Wolverine's New Non-Mutant Team Revealed, All Members and Powers

In Wolverine #19, Wolverine #7, which included it seeing adamantium as a “false metal.” Fortunately for Wolverine, adamantium, which has coated his skeleton and claws since his Weapon X days, can harm Adamantine. In addition to the claws that protrude from his forearms, Wolverine’s other mutant powers include a healing factor, which allowed him to survive the adamantium bonding process and has kept him alive for nearly 200 years, and enhanced sight, smell, and hearing.

Red Hare

Red Hare is one of the Boneclaw

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Boneclaw, the second member of The Wolf with a Gun

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The Villain: Adamantine

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Adamantine as a metal has been part of Marvel Comics lore for decades, with it being used to construct Hercules’ golden mace and the Helm of Hades, among other things. However, now that it’s been revealed that this malevolent sentence has been around longer than the gods, Adamantine has taken on new importance in Wolverine’s life, though the longtime X-Man isn’t pleased about this. He told Athena that he’s “never been big on destiny,” and prefers “carving” his own life path.

As previously mentioned, Adamantine can possess living beings and imbue them with its power, resulting in them taking on a golden appearance. This has already happened to Lady Deathstrike, Cyber, Romulus, and even Hercules, and the Savage Champions clashed with an Adamantine-powered mammoth in Wolverine #27. The sentience can also take on a humanoid form on its own and still be a formidable threat, like when it attacked a Chinese military base on Earth-616.

Although adamantium is one of the strongest metals in the Marvel mythology, it’s not completely indestructible. Adamantine demonstrated this when it The Savage Champions Are Destined To Defeat Adamantine

Wolverine #27, Written by Saladin Ahmed, Art By Julius Ohta

Although there are many Marvel characters who either have adamantium in their bodies like Wolverine, or wield adamantium weaponry, apparently only the Savage Warriors are capable of posing a true threat to Adamantine. Red Hare, Boneclaw, and Wolf with a Gun have known about their destinies for a long time, and while Logan is only just learning his role in this reality-spanning conflict, they already consider him their “‘brother.” This collection of Wolverine-like characters is reminiscent of the many Wolverine #30 will show Logan’s "feral" side fully emerging as part of a new storyline, it’s unclear if the threat of Adamantine will be fully resolved in the coming weeks, or if it will reemerge at a later date either in this book or elsewhere. Either way, now that the Savage Champions have been established, Wolverine has a new team he can turn to in times of need. Even if the spirit of Adamantine is permanently vanquished, it presumably wouldn’t be difficult to bring Logan’s new comrades back together to combat other threats.

Wolverine #27 is now available from Marvel Comics.