crucify him. Wolverine escapes the Reavers with the aid of Jubilee . The Reavers then attack the Muir Island Mutant Research Center, theorizing that it is Wolverine's most likely destination. They fight Freedom Force and Moira MacTaggart 's alternate X-Men team, and kill Stonewall and Sunder . During
5994-463: The team. Deployed as an elite commando unit designed to eliminate organized mutant resistance, the Reavers manage to track down and confront Cable in Alberta, Canada before being attacked by the new X-Force. In the ensuing battle, Deathstrike and the Reavers are all terminated by Wolverine's strike team, but not before killing the mutant Caliban and injuring Cable . To this date only Deathstrike's fate
6075-543: The top characters, right now." During this period, Wolverine also regularly appeared in cover stories for the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents . Among these stories was "Weapon X", by writer-artist Barry Windsor-Smith , serialized in Marvel Comics Presents #72–84 (1991), which was an essential depiction of Wolverine's past and the event of adamantium grafted to his skeleton. Subsequent stories in this publication were often illustrated by Sam Kieth and had
6156-823: The video game God of War 2018 the New Conglomerate air superiority fighter in the video game PlanetSide 2 Other uses [ edit ] The Reavers , a 2007 comic novel by George MacDonald Fraser Reaver, a tool used to exploit a vulnerability in Wi-Fi Protected Setup (2012) Reaver, an associate of the Reaver Mercenary Company in the mod DiscoveryGC of Freelancer (2003) See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Reaver All pages with titles containing Reaver The Reivers (disambiguation) Border reivers (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
6237-423: The world to conduct their robberies. Informed of the Reavers' existence by Roma , the X-Men defeat the Reavers in battle and expel them from their base, which they then co-opt for their own use. The X-Men destroy some of the Reavers and force most of the rest to enter the mystical Siege Perilous to meet unrevealed fates. Only Pretty Boy , Skullbuster , and Bonebreaker escape. The Reavers are reassembled under
6318-434: Was ambiguous, revealing little beyond his being a superhuman agent of the Canadian government. In these appearances, he does not retract his claws, although Wein stated they had always been envisioned as retractable. He appears briefly in the finale to this story in The Incredible Hulk #182. Wolverine's next appearance was in 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1, written by Wein and penciled by Dave Cockrum , in which Wolverine
6399-499: Was no longer involved with the book. I'm not certain if the idea was first suggested by Chris Claremont, the late, much-missed Dave Cockrum, or John Byrne when he came aboard as artist, but it most certainly did not start with me. Wein said on the X-Men Origins: Wolverine Blu-ray special features that he has read "Ten things you did not know about Wolverine", which says the character was originally intended to be
6480-476: Was often highly convoluted and unreliable because of the false memories implanted by the program's designers. In 1992, Hama revisited the Japanese setting and characters of Claremont's and Miller's earlier limited series, ending the story with the poisoning of Mariko Yashida and her mercy killing at the hands of Wolverine. Hama credited the influence of Yakuza films as well as Ridley Scott's Black Rain . Himself
6561-550: Was revealed, and it remains to be seen whether the Purifiers will be able to upgrade more of their fighters with Reaver technology to replace the ones lost in Canada. The Reavers play a small role in Cable and X-Force - Volume 4. Pretty Boy, Bonebreaker, Skullbuster (female), and Skullbuster (male) are quickly dispatched by Hope Summers and Cable before being able to deploy an ICBM. During
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