Did JB develop an untold origin for Wolverine while he was working on X-MEN?
As told by Cory Vandernet, and affirmed by JB: AsIremember Roger Stern asked John to set down Wolverine’s originwhich would be hinted at but never printed. And as I recall it went something like this…. Wolverine was born in the Canadian West in the 1920s living a rough and tumble life. His mutant healing factor manifested itself in his teens. When WWII rolled around, Wolverine signed up with the Canadian Army (never being one to back away from a good scrap). Distiguishing himself, he was assigned to The First Special Services Force (‘The Devil’s Brigade’), a joint US/Canada fighting unit and terrorized the Nazis until War’s end. After the war he travelled the world until returning home to Canada getting a job as a ranch-hand. One day during a cattle drive the herd got spooked and Wolverine was thrown from his horse and was trampled by hundreds of cattle. Recovering in hospital Wolverine found out the hard way that his healing factor did not include his bones.
As told by Cory Vandernet, and affirmed by JB: AsIremember Roger Stern asked John to set down Wolverine’s originwhich would be hinted at but never printed. And as I recall it went something like this…. Wolverine was born in the Canadian West in the 1920s living a rough and tumble life. His mutant healing factor manifested itself in his teens. When WWII rolled around, Wolverine signed up with the Canadian Army (never being one to back away from a good scrap). Distiguishing himself, he was assigned to The First Special Services Force (‘The Devil’s Brigade’), a joint US/Canada fighting unit and terrorized the Nazis until War’s end. After the war he travelled the world until returning home to Canada getting a job as a ranch-hand. One day during a cattle drive the herd got spooked and Wolverine was thrown from his horse and was trampled by hundreds of cattle. Recovering in hospital Wolverine found out the hard way that his healing factor did not include his bones. Inside his perfectly hea
