Wolverine - The Life & Times of a Runty Canuck

The Marvel site has a Marvel Hotline with Hugh Jackman that talks about getting into the mind of our favorite Canuck - Hugh Jackman on Wolverine - check it out while it's still up.

Other Sites of Interest (07/01/03)

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The site won the award from X-Men Prime for the Summer 2002 Best Wolverine Site. My thanks to all who voted.

As of 20 Jul 2003 - the 50,000 visitor mark! Past landmark pics.

This is an unabashedly pro-Wolverine site. You have been warned.

My first encounter with the enigma called Wolverine began when Professor X treked up to Canada's Department H to lure away the current Weapon X - namely Wolverine himself.

I might have missed that encounter altogether had it not been for my local comic provider who knew my taste in comics. That issue came along at a time when I was, quite frankly, avoiding most super-hero type comics -- including the original X-Men team, who had zip appeal to me.

My comic dealer was a pro-Fantastic Four buff - the two of us had had past discussions on the topic of super-hero ruts. At that time, most of the current crop seemed to fall into one of basically three types:

(1) Too good to be true (Or the "I could give Mother Teresa lessons" type) - Not only did this kind catch the bad guy, they made him fold his prison napkin after dinner.
(2) Indecisive (Or the "But what if" type) - They agonized over every decision for so long, it got to be like watching a toddler trying to decide on one out of thirty-one flavors of ice cream.
(3) Victim (Or the "I can't help myself" type) - Through circumstances beyond their control, they end up thrust into the role of hero and for some reason, stick with it despite their own preference.

Then came Wolverine - when the comic guy called me over, he had an issue open and was pointing to one panel in particular. The one where Wolverine was punctuating his resignation as Weapon X by slicing through the tie of the man (Major Chasen) giving him lip. I was hooked.

On the side of the angels, but known to toe the line awfully close and occasionally slide over an inch or two. A guy that seemed to take more than a little pleasure at harassing and tweaking the noses of higher authority, but a guy that wouldn't give a meter maid a hassle over a parking ticket. Someone who could make a grown man afraid of the dark and still be viewed as a young girl's best friend. All that and more.

He intrigued me enough that I became a regular reader both of X-Men and, when it came along, his own comic series - a habit lasting from then until now.

1974 - 2004

Yes, it's now been over 35 years since Wolverine made his first comic appearance in November 1974 (well, if you count a shadowy cameo, October). And May 2011 marked his 37th year as an X-Man as well as the second anniversary of the opening of his 4th movie with Hugh Jackman filling his shoes.

What's New?

19 Jul 11--New quote added to Sabretooth's Den.
07 Jul 10--New quotes added to Sabretooth's Den.
11 Feb 10--Doing some behind-the-scenes updates.
06 Sep 09--Just a note for those awaiting it. The X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie will be out on DVD on 15 September.
26 Jun 09--New quote added to Sabretooth's Den.
25 Jun 09--New quote added to Sabretooth's Den.
24 Jun 09--James Felder added to the Writers section.
23 Jun 09--Brett Matthews added to the Writers section.
22 Jun 09--X-Men Origins: Wolverine is still at #14 in daily box office totals. Foreign ticket sales have now gone past domestic - $183M foreign & $177M domestic for a world-wide total of $360M.
20 Jun 09--Greg Rucka added to the Writers section.
19 Jun 09--Das Pastoras added to the Artists section.
18 Jun 09--Mark Robinson added to the Artists section.
17 Jun 09--Victor Gischler and Marc Sumerak added to the Writers section.
15 Jun 09--Added to the Movie-verse timeline.
14 Jun 09--Newest numbers on X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Foreign ticket sales matched domestic as of 7 Jun and the numbers are now $176M domestic and $176M foreign adding up to the world-wide total of over $352M.
13 Jun 09--Added to Blink in Sabretooth's Den.
12 Jun 09--Added to the Movie-verse timeline.
11 Jun 09--Added to the Movie-verse timeline.
10 Jun 09--Quotes added to Sabretooth's Den.
9 Jun 09--Movie-verse timeline complete through X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Started adding X-Men.
8 Jun 09--Added to the Movie-verse timeline.
7 Jun 09--Added to the Movie-verse timeline.
6 Jun 09--Added 3 new writers to the Writers pages.
5 Jun 09--Added new quotes for Wolverine.
4 Jun 09--The foreign ticket sales for X-Men Origins: Wolverine were updated at the end of May. Current totals - over $172M domestic and over $170M foreign for a total of $342M world-wide in 34 days of release.
3 Jun 09--Added new quotes for Wolverine.
1 Jun 09--Added new quotes for both Wolverine and Sabretooth.
31 May 09--End of month totals on the X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Over $170M domestic. The foreign sales still haven't been updated since the 17th, but that still makes the world-wide total over $315M.
30 May 09--Added to the timeline based on the X-men movies.
29 May 09--Added to the timeline based on the X-men movies.
28 May 09--Have begun to add a timeline based on the X-men movies. Spoiler alert: timeline does give away movie plot points so do not go to before seeing the movies (or if you do, don't blame me)
27 May 09--Did some additional work on the timeline.
26 May 09--Out now for 25 days, the current box office totals on X-Men Origins: Wolverine - over $165M domestic and just under $145M foreign (last update on foreign is from 17 May) for a total of over $310M.
25 May 09--Timeline now includes the initial bonding of adamantium to Logan.
24 May 09--Timeline now includes the WWII timeframe.
23 May 09--Marvel has released a timeline of Logan's life (mainstream), so have begun to add that to this site. Not even up to World War II, but there's a lot to this. Will post progress on this project as it occurs.
21 May 09--At the three week mark, current box office totals on X-Men Origins: Wolverine - over $154M domestic and just under $145M foreign for a total of over $299M.
20 May 09--New quote added from Astonishing X-Men 21 to conversations area.
18 May 09--New quote added to Sabretooth's Den.
17 May 09--Current box office totals on X-Men Origins: Wolverine - over $151M domestic and over $123M foreign for a total of $274M.
16 May 09--Worked on Mystique's pages in the Vic's Women section of Sabretooth's Den.
15 May 09--Added Betsy Braddock to the Vic's Women section of Sabretooth's Den.
14 May 09--Added Amichai Benvenisti and Leni Zauber to Mystique's section of Sabretooth's Den.
13 May 09--Just some miscellaneous site fixes (found a couple of bad links). Dead scanner has now been replaced, so will be adding new images soon.
12 May 09--Added a bit more to Sabretooth's Den. And as of yesterday's box office report, X-Men Origins: Wolverine was over $129M domestic and over $79M foreign for a whopping $208M in 10 days release.
11 May 09--Starting a new expanded section on Sabretooth - I'm calling it Sabretooth's Den. Any Creed aspect you'd care to see covered? Shoot me an email. Also, had complaints about the background being too distracting so - a new background as well. Hope it's easier on the eyes.

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