While often shrouded in mystery, Wolverine's past is full of government secrets, traumatic events, and death. Born James Howlett, in rural Canada, the man who went by Logan for most of his life started out as a sickly child. His mutation did not present itself until he witnessed a violent death, and was forced to flee his home and live on the road due to the claws made of bone that sometimes protrude from between his knuckles.

For a time, he lived amongst the beasts of the wilderness, before making his way to Japan during World War II. While there, he learned the ways of the Samurai to help calm his berserker rage, before another violent death triggered his return to his native country and the black ops program of Weapon X. There, they grafted Adamantium to his bones, erased his memory, and continued his warrior training, turning him into their fiercest soldier and ultimate achievement.

Eventually he would meet Charles Xavier, who would befriend Logan and persuade him to join the third incarnation of the X-Men. From there, Wolverine has been in and out of many teams, drifting between his own agenda and those of leaders he believes in.

I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do isn't nice.

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