10 Worst Things Wolverine Has Ever Done

Many a villain is born through a harrowing backstory, and Wolverine did all he could to make this villain’s as harrowing as possible.

Frank Simpson had a troubled childhood even before Wolverine came on the scene, with an alcoholic, abusive mother, and a father thoroughly demoralised and spiritually diminished by his wife's behaviour towards their family.

His upbringing led to poor behaviour outside his home, catching the attention of the villain Romulus, who was behind a super-soldier programme, and sent an agent named Betsy to infiltrate the Simpson family, posing as a babysitter. She went on to convince Frank to kill his mother.

Working as an operative of Romulus, Logan kidnapped Frank Simpson after murdering Betsy and convinced his father, Charles Simpson, to commit suicide. The boy was placed in a psychological conditioning program, designed to produce super-soldiers.

If kidnapping him as a child wasn’t bad enough, Logan came back for him when he was an adult soldier in Vietnam, kidnapping him again under a false Russian identity. He then tortured Frank ruthlessly, branding his face with an American flag, after which time he became the Daredevil villain known as Nuke.