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WARNING! Spoilers for X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic #15X-Men fans are well aware of most abilities in Wolverine‘s arsenal by now, but a new revelation has just redefined his powers in a groundbreaking way. Beast’s discovery about his mutation suggests that there’s more to Wolverine’s iconic claws than meets the eye, and it may shed light on the Marvel hero’s increasingly deadly impulses at long last.
In X-Men: From The Ashes Infinity Comic #15 by Alex Paknadel, Phillip Sevy, Michael Bartolo, and Clayton Cowles, Beast reveals that predatory morphology – such as, in his case, claws – has a correlation to the predatory behavior exhibited by certain mutants such as himself. He claims, “An animal with claws will almost always use them.”
If Beast’s claws are what fueled his descent into cruelty during the Krakoan Era, then Wolverine’s own claws could be enhancing his animal instincts as well. Once sickly James Howlett, Wolverine’s powers have gradually turned him into a predator over the course of centuries, and the X-Men finally understand why.
X-Men Confirms That Mutants With Claws Are More Prone to Barbarism
Beast’s Villainous Turn on Krakoa Affirms His Theory of Predatory Behavior
In this comic, Beast is confiding in a therapist about the recent harrowing events he’s undergone. As it turns out, this isn’t the original Beast, and he is instead a clone who has replaced Beast Prime. The version of the character who readers followed during the X-Men’s Krakoan Era was this Beast Prime, whose god complex caused him to conduct evil experiments that pushed him far beyond the point of redemption. Hank may be back to his old self, but he fears that he’s destined to become a monster all over again due to Beast Prime and other variants’ vile acts.
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When asked why he worries about facing the same fate as before, Beast explains his theory about how his claws impact his personality. He confesses that his X-Gene has “triggered certain offensive mutations in its carrier”, and that these have only worsened with time. Although he’d intended to squander this brutality by focusing on intellectual pursuits, he ended up expressing that barbaric nature through his inventions and experiments. Essentially, sharing physical traits with beasts made Hank a beast in turn, and he isn’t the only mutant with claws that can influence him. Wolverine, for instance, may suffer from the same X-Gene side effect as Beast.
Wolverine’s Adamantium Claws Explain His Violent Tendencies
This X-Man’s Claws Are the Reason He’s Committed So Many Brutal Kills
Wolverine is widely considered to be the most violent fighter within the X-Men’s ranks, having pulled off some of the greatest – and goriest – kills in Marvel history. Thus, there’s reason to believe that his claws could be impacting his biology the same way that Beast’s have. His claws were first merged with his body as a product of Weapon X’s experimentation, and they aren’t the only beastly trait he possesses. X-Men #25 by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert showed that his predatory mutation runs deep when he underwent a feral transformation after losing his Adamantium skeleton.
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While Wolverine has never shied away from killing when necessary, he’s embraced his predatory side more and more over the years, suggesting that Beast’s theory is coming to pass. In 2024’s Wolverine #50 by Benjamin Percy, Victor LaValle, and Geoff Shaw, Logan enacted one of his bloodiest kills in his final battle against Sabretooth. Wielding both his claws and a Muramasa blade, he sliced his nemesis into pieces to finish him off in the most gruesome way possible. Not long after, in Saladin Ahmed and Martín Cóccolo’s Wolverine #1, he hunted and killed Cyber as a wild animal would, even gouging his prey’s eye out after the fact.
Unlike Beast, Wolverine Has Proven He Can Conquer His Animal Side
Wolverine’s War With His Predatory Instincts Yields Different Results
Wolverine’s violence has reached terrifying extremes throughout X-Men history, but he doesn’t fully succumb to his dark nature the way Beast did on Krakoa. In fact, Logan has demonstrated that he can overcome the predatory instincts within him and stand firm in his convictions as a human. Heroes for Hope: Starring the X-Men features a story by Harlan Ellison and Frank Miller, which features a physical manifestation of Wolverine’s internal battle over whether he’s more animal than man. Logan fights Wolverine, then ultimately defeats the animal side of him. Specifically, he wins by using Wolverine’s claws against him.
Wolverine’s violence has reached terrifying extremes throughout X-Men history, but he doesn’t fully succumb to his dark nature the way Beast did on Krakoa.
As brutal as Wolverine is known to be, he’s still fighting on behalf of mutantkind alongside the X-Men to this day. Most of his efforts are an attempt to atone for his dark past, such as when he was possessed by the Hand or murdered his own son. Therefore, regardless of his sins, Logan can be commended for trying to be less monstrous than his claws make him out to be. Wolverine‘s hidden power gives him dangerous potential, but he’s shown that he can be better than his impulses, so he isn’t losing his status as an X-Men legend any time soon.
X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic #15 is available now from Marvel Comics!
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