How he died: Now this one is a little less obvious. During the first Marvel Zombies series Logan is definitely amongst the hoards of superheroic undead who have all but picked the planet clean, having devoured the majority of both the human and metahuman population (except for the Black Panther, who Hank Pym has kept alive and is slowly snacking on, because live flesh is so much nicer than dead and supplies are running low). As far as comic book apocalypses - and especially apocalypses involving the X-Men - go, it's especially horrific. How exactly did Wolverine end up a zombie, though? Surely that doesn't make any sense? We know we've been out to disprove this fact with the whole premise of this article, but part of his deal is that he can't die. Amongst other things, his healing factor should be able to fight off something like a reanimating virus. He'd definitely be able to deal with being munched on by his undead comrades, since he's recovered from worse than a few nibbles about his person. Turns out his mutant powers weren't quite up to the challenge of Captain America, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and a handful of other zombies all biting him at once, though. How he came back: Because of the zombie virus, duh. Unfortunately his healing factor abandons him completely once he comes back from the dead, meaning that when he loses a limb in this ghoulish form - as so often happens to the undead, something which doesn't have nearly as much awareness raised as it should - it's gone for good. No lizard tail-style regrowing for your bits and bobs now, Wolvie, as he discovers in the first Marvel Zombies series where an arm gets lopped off and never returns. He does, however, achieve some pretty impressive cosmic powers as the result of chowing down on space-based superhero the Silver Surfer. Logan and the rest of the zombies then set off into the great black beyond themselves, where he gets a sweet new cybernetic arm and the whole gang manages to eat every living thing in existence. From there they discover the ability to hope between other dimensions, which is how the rag-tag gang of slowly decomposing Marvel heroes manages to keep going. Wolverine included who, as of the most recent series, is alive and well! Or, undead and loving it.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
