WOLVERINE WOLVERINE
Real Name: Ryan LaPorto
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Unrevealed;
patriotic volunteer/government test subject
Group Membership: X-Force
(Colossus/Lemuel
Sullivan (later the Wall), Dazzler/Kimberly Schau, Havok/Bermuda
Schwartz (later Bedlam),
Longshot/Roger Welton,
Psylocke/Matt Coris, Rogue/Victor
Barlow, Storm/William Read (later Tempest)
Affiliations: Dr.
Ilsa Moon;
formerly M Branch (Roland
Blaisdell)
Enemies: M Branch (Roland Blaisdell)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Possibly Wolverina (see
comments)
Base of Operations: Unrevealed:
formerly the Mid Town Hospital, Manhattan, New
York City;
formerly an unidentified US government research
facility.
First Appearance: Cloak and
Dagger III#9 (December, 1989);
(mutated form) Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe A-Z Update#2 (August, 2010);
Powers/Abilities: He possessed claws on
his hands (three fingers with an opposing
thumb, apparently) and feet (three clawed
toes). The claws seemed to make up most of his
digits, making it questionable whether he has
significant manual or pedal dexterity.
Certainly sharp, the nature of the claws are
unrevealed...they may be keratin (like normal
fingernails), bone, or something else.
He possibly possessed other feral powers and/or enhanced healing (if so, it didn't work so well).
Height: Unrevealed; approximately 5'5"
Weight: Unrevealed; approximately 150 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
History:
(Mutant Misadventures of
Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb) - BTS) - During the Acts of Vengeance, the US
government was given reason to question the loyalty of Freedom Force,
their agents at the time. As a result, a fanatical faction of the
government (which was behind the failed super-powers registration act)
formed a scientific offshoot called M
Branch.
M Branch head Roland Blaisdell handpicked eight recruits from the ranks of patriotic volunteers, eager to serve their country.
The scientists at
M Branch subjected the enlistees to cosmic rays, gamma rays, and
combinations of both in an effort to produce mutagenic changes like
those which empowered the Fantastic Four and the Hulk.
The group was christened X-Force,
issued uniforms, and assigned the names of the X-Men (Colossus, Dazzler,
Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, and Wolverine) who had recently
seemingly died in battle against the demonic Adversary.
(Mutant Misadventures of
Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb) - BTS) - However, during the
training period, all began to exhibit signs of radiation poisoning to
various degrees. Blaisdell brought them to Mid Town Hospital in
Manhattan to receive care under Dr. Ilsa Moon.
Despite her efforts, the subjects continued to deteriorate, and Longshot and Psylocke died. Blaisdell then made it clear that he was no longer interested in trying to prolong the lives of the others, but instead wanted Dr. Moon to collect data on their progression and eventual death, so that he might make other attempts in the future.
(Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10 (fb) - BTS) - Wolverine was the third to die.
(Mutant Misadventures of
Cloak & Dagger#10) - With Wolverine's recently perished corpse in covered by
a sheet, Dr. Moon expressed her frustration to Blaisdell
Comments: Created by Terry Austin and Mike Vosberg.
See the X-Force profile for further discussion on their creation and development by Terry Austin.
There were not great images of the team
and there were no images of some of the characters in the original
stories. Mike Vosberg was kind enough to provide us with copies of
original sketches of the characters, from which the main image was drawn
for their entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z
Update 2010#2.
See the original design sketch here.
The original picture of the first seven
members showed Wolverine, who was mentioned as the second to die.
Psylocke was not shown initially, but was mentioned in their origin, and
was mentioned as the first to die. Another time, Longshot was listed as
the first to die. Longshot and Psylocke were listed as the two dead on
their hospital file, while Wolverine was still listed as alive at that
time.
Presumably, they are all dead. Although X-Force's handbook profile in OHotMU A-Z Update 2010#2
speculated that Wolverina (from Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life) was
X-Force's Wolverine...somehow femizined)
Real names for Longshot, Psylocke and Wolverine were revealed in X-Force's profile in OHotMU A-Z Update 2010#2.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Wolverine should be distinguished from:
images: (without ads)
Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#10, pg.
7, panel 4 (cadaver covered by sheet);
pg. 16, panel 2 (pre-mutation
headshot);
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update
2010#2: X-Force main image
Mike Vosberg original design
sketch----------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Appearances:
Mutant
Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger#9-10
(December, 1989 - February, 1990) - Terry
Austin (writer), Mike Vosburg (artist), Danny
Fingeroth (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update 2010#2
(August, 2010) -
Chris Biggs, Ronald Hugh Byrd Jr., Madison Carter, Jeff Christiansen,
Kevin Garcia, Richard Green, Michael Hoskin, Rob London, Sean McQuaid,
Mike O'Sullivan, Markus Raymond, Jacob Rougemont, Gabriel Shechter,
Stuart Vandal, David Wiltfong (writers), Alex
Starbuck (assistant editor), John
Denning (associate editor),
Jeff
Youngquist (editor),
Mark D. Beazley, Jennifer Grünwald (editors, special
projects)
First posted: 10/16/2019
Last updated: 04/19/2026
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