Wolverine is the best at what he does and that has made him very popular. Marvel, always willing to milk something for its full worth, recognized how popular Wolverine was and created a whole cast of characters that were essentially Wolverine in every way. There are many great tropes in Wolverine’s makeup, and they can easily be used on other characters.
There are many characters that contain Wolverine’s creative DNA. Sometimes it’s pretty obvious and sometimes you have to search a little to find it. These characters wouldn’t exist at all if Wolverine wasn’t popular.
10 Deadpool’s personality is different, but he’s very much in the Wolverine streak
On the surface, Deadpool doesn’t really seem like Wolverine. He is a cheerful character who is always ready for a joke when killing people. But dig a little deeper into Deadpool and there’s a lot of Wolverine in there. They are both Weapon X subjects with healing factors that were used to kill others, for example.
Beneath all the humor, Deadpool is a damaged man, just like Wolverine. He is pathologically lonely and looking for his family, which is what Wolverine does, but in a different way. Both had a mysterious past for years. The two characters have so much in common beyond superficial impressions.
9 Shatterstar definitely outplayed Wolverine Tropes
Shatterstar burst onto the scene just as Wolverine’s popularity really took off. Shatterstar is basically Rob Liefeld’s idea of a Wolverine-like character. He’s a ferocious killer with a mysterious past, one who was extremely violent but still a hero. Much like Wolverine, he had a changing backstory as writers kept changing his origins.
Shatterstar is an amazing fighter, especially with edged weapons. Unlike many other Wolverine-like characters at Marvel, he didn’t really have much to do with Wolverine. Eventually he would get a concrete backstory, like Wolverine, and also lighten up, also similar to Wolverine.
8th Wildside is another Wolverine clone by Liefeld
Rob Liefeld created several Wolverine clones during his time at Image and Marvel. Wildside is another notable game, and Liefeld barely tried to hide how much it resembled Wolverine Wildside. It all started with the extremely similar hair, but then there were the retractable claws, the Weapon-X connection and his attitude.
The biggest difference between Wildside and Wolverine is that Wildside is a villain. Liefeld was concerned with creating characters that reminded readers of other characters, especially in the later stages of his career at Marvel and when he joined Image. Wildside was the baddest Wolverine clone he created at Marvel.
7 Omega Red was cut from the Wolverine mold
Many deadly mutant villains made their debut in the ’90s. One of the most popular is Omega Red. Omega Red may not seem like a Wolverine clone, but all of the classic Wolverine touches are there. Super soldier mutant her government experimented on? Check. A brute attitude infused with a powerful metal? Check. Experienced fighter with a mysterious past? Check.
Omega Red is basically the Russian Wolverine. His death spur power is also basically the opposite of Wolverine’s healing factor, showing that he was created as a character to complement the Canadian mutant. He struck a chord with ’90s fans and has long been considered one of Wolverine’s most iconic foes.
6 Sabretooth and Wolverine are inextricably linked
Sabretooth is Wolverine’s most brutal opponent and also the first Wolverine clone. It took a while for the two characters to clash, but once they did, it was off to the races. The two basically had the same powers except they had different types of claws, both were in Weapon X and both were Canadian.
The biggest difference between Sabretooth and Wolverine is personality. They both like to kill, but Sabretooth loves to kill anyone he can, while Wolverine only likes to kill people he thinks deserve it. The two characters are so linked that it is impossible to imagine one without the other.
5 Romulus is an evil glutton played as the mastermind
A venerable trope in superhero fiction is the evil opposite. Most A-list superheroes have multiple, and Wolverine is no different. Romulus was the latest in a long line of Wolverine villains who were basically him, but evil. The biggest difference between Wolverine and Romulus, aside from their moral alignments, is that Romulus was also a mastermind character, one who played the long game and manipulated events.
Romulus was revealed to be the shadowy manipulator behind Wolverine’s life. He had almost the same powers as Wolverine and the two worked together prior to Weapon X, as did several other Wolverine-like villains.
4 Jimmy Hudson was the son of Ultimate Wolverine
Wolverine has fathered many children over the years, and that includes Wolverines from other universes. Ultimate Wolverine had a child named Jimmy Hudson who took his father’s place after his death. Following the destruction of the 1610 Universe, Jimmy was transferred to the 616 Universe where he joined the time-displaced original X-Men and acted as their Wolverine.
Jimmy did not have an adamantium skeleton, but like most Wolverine children, he had exactly the same powers as his father. The character was never very popular, but he has played the Wolverine role on more than one X-Men team.
3 Scout is another lab-produced Wolverine daughter
Marvel’s cronies can be a pretty tough bunch, with Scout being one of the most dangerous. Like her sister Laura Kinney, she was created in a laboratory. She has the requisite healing factor, supersenses, and claws despite having one claw on her hand instead of three. She is also unable to feel pain, which sets her apart from Wolverine.
Scout has her demons that arise from being made into a killer, much like Wolverine, giving her an extra dimension of grief. There are other aspects of her personality that set her apart from Wolverine, but without old Canucklehead she wouldn’t exist at all.
2 Akihiro was introduced as another evil wolverine before being given his own character
Akihiro was first known as Daken. Introduced as a lackey to Romulus, he was Wolverine’s son, a child who Wolverine thought was long dead. He was raised to hate his father and was used as a weapon against him. He has the same powers, but his claws are slightly different – two on his hand and one as a dewclaw – and he can release pheromones that he can use to control others.
Daken was eventually killed by his father, which was probably the best thing that could have happened to him. Daken has become his own character and has developed a personality that transcends someone who hates Wolverine.
1 Wolverine is the same as Wolverine
Laura Kinney was introduced as X-23. She is thought to be a clone of Wolverine and has the same powers as him, except she has two claws on each hand and one on each foot. Like Wolverine, she was made into a killing machine and had to live with the guilt. As with Wolverine, a big part of her character journey was finding a way to live a normal life.
It was later revealed that Laura was Logan’s daughter. After Wolverine’s death, she would get her chance to become a superstar. She became the new Wolverine and proved she was A-list ready. She has since joined the X-Men and her father decided to share the Wolverine mantle with her.
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