Wolverine in other media
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, computer and video games, and is the only one to have starred in his own video games.
Television
1980s
- Wolverine appears alongside the other X-Men in the episode "A Firestar Is Born" of the animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. He is portrayed with an Australian accent by William Callaway. During the fight against Juggernaut, Wolverine was quickly knocked away.
- Wolverine appears in the 1989 animated television pilot . This time, he was voiced by Patrick Pinney and this version also has an Australian accent.
1990s
- Wolverine appears among the main cast of the X-Men animated TV series, voiced by Cathal J. Dodd. He frequently mocks Gambit, calling him "Cajun." Wolverine was also a close friend of Morph, feeling saddened by his supposed death. He often spends time by himself, but has a soft spot for Jubilee - the X-Men's rookie. Unlike other versions, this version of Wolverine acquired his claws when his skeleton was bonded with adamantium.
- Wolverine appears in the episodes "Neogenic Nightmare Chapter 4: The Mutant Agenda" and "Neogenic Nightmare Chapter 5: Mutants Revenge" of the 1994 Spider-Man animated TV series, also voiced by Dodd.
2000s
- In the 2000-2003 animated television series ', Wolverine, a man whose past is shrouded in mystery, provides the teenaged X-Men with battle training and creates conflict among his younger teammates. Unlike most versions, Wolverine did not sport his signature muttonchops and was noticeably taller. Voice-actor Scott McNeil portrays him.
- Wolverine is featured in Wolverine and the X-Men. In this cartoon series, Wolverine is tasked with leading the X-Men and carrying out orders from Professor Xavier. Steve Blum plays the lead role.
- Wolverine appears in the fifth episode of the first season of ' motion comic. In this series, he is voiced by Jeffrey Hedquist.
- Wolverine appears in the Astonishing X-Men motion comic, voiced by Marc Thompson and later by Brian Drummond.
- Steve Blum voices Wolverine for The Super Hero Squad Show series on Cartoon Network as a member of the squad.
- As part of a four-series collaboration between the Japanese Madhouse animation house and Marvel, Wolverine starred in a twelve-episode anime series named Marvel Anime: Wolverine, which premiered in Japan on Animax and in the United States on G4 in 2011. The series focuses on him going to Japan to investigate A.I.M.. Steve Blum dubbed the role of Wolverine in the English version of Marvel Anime: X-Men. Logan also appears during the fourth episode of the Iron Man and the seventh episode of the Blade portion of the collaboration. He is voiced by Rikiya Koyama in the Japanese version and Milo Ventimiglia in the English dubbed version.
2010s
- Wolverine appears in the second episode of the first season of Black Panther cartoon series, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. He, Cyclops, and Nightcrawler were with Storm when she was using Cerebro and finds out that Juggernaut is assisting in the attack on Wakanda.
- Wolverine appears during a flashback scene of the fourth episode 4 of the prequel micro-series to the animated series ', voiced again by Steve Blum. Logan fights alongside Captain America and other heroes as a Howling Commandos soldier in World War II. He is referred to as Howlett, which corresponds with his birth name of James Howlett. Wolverine also appears in the "New Avengers" episode as part of the New Avengers, a team set up by Tony Stark as a fail-safe in case the main Avengers would be unable to fight. Wolverine is summoned and joins with Spider-Man, Heroes for Hire members Luke Cage and Iron Fist, War Machine and the Fantastic Four's Thing to fight Kang the Conqueror. He and the rest of the New Avengers appears again in the series' finale, "Avengers Assemble".
- Wolverine appears in the Wolverine: Origin motion comic, voiced by Alessandro Juliani.
- In Disney XD's Marvel Universe programs, Wolverine is sporting his mainstream-version brown and yellow costume.
- * He appears in four episodes of Ultimate Spider-Man.
- * Wolverine makes a cameo appearance in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.. He was seen in the episode "The Collector", as one of the heroes captured by the titular villain. Wolverine made a full appearance in the episode "Wendigo Apocalypse", when he teams up with the Hulk to hunt the Wendigo.
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- Wolverine appears in the Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk motion comic, voiced by Brian Drummond.
- Wolverine appears in the anime series ', voiced by Steve Blum.
- Wolverine appears in the Wolverine versus Sabretooth motion comic, voiced by Brian Drummond.
- Wolverine appears in the motion comic, voiced by Brian Drummond.
Films
Animation
- Wolverine appears in the animated 4D film Marvel Super Heroes 4D.
- Steve Blum reprised his role as Wolverine in the film Hulk Vs, in a segment called "Hulk Vs. Wolverine". It also features many insights on Wolverine's past. This was tied in with the Wolverine and the X-Men series in the seventh episode, titled "Wolverine vs. Hulk", though the ties are loose, as there is very little continuity between this movie and the episode.
- Wolverine is featured in the 2013 Lego film , voiced once again by Steve Blum.
Live-action
Video games
Wolverine is a playable character in all X-Men video games and many Marvel video games in general.Solo games
s featuring Wolverine as the lead character are Wolverine for the Nintendo Entertainment System, ' for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis, ' for the Game Boy Color, ', voiced by Mark Hamill, for GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Mac, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and ', voiced by Hugh Jackman, for Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, and Xbox 360.X-Men related games
Wolverine appears as character in the following X-Men games.Playable
- The Uncanny X-Men
- '
- '
- X-Men
- Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge
- X-Men
- X-Men
- '
- '
- '
- '
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- '
- '
- ' – voiced by Cathal J. Dodd
- '
- ' – voiced by Tony Daniels
- '
- '
- X-Men Legends – voiced by Steve Blum
- ' – voiced by Steve Blum
- – voiced by Hugh Jackman
- Uncanny X-Men: The Days of Future Past
Not playable
Spider-Man related games
- Wolverine also appears in several Spider-Man related games, beginning with 1992's ', and followed by a cameo in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the Game Boy and as a poster on a wall in the 2000 Spider-Man video game.
- The Ultimate Marvel version of Wolverine appears as a boss in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, voiced by Keith Szarabajka. He is fought inside a pub while playing as Venom, after throwing his motorcycle through the wall of the pub, causing Wolverine to attack Venom in retaliation. However, Venom proves stronger and defeats Wolverine, knocking him unconscious.
- Wolverine appears as both an ally and a boss in ', voiced by Steve Blum. He first appears shortly before the symbiote invasion that will consume Manhattan, ambushing Spider-Man at Hell's Kitchen, as he can smell symbiotes and believes him to be one. The two engage in a brief battle, during which he asks Spider-Man several questions to determine if Spider-Man is a symbiote or not. Regardless of the player giving wrong answers, Wolverine eventually trusts Spider-Man and the two settle their differences. Afterwards, they begin briefly working together to track down and defeat several hidden symbiotes, and Wolverine becomes an ally that the player can summon at any time during gameplay to help them fight enemies. Later, during the symbiote invasion, Wolverine helps Spider-Man evacuate a church full of civilians. After the evacuation is complete, Wolverine is attacked by two burly Symbiotes, which dog pile him to the ground and, thus, turn into a monstrous symbiote version of himself, fueled by rage. Symbiote Wolverine then battles Spider-Man, even using some symbiote pods to gain a temporary armor, but is ultimately defeated by the web-slinger. Depending on the player's choice, Spider-Man can either let Wolverine remove the symbiote himself by using his claws to gut himself, or remove the symbiote by force and then rip Wolverine in half ; the latter choice will cause Wolverine to angrily swear to kill Spider-Man, thus making Wolverine unavailable as an ally for the rest of the game. If the player chooses to activate the device meant to destroy all the symbiotes and stop the invasion, Wolverine is seen in the final mission of the game, fighting the symbiotes aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier alongside the other hero allies, while Spider-Man plants bombs to destroy the Helicarrier and stop Venom for good. In both evil endings, after Spider-Man takes over the symbiote army and rules over Manhattan, Black Widow enlists a symbiote infected Wolverine, who this time is in full control of his symbiote, to hunt Spider-Man down and bring him to her dead or alive, with Symbiote Wolverine opting for the former option.
- *In the PlayStation 2 and PSP versions of the game, Wolverine is an assist character who will slash enemies with his claws.
- The Ultimate Marvel version of Wolverine is referenced in . He is mentioned in Deadpool's level in the Ultimate dimension, where Deadpool briefly refers to the time he and Spider-Man switched brains. Wolverine also makes a cameo appearance in the Hobgoblin level in the 2099 dimension as a visual display, seemingly borrowing the design from Hulk Vs.
Other Marvel related games
- He is a playable character in several fighting games: Marvel Super Heroes, ', Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, ', ', ', ', Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Marvel Contest of Champions. He is voiced by Cathal J. Dodd in these games with the exception of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, in which Steve Blum reprises his role.
- Steve Blum reprises Wolverine in '. His Modern costume, Classic costume, Astonishing costume, and Ultimate Marvel costumes are available. He has special dialogue with Jean Grey, Deathbird, Dum Dum Dugan, The Vision, Black Widow and Nick Fury. A simulation disk has Wolverine fighting Warstar on the Omega Base and another simulation disk has Ghost Rider defending him from Baron Mordo.
- Wolverine appears as an initially playable character in ', voiced again by Steve Blum. He alongside Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man and Nick Fury, attacking Latveria at the beginning of the story. His Secret War attire features as his alternate costume. Steve Blum again reprises the role.
- Wolverine appears in ', voiced by David Kaye.
- Wolverine is a playable character in the Facebook game '.
- Wolverine appears as a playable character in the 2012 fighting game '.
- Wolverine is a playable character in the MMORPG Marvel Heroes, with Steve Blum reprising the role.
- Wolverine appears in Deadpool, voiced again by Steve Blum. His most prominent role is in a minor bonus feature in the "Genosha" level in which Deadpool repeatedly slaps the unconscious Wolverine while yelling nonsensical insults in an attempt to wake him up. He appears unaware that he is in a game, given his response to Deadpool stating that he was setting up a surprise for the player. Deadpool apparently calls constantly to ask if he can take the Blackbird out for a joyride.
- Wolverine is a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, with Steve Blum reprising the role.
- Wolverine is a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance Tactics.
- Wolverine is a playable character in '.
- Wolverine is a playable character in Marvel Strike Force.
- Wolverine is a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced again by Steve Blum.
- Wolverine will be a playable character in ', voiced once again by Steve Blum.
''Super Hero Squad'' games
- Wolverine appears as a playable character in the Marvel Super Hero Squad video game and, with Steve Blum voicing the role.
- Wolverine appears as a playable character in the game , again voiced by Steve Blum.
- Wolverine is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, and have five forms: his normal yellow and blue outfit, his classic yellow and brown outfit, an "Avenger" outfit, jeans and white T-shirt outfit and a samurai outfit with the Murasama blade. Steve Blum reprises his voicing role.
Other games
- Wolverine is available as downloadable content for the game LittleBigPlanet, as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 3".
- Wolverine is an unlockable character skin in Activision's 2001 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
Novels
Podcast series
On December 5, 2017, Marvel Entertainment announced its first foray into podcasting with a new series centering around Wolverine titled which will be a Crime detective story set in Alaska starring Richard Armitage as the amnesiac titular character as he gets involved in an investigation by two FBI agents on several murders. The creator of the show has said that it will explore connections to Wolverine's past such as Weapon X, World War 2-era Japan, and his past relationships.Live performance
- Wolverine appears in the arena show.
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