Wolverine in other media explained

Code Name:	Wolverine
Source:	Marvel Comics
Debut:	Cameo appearance: The Incredible Hulk #180 (October 1974) Full appearance: The Incredible Hulk #181 (November 1974)
Debutmo:	October
Debutyr:	1974
Subcat:	X-Men
Sortkey:	Wolverine

Wolverine is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is one of the few X-Men characters to be included in every media adaptation of the X-Men franchise, including film, television, cartoons, anime, and podcasts.

Television

• Wolverine appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "A Firestar Is Born", voiced by William Callaway.^[1]
• Wolverine appears in , voiced by Patrick Pinney.
• Wolverine appears in , voiced by Cal Dodd.
  • Wolverine appears in X-Men '97, voiced again by Dodd.^{[2] [3]}
• Wolverine appears in Spider-Man (1994), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine appears in , voiced by Scott McNeil. This version is a combat trainer for the X-Men.
• Wolverine appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced again by Steve Blum. This version is a member of the eponymous squad and student of the Xavier Academy.
• Wolverine appears in the Marvel Anime franchise, voiced by Rikiya Koyama in Japanese and again by Steve Blum in English. Additionally, Milo Ventimiglia voices a young Wolverine for most of the franchise.
• Wolverine appears in the Black Panther episode "Black Panther", voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
• Wolverine appears in , voiced again by Steve Blum. This version was a member of the Howling Commandos during World War II before joining the X-Men and the New Avengers in the present.
• Wolverine, loosely based on his Ultimate Marvel counterpart, appears in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears in , voiced by Kenji Nomura in Japanese and again by Steve Blum in English.

Film

Animation

• Wolverine appears in Hulk vs. Wolverine, voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears in , voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red, voiced again by Steve Blum.^[4]

Live-action

See main article: Logan (film character).

• James "Logan" Howlett appears in 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series, portrayed by Hugh Jackman.
• An alternate universe variant of Wolverine appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool & Wolverine, portrayed again by Hugh Jackman,^{[5] [6]} while another variant appears portrayed by Henry Cavill.

Video games

See also: List of X-Men video games.

• Wolverine was meant to appear in a self-titled video game in 1989, developed by Zippo Games for Rare, before it was cancelled.^[7]
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in The Uncanny X-Men (1989).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1989).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1990).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in a self-titled video game (1991).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men (1992).
• Wolverine makes a cameo appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (1992).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (1992).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men (1993).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men (1994).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1994).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1995).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1995).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Heroes (1995), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1996).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems (1996), voiced again by Cal Dodd. Additionally, clones of Wolverine appear as foot soldiers.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1997).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (1998), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine, based on Hugh Jackman's portrayal, appears as a playable character in (2000), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine makes a cameo appearance in Spider-Man (2000) via a poster.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2000), voiced again by Cal Dodd. Additionally, Wolverine with his bone claws appears as an alternate skin.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2000).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2001).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2001), voiced by Tony Daniels.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2001).
• Wolverine appears as an unlockable skin in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2002).
• Wolverine, based on Hugh Jackman's portrayal, appears as a playable character in (2003), voiced by Mark Hamill.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men Legends (2004), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2005), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Wolverine appears as a boss in Ultimate Spider-Man (2005), voiced by Keith Szarabajka.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2005), voiced by David Kaye.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2006), voiced again by Steve Blum. This version is a member of the X-Men and the New Avengers. Additionally, his modern outfit, John Byrne's tan and brown design, John Cassaday's yellow and blue design, and Ultimate Marvel designs are available as alternate skins.^[8]
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2006), voiced by Hugh Jackman.
• Wolverine appears a boss and assist character in (2008), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears in LittleBigPlanet (2008) via the "Marvel Costume Kit 3" DLC.^[9]
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), voiced again by Hugh Jackman.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2009), voiced again by Steve Blum. This version is a member of the X-Men and the New Avengers. Additionally, his Secret Wars design appear as an alternate skin.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad (2009), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of Wolverine makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in (2010).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2010), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2011), voiced again by Steve Blum.
  • Wolverine appears as a playable character in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a non-playable character (NPC) in (2011), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2011), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online (2011), voiced again by Steve Blum. Additionally, his yellow and brown suit, a casual outfit, and a samurai outfit appear as alternate skins.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance (2012).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2012), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes (2013), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as an NPC in Deadpool (2013), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes (2013), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics (2014).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Uncanny X-Men: The Days of Future Past (2014).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions (2014), voiced again by Cal Dodd.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2015).^[10]
• Wolverine appears an unlockable outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale (2017).^[11]
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Strike Force (2018).
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR (2018), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in (2019), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears as a playable character in Marvel's Midnight Suns (2020), voiced again by Steve Blum.
• Wolverine appears in Marvel Realm of Champions (2020).
• Wolverine appears in Marvel Snap (2022).^[12]
• Miles Morales / Wolverine serves as inspiration for an alternate skin for Morales in Spider-Man 2 (2023).^[13]
• Wolverine will appear as a playable character in Marvel's Wolverine.^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}

Miscellaneous

• Wolverine appears in Planet X. This version formed a comradery with Worf based on their shared love of fighting.
• A Counter-Earth incarnation of Wolverine appears in the Spider-Man Unlimited tie-in comic.^[18] This version is Edwin Jones, a human who was experimented on by the High Evolutionary and partially transformed into a Bestial. Subsequently, he came to reside in Harmony, a refuge from the High Evolutionary's rule.
• Wolverine appears in the motion comic, voiced by Jeffrey Hedquist.
• Wolverine appears in the Astonishing X-Men motion comic, voiced initially by Marc Thompson and later by Brian Drummond.^{[19] [20]}
• Wolverine appears in the Wolverine: Origin motion comic, voiced by Alessandro Juliani.
• Wolverine appears in the Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk motion comic, voiced again by Brian Drummond.
• Wolverine appears in the Wolverine versus Sabretooth motion comic, voiced again by Brian Drummond.^[20]
• Wolverine appears in the motion comic, voiced again by Brian Drummond.^[20]
• Wolverine appears in Marvel Super Heroes 4D.^[21]
• Wolverine appears in a self-titled podcast, voiced by Richard Armitage.^{[22] [23] [24]}
  • Wolverine appears in the Spanish language adaptation of the podcast's first season, Wolverine: La Larga Noche, voiced by Joaquín Cosío.^[25]
• Wolverine appears in Marvel Universe Live!.^[26]

See also

• X-Men in other media

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hugh Jackman Wasn't The First Australian Wolverine . McClure . James . 3 March 2017 . Civilized . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170906223923/https://www.civilized.life/articles/hugh-jackman-australian-wolverine . 6 September 2017 . 6 September 2017.
2. Web site: Paige . Rachel . 12 November 2021 . Disney+ Day 2021: 'X-MEN '97' Animated Series Announced . 25 August 2022 . Marvel Entertainment . en.
3. Web site: Dick . Jeremy . 7 January 2022 . Wolverine Voice Actor Cal Dodd is Back in the Booth for X-Men '97 . 25 August 2022 . MovieWeb . en-US.
4. Web site: New Trailer Arrives for 'LEGO Marvel Avengers: Code Red' . 2023-10-24 . www.marvel.com.
5. Web site: D'Alessandro . Anthony . September 27, 2022 . Hugh Jackman Returning As Wolverine In 'Deadpool 3', Marvel Pic Books Release Date . February 26, 2024 . Deadline . en-US.
6. Web site: Polo . Susana . February 11, 2024 . The Deadpool & Wolverine trailer's Secret Wars Easter egg demands a breakdown . February 26, 2024 . Polygon . en-US.
7. Web site: Wolverine . Zee-3 Digital Publishing . 21 June 2022.
8. Book: Denick, Thom . Marvel Ultimate Alliance: Signature Series Guide . Brady Games . 2006 . 0-7440-0844-1 . Indianapolis, Indiana . 36–37.
9. Web site: Marvel Costume Kit 3 . LittleBigPlanet.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130622031935/http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en/downloadable_content_items/1090?t=US . 22 June 2013 . dead . 30 December 2012.
10. Drax hilariously takes center stage in new 'MARVEL Strike Force' trailer . Abrams . Natalie . 28 March 2018 . . en . 30 March 2018.
11. Web site: Pereira . Chris . 27 August 2020 . Fortnite Season 4 Update: What's New In The Nexus War (No Patch Notes Yet) . 28 August 2020 . GameSpot . en-US.
12. Web site: Wolverine - Marvel Snap.
13. Web site: Bonthuys . Darryn . Delaney . Mark . All Spider-Man 2 Suits And How To Get Them . February 4, 2024 . GameSpot . en-US.
14. Web site: Marvel's Wolverine - PlayStation Showcase 2021: Announcement Teaser Trailer PS5 . YouTube . PlayStation . en . video . 9 September 2021.
15. Web site: Schneider . Ryan . 9 September 2021 . Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Marvel's Wolverine revealed . 8 March 2023 . PlayStation.Blog . en-US.
16. News: Stanley . Alyse . 9 September 2021 . Sony Reveals New God of War 2, Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine game at PlayStation 5 showcase . . September 10, 2021.
17. Web site: Myers . Maddy . 9 September 2021 . Insomniac Games announces Wolverine game . 8 March 2023 . Polygon . en-US.
18. Web site: Spider-Man Unlimited #5 (Issue) . March 3, 2024 . Comic Vine . en.
19. Web site: Marc Thompson . EpochTalent.com . 8 November 2017 . 20 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820055850/http://epochtalent.com/portfolio-item/marc-thompson/ . dead .
20. Web site: Wolverine Voices (X-Men) . 7 November 2017 . Behind The Voice Actors . . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
21. Web site: Madame Tussauds and Marvel Team Up to Bring Superheroes to Life in 4D . Alton . Elizabeth . 16 December 2013 . Entertainment Designer . 6 April 2017 . 6 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406102329/http://entertainmentdesigner.com/news/experiences/madame-tussauds-and-marvel-team-up-to-bring-superheroes-to-life-in-4d/ . dead .
22. Web site: Marvel is aiming to create the next 'Serial,' starring Wolverine . Prudom . Laura . 5 December 2017 . . 6 December 2017.
23. Web site: Marvel to Launch Wolverine Podcast 'The Long Night' . Rubin . Rebecca . 5 December 2017 . . 5 December 2017.
24. News: Beresford . Trilby . Podcast Trailer: 'Wolverine: The Lost Trail' Set for March Premiere . 16 June 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter . 20 February 2019 . en.
25. News: Marvel launches Spanish language podcast 'Marvel's Wolverine: La Larga Noche'. Brooke. AIPT. David. 21 September 2021. 31 January 2022.
26. News: Ambitious Marvel stunt show makes world premiere in Tampa . Kennedy Wynne . Sharon . 1 July 2014 . . 6 April 2017.