The year was 1974 and the ending of The Incredible Hulk #180, by Len Wein, Herb Trimpe, Jack Abel, Christie Scheele, and Artie Simek, introduced a new character on the last page. The next issue would contain the first full appearance of a hero named Wolverine as he got involved in the battle between Hulk and Wendigo at the behest of the Canadian government. It would be easy to imagine that this new character was destined for the background of group shots if he ever appeared again, but writer Len Wein brought the character over to the X-Men with Giant-Size X-Men #1 and the rest is history. The X-Men became the most popular team in comics and Wolverine was the breakout star of the book, leading to multiple appearances in miniseries, one-shots, and finally his own ongoing book.Wolverine joined the ranks of the most popular superheroes of all time, hurdling over much of the competition to join the rarefied ranks of characters like Spider-Man and Batman. Wolverine rode the anti-hero trend to stardom, but there’s so much more to the character than that. Wolverine persevered as the grim and gritty trend ended and remained massively popular. Wolverine is more than just the violent anti-hero, which has been a key part of his appeal over the decades. Wolverine is the best there is at what he does, and what he does is sell comics. The reasons Wolverine is beloved are manifold, each one helping build the popularity of the character.Then there’s the man of mystery approach. This method introduces the character and doesn’t tell readers anything about their past, instead focusing on who they are and what they’re doing. This is exactly what happened with Wolverine. Wolverine was thrown at the readers with no background, a pugnacious brawler battling the Jade Giant and the savage cannibal. Wolverine’s sometimes complicated lore was years away.
The year was 1974 and the ending of The Incredible Hulk #180, by Len Wein, Herb Trimpe, Jack Abel, Christie Scheele, and Artie Simek, introduced a new character on the last page. The next issue would contain the first full appearance of a hero named Wolverine as he got involved in the battle between Hulk and Wendigo at the behest of the Canadian government. It would be easy to imagine that this new character was destined for the background of group shots if he ever appeared again, but writer Len Wein brought the character over to the X-Men with Giant-Size X-Men #1 and the rest is history. The X-Men became the most popular team in comics and Wolverine was the breakout star of the book, leading to multiple appearances in miniseries, one-shots, and finally his own ongoing book.
Wolverine joined the ranks of the most popular superheroes of all time, hurdling over much of the competition to join the rarefied ranks of characters like Spider-Man and Batman. Wolverine rode the anti-hero trend to stardom, but there’s so much more to the character than that. Wolverine persevered as the grim and gritty trend ended and remained massively popular. Wolverine is more than just the violent anti-hero, which has been a key part of his appeal over the decades. Wolverine is the best there is at what he does, and what he does is sell comics. The reasons Wolverine is beloved are manifold, each one helping build the popularity of the character.
Then there’s the man of mystery approach. This method introduces the character and doesn’t tell readers anything about their past, instead focusing on who they are and what they’re doing. This is exactly what happened with Wolverine. Wolverine was thrown at the readers with no background, a pugnacious brawler battling the Jade Giant and the savage cannibal. Wolverine’s sometimes complicated lore was years away.
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