10 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Wolverine

4. Laura Kinney

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Currently Marvel's Wolverine until the status quo is changed and Logan returns for good, Laura Kinney - formerly X-23 - made a splash in the recent Logan film as the feral clone created from Wolverine's genetic material, complete with claws and a healing factor. Like Harley Quinn of DC fame, she was originally created for a TV series, the fantastic early 2000s X-Men: Evolution, before eventually making her way to the comics later that same decade.

Though best known for her designation, X-23, Laura has since denied the name, instead marking herself as Laura Kinney, and as Wolverine, rather than the weapon they wanted her to be. Her last name, Kinney, comes from her other genetic donor, a scientist who eventually considered her a daughter: Sarah Kinney.

Laura is no longer a wild child, but a full grown, well-adjusted adult woman with friends, family, and a home. Big sister to Gabby and little sister (though technically his aunt) to Daken, Laura has established herself alongside stalwarts like Captain Marvel and Ironheart as a hero of the Marvel universe in her own right, and not just as "Wolverine's clone" or even his daughter, despite her apparent, daughterly love for him.

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