10 Comic Heroes You Weren't Supposed To Like

10. Wolverine

Today, Wolverine can class himself among some of the most popular heroes Marvel have to offer, and is certainly one of the greatest X-Men of all time. Even before Hugh Jackman's historic portrayal of the character, Logan became incredibly popular thanks to his unique powers, and unblinking, badass attitude.

However, this certainly wasn't the case when he was introduced in 1974, neither was it the writers' intention. The character started life as a one off adversary of the Incredible Hulk, with the mutant brought in to track the Avenger for the Canadian government.

At the time, there was no intention of taking Wolverine's story any further beyond a mysterious superhuman working against the established character of the Hulk. Even after the writers decided that there was a story to be told, and brought the character into the X-Men, he did little to help his own cause, bringing tension to the team with his feelings for Jean Grey.

The character was almost dropped completely, but was ultimately saved when John Byrne took over the property in the late 1970's. Just several years later, thanks to the character's surge in popularity, Wolverine was given his own solo series, and went from strength to strength from there.