10 Most Inappropriate Wolverine Storylines Ever

10. Nearly Got Storm Killed - Old Soldiers

The X-Men books have never been better than when Chris Claremont was on writing duties. While Claremont was fantastic in his handling of Xavier's merry gang of mutants and, in particular, Wolverine, that doesn't mean that Logan always did the traditionally 'right' thing.

During Uncanny X-Men #215's Old Soldiers story - from Claremont and artist Alan Davis - Wolverine and Storm end up separated from their fellow X-Men while the duo explore the singed remains of the house of Jean Grey's sister Sarah. By this point in time, Jean had long been thought dead. So, when Wolvie suddenly smells Jean's scent, that sends alarm bells ringing in Weapon X's head.

By that, it meant Wolverine frantically followed this scent, knocking Storm unconscious as he raced out of the house. From there, the Canucklehead left the knocked-out Ororo Munroe on the floor, and she would be kidnapped by a group of mutants who subsequently used Storm as part of some twisted hunting game.

Granted, Jean Grey has always clouded Wolverine's judgement, but here Logan's obsession with Jean very nearly got one of his X-Men cohorts killed.

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Posted On: 20th Jul 2022

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