![]() ![]() Claremont drew up a full backstory for the character, and then meted out the slow reveals over the course of a decade and a half: Wolverine’s first name was Logan his skeleton was laced with an indestructible metal he had a mutant healing power he’d fought in World War II his father was the savage assassin Sabretooth. Claremont didn’t technically create Wolverine - that credit goes to writer Len Wein and artist John Romita - but he did, with artists like Dave Cockrum and John Byrne, flesh out a stock tough guy into a contradiction-filled man of mystery. No, it’s Chris Claremont, who wrote the monthly Uncanny X-Men comic (along with many, many spinoffs) from 1975 to 1991. If there’s a prime architect responsible for the success of the X-Men franchise, it’s not Hugh Jackman, whose sixth go-round as the character opened last weekend. 1982’s Wolverine miniseries, by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller ![]()
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