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Wolverine | |
Aliases: | Wolverine |
Continuity: | Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends |
Notability: | Minor |
Type: | Superhero |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Mutant |
Location: | Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, New York |
Status: | Alive |
First: | "A Firestar Is Born" |
Actor: | Neil Ross |
Wolverine is a fictional costumed superhero and a minor character featured on the 1981-1983 animated television series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. He appeared in the season two episode, "A Firestar Is Born" where he was voiced by actor Neil Ross.
Biography[]
Wolverine was a mutant superhero and a member of the X-Men. He was apparently of Australian ancestry and had the ability to project three metal claws from the forearms of each hand. Along with Storm, he was one of the later additions to the team.
Wolverine was present on the day that team leader Charles Xavier decided to host a reunion function at his school. Former members Iceman and Firestar attended the function and met Wolverine for the first time. Wolverine greeted Firestar by popping a claw and making a shish kebab, intoning "Hiya, doll. Wanna piece a'fruit?"
Later that afternoon, Charles Xavier's evil stepbrother, the Juggernaut came to the school to destroy Professor X; knowing that Xavier's mental powers were the only thing that could stop him. After Cyclops and Iceman failed to prevent the Juggernaut's approach, Wolverine jumped in as the second wave of attack. He leaped on the Juggernaut and swiped at him multiple times with his claws, but could not pierce the thick metal. The Juggernaut shrugged him off, throwing Wolverine into a wall whereupon his claws became stuck in the bricks.
Thanks to the timely arrival of Spider-Man, the Juggernaut was defeated and the X-Men were able to enjoy the rest of their reunion.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Wolverine was created by director Don Jurwich and writer Christy Marx based on concepts originally developed by writer Len Wein and artists Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel and expanded upon by writer Chris Claremont.
- Wolverine's true name is never mentioned in the cartoon. In the comics, his real name is Logan at the time that this episode first aired. Later stories revealed that his birth name is actually James Howlett.
- Wolverine is given an Australian accent in the cartoon. In the comics, he is Canadian, born in Alberta in the latter half of the 19th century.
- In the comics, Wolverine's claws are forged from an unbreakable metal called Adamantium. Enhanced by the force of Wolverine's natural strength, they can tear through just about anything, even metal. Also, his entire skeleton is bonded with Adamantium making it impossible for him to suffer a broken bone. These details are never addressed in the cartoon.
- Wolverine's most prominent mutant power is never addressed in this episode. He has the ability to heal from injuries at a superhumanly accelerated rate. A side-effect of this power is that he ages at a much slower rate than the average human, which is why he has the appearance of a man in his mid-thirties even though he was born in the 1880s. Wolverine's healing factor is also what allowed him to survive the process of having liquid Adamantium fused with his skeleton.