10 Unbelievable Retcons That Made Comics Worse

1. Nearly Turning Wolverine Into A Wolf Hybrid - Wolverine: Evolution

Compared to most, Wolverine has actually benefited a great deal from retcons. He got his bone claws from a retcon, the Weapon X program was developed through retcons, and it's just generally rare they ever fail him.

That was, until, Wolverine: Evolution.

During Jeph Loeb's run on the solo Wolverine ongoing, he introduced a figure known as Romulus and with him the idea of 'Lupines'. Instead of mutants or humans, Lupines would evolve alongside both species from actual wolves, and yep - you guessed it - the series also revealed that Logan was in fact a Lupine all along. Lupines also do or don't get along based on the colour of their hair. There was a reason it didn't last long.

Evolution eventually revealed that Romulus had lied about the whole Lupine thing, but it kept the whole angle that he was responsible for most of the major events in Wolverine's life... somehow.

As with all the other retcons mentioned thus far, Romulus and the lupines is one best left forgotten, and one Marvel themselves are probably eager to forget as well.