How Wolverine became the most POPULAR X-Men

Wolverine is the most well-known X-Man, and fans love Hugh Jackman’s portrayal, but it wasn’t always like that. Logan was a secondary character for years, and everyone thought Hugh Jackman couldn’t play a Wolverine like the one from the comics.
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[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Wolverine is not only the most popular X-Men, but he's one of the most popular Marvel characters of all time.

[@qantumlux156]

You could say… he is THE X-man

[@Stark7Ghost]

I once saw a ranking where we came 2nd as the most popular marvel hero... only behind Spiderman who was number 1

[@johnbrylledomingo6377]

@@Stark7Ghost yeah , kinda seems impossible for anyone other than Superman, Batman, Spiderman to be in Top3 . #4 would be just be random based of whoever people's favorite superhero is (if they're not already in the top 3 ).

[@ChristianGabino]

Wolverine is the *X-Man*

[@conestuff87]

The most popular character in marvel is spiderman

[@breakingbenjamin555]

He is iconic now. Superman, Batman, and Spiderman are all iconic regardless of how much of a fan you are. Simply the claws and everyone knows it’s Wolverine.

[@johnbrylledomingo6377]

Huge Jacked Man made him normal popular worldwide WOWWWW.

[@chadbrad8100]

he was always iconic buddy u ddn;t watch the X-Men they were on Fox not Disney?

[@roarmbee7045]

Hugh Jackman's Wolverine is the face of Fox X-Men movies, just like how RDJ's Iron Man is the face of the MCU

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

One of the biggest reasons why I think Wolverine is the most popular X-Man is because of his backstory/moral grey outlook. The majority of the X-Men's roster consists of flat protagonists that all fall in line with Xavier's peaceful coexistence mission, but because of Wolverine's background of being in 4 wars and the torture of the Weapon X experience, it grants him a more "realistic" view of humanities flaws. To me, it makes sense why Logan may have been apprehensive to join a group that wants peace with humanity when humanity doesn't want peace with mutants.

[@ilhamnumber]

He also more like one guys type of group.....he could do all by himself

[@akhileshsalunke5918]

When i was a kid i did not even knew it's wolverine.. I used to to call him "X-man" only.

[@Xiao_The_Editor]

Same lol

[@JamesHowlett-qy3yq]

Still many people think so😂the x man for a reason

[@jshonemichaelcanobis6845]

Omg Same

[@midnight.blue42]

same here

[@vigneshiyer2483]

You were an X-man. Fuck that, you were the X-man. The Wolverine. ~ This line literally had me in tears of joy of someone finally saying it out loud, and of course, it has to be DP.

[@ultron_sigma]

Hes not just the most popular xmen character, hes one of the most popular marvel characters along with spiderman

[@elusivent]

Its crazy he appeared in a Hulk comic and became arguably more popular than the titular character.

[@Blackoutdmc]

Wolverine had kids sticking pencils between thier fingers for years when the x-man movies came out.

[@ebenezeroppong5384]

Ikr

[@elusivent]

Facts 😂 i remember doing this in elementary/middle school

[@JamesHowlett-qy3yq]

I used to to that😂

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

We're all happy that Hugh Jackman took up the role.

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

I feel like I'm the only person on earth that actually enjoyed X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

[@dr.brainwash7675]

No I liked it to, didn’t know it was hated

[@B-10a]

I absolutely loved it as a 13yo.

[@Quokka_J]

Don't worry I did (and still do) too 🙂

[@HOGISIMJAYUN]

I liked it too. More than THE WOLVERINE.

[@CaptainRex767]

U ain’t the only problem with that movie is deadpool

[@Jjjkuzeee]

People forget that before Ironman, Captain America and Thor, Marvel's big three were Spiderman, Wolverine and Hulk

[@shaanvinoth9277]

They still are. Spiderman, hulk and wolverine are still more popular than the mcu's trio

[@Sigmundfrued]

@@shaanvinoth9277iron man is definitely more popular then Hulk and Wolverine now

[@LegendXD00]

Deadpool and Wolverine say hello to that iron man statement

[@vusherman1125]

Wolverine is THE X-Men

[@collegerebel]

X-Man

[@marklap1224]

I love wolverine but he is not solely the X-Men. Thanks to X-men 97, people our now seeing how cool the other characters are like cyclops (who they butchered his character in the movies) Nightcrawler, Gambit, Rouge and others.

[@Luieditz13]

*cyclops entered the chat*

[@mohamedaljassmy]

He may not be the leader of the X-Men but he is the face of the X-Men and that is undisputed.

[@sammcfarlane2494]

Wolverine needs to be appear in the MCU again.

[@prosalmanplays7985]

I think he will....... Either in Avengers Secret Wars Or Doomsday....... Also I believe he will be one of the main protagonist

[@sammcfarlane2494]

@@prosalmanplays7985 and Deadpool in there too.

[@Afineaddition]

I want to see him fight the Avengers

[@sammcfarlane2494]

@@Afineaddition he can’t fight all the Avengers.

[@alkebulanlion6198]

@@prosalmanplays7985he is feige said Wolverine will have huge role and same with Toney Spider-Man in secret wars they are gonna be the main guys to stop doom

[@discountwolverine1658]

This is weird revisionist history. Wolverine was the most popular X-Man well before Hugh Jackman. He had his own solo run for a decade before Jackman took over the role. Marvel Comics Presents was basically *another* Wolverine run.

[@j2323j]

Facts we loved wolverine and them old school games

[@Vilgax00]

Deadpol:Say the word. Wolverine: No. Deadpool: Came on, it will be hilarous! Wolverine: Ugh...Ke-Bub. Deadpool: There you go!

[@inviiinciiible]

Wolverine was the most popular x-men character since the 80s. He was winning fan polls against spawn, batman and spider-man since the 80s and 90s. even out selling them in merch, toys and comics.

[@darthsacul3940]

He's an X-Men, an Avenger, and he's a backup for the Fantastic 4. Yeah he's pretty popular.

[@JustACactus616]

I like to think there’s an alternate universe where Cyclops is everyone’s favorite even though Wolverine’s really the heart of the team. We have X-Men Origins: Cyclops The Cyclops Summers And even Deadpool and Cyclops

[@evenhartwick4422]

Wolverine is my favorite x-men but i also love cyclops and think he's actually the most important x-men character. he's the superman to the x-mens justice league. ironically both Marvel and DC had their resident dark bad boys in Batman and Wolverine over take their boy scout team leaders in Cyclops and Superman in popularity. and least with Avengers i never felt like one guy over took the whole team cap, iron man, thor are all pretty relative in popularity.

[@DoctorErika]

the Deadpool and wolverine movie is what happens when you put a serious character and a funny character

[@Sjono]

Wolverine was already popular even in the 1980s since Marvel started plastering him on various covers By the end of the 1990s, Wolverine had been paired up with practically every Marvel hero in existence. Wolverine is also the only character to have appeared in every single MvC game, all the way from X-Men: Children of the Atom to Marvel vs. Capcom 3. He even had two versions of himself in MvC2. We don’t talk about Infinite When Marvel and DC had a crossover event, out of any other Marvel character it was Wolverine who was paired to DC’s most popular character Batman to make the Amalgam character Dark Claw. Fox wouldn’t have chosen Wolverine as the protagonist if he weren’t so popular prior

[@ebenezeroppong5384]

So he was popular before Jackman

[@Sjono]

@@ebenezeroppong5384 Yes he was just like Spider-Man was already popular before Tobey McGuire

[@princebloodgrave8097]

Being a Canadian, Wolverine has been popular since the late 80s-early 90s, prior to the animated series. Everyone I knew liked him.

[@TheCheeseWall]

Remember when back in the day wolverine was hyped up to be one if not the strongest X men 😭😭

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

Wolverine & The X-Men was such an underrated series, and I wish it would get its own Disney+ revival especially since it was under the Marvel Studios production banner and was produced by Kevin Feige.

[@j.ackermann9110]

Wolverine was always my favourite comic book character exactly because he isn't that polished hero type. And Hugh Jackman plays him incredibly well. Seeing him wearing the costume and mask was great.

[@wolverine1800]

Proud Canadian, and a die hard wolverine fan

[@SadiaIslamShouki]

a Secondary character and a third tier character became everyone’s favourite because of the dedication of the 2 actor who played them.Hugh and Ryan really deserve respect

[@JamesHowlett-qy3yq]

deadpool maybe was a b grade hero but not Logan. He was the most popular x men even before the movies.....

[@anderson9244MLG]

He's the reason why I fell in love with marvel vs Capcom series and fighting games as a whole

[@user-ANDY1981]

Same too ！👍️

[@superslicer6]

Hugh wasnt the choice we wanted, be he became the choice we lived. Also, even though wolverine is canonically short, movies dont typically follow EVERY detail, so im glad they skipped that one

[@picarotodendron7242]

i grew up watching xmen and always tought it was called x man because when logan crosses his claws it makes an X (it is one of his signature moves after all), i literally realized like a week ago that it was named after charles after watching all of the films 😭😭😭

[@RandomGuy-qc8ml]

Both Wolverine and Deadpool are what I would describe "The man behind the mask is just as important as the costume"

[@collegerebel]

Wolverine... chubby? When has he ever been drawn as even a bit chubby?

[@alan_w_ake]

HE IS THE XMAN

[@BartDRockTroll]

Wolverine became popular because he crossed his arms to extend his claws which looks like the iconic X in X-men. Pretty much the only x-men character who had a reason to do that which made him the focus of X-men for those who don't know about X-men.

[@MR-rj2qw]

So Hugh Jackman and Wolverine made each other more famous than they were before. Kinda cool

[@micahbell5572]

He was an x-man, hell he was the X-Man.

[@ethanwelk2736]

Spiderman, Batman, and Superman all could and have had flops but still returned with other solo films. Hulk technically did, too.

[@lszel]

I grew up with the fox x men and Wolverine and the x-men cartoon my childhood

[@namm1on]

I grew up before the X-men cartoons aired. Trust me, wolverine was the most popular X-men before it aired. I would argue that he got his solo comic book series because of his popularity

[@KaktusPopcorn]

Everytime when I watch his videos I can’t believe that he doesn’t have more than 100k abos

[@indianastones6032]

With the lack of ressearch he does?? He needs to do better then.

[@trolledfordrip]

don't forget my boi quicksilver since he has the 2 best parts of 2 x men movies

[@W0LV1E45]

Back when I was a child in early 2000s. The Marvel characters I knew was Spider-Man, Wolverine and The Hulk. For DC it was Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman

[@godofthunder-uf5zx]

Nature made me a freak Man made me a weapon And god made it last too long ~ logan This line hits hard in the logan movie.😢😢

[@Open-0Source]

wolverine is just good

[@lenardregencia]

Wolverine is the X-Men.

[@armorbearer9702]

It's kind of sad that Wolverine's popularity came at the cost of other X-Men. I hope that Gambit gets a prominent role in future X-Men movies. Channing Tatum did an amazing job portraying the charecter in _Deadpool & Wolverine_ .

[@captainet2457]

I might honestly prefer him over Spider-Man..wish I have more comics to read.

[@DavidRosariojr-xh6bw]

I really thought he was the most popular in the early 90's . Enough for me to get that Wolverine III figure with the springing claws as my first one .

[@NightcoreBass-e9f]

Wolverine is kinda like Raphael from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and the 2003 and 2012 Tv Series.

[@lszel]

I always thought Wolverine became popular because of the x-men 90s series

[@antoniomele4830]

To me Wolverine IS Hugh Jackman. Nobody can replace him. Just like Iron Man IS RDJ

[@xavierciansalvador5895]

Bro is the definition of the x-men

[@mohammedawad3977]

Wolverine is THE X-MEN 💛💛

[@kartikeygupta3958]

Top 5 most iconic superhero of present day Spider-man Batman Iron Man Superman Wolverine Idk why tf people still keep superman in the list despite having mid movies and comics and literally no solo games, definitely not a single iconic actor( I respect those actors but none of them can be called iconic).

[@jdmhbeats]

I think the surge of deadpool fans and recent amazing movies and awesome game and popularity increase cements him as a modern marvel legend

[@kartikeygupta3958]

@@jdmhbeats When we talk about 'iconic' superheroes, it's important to look at the bigger picture. Deadpool is fantastic-he's had some really fun games, incredible comics, and have the best superhero comedies ever made. But when you think about how many superhero fans would actually name Deadpool as their favorite superhero of all time, I don't think that number is as big compared to other heroes. On the other hand, Superman’s fanbase always makes me wonder why they still stick with him. Aside from Man of Steel, most Superman movies are worse than even the worst modern superhero films.

[@Chiscribbs]

Wow, watching this made me realize just how surprisingly similar Deadpool and Wolverine's success stories were, in terms of their progression... Both of them: were originally made to be one-off side characters, gained interest for subverting typical hero archetypes yet were disliked by many for being hard to relate to, then gained a tragic backstory which went on to shape their character motivations and made them more likeable to readers, went from merciless and needlessly mean to having some sort of core moral code, were done dirty in their first official tv/film adaptation (Deadpool arguably more so, but I digress), and then finally rose to fame via the dedication and perfect casting of their live-action counterparts. Which subsequently had a massive impact on their popularity, both mainstream and in comics, making them both household names. ...no wonder this team-up has been so highly anticipated. Even without taking the in-universe connections into consideration, they're still a match made in comic book heaven! lol

[@abunirmal2535]

I thought his name was x-man And I haven't read the comic books, so I thought he was the lead in comics and animated shows

[@walterhoward5512]

You mentioned Claremont, but it's really John Byrne who saved Wolverine. The X-Men, like most Marvel comics, were created using the Marvel method. In this style of comic creation, the writer comes up with a short synopsis, and the artist draws the full comic based on that synopsis, adding in whatever details are necessary to turn the synopsis into a real story. The writer then comes in afterward and adds the dialogue and captions. This method basically makes the artist the co-writer of the story because they control so much of the story and how it is told. John Byrne used this power to push Wolverine because being a Canadian himself, he wasn't happy with the only Canadian superhero at the Marvel or DC being so unpopular. To his credit, Claremont let Byrne cook and eventually started to use Wolverine more himself and that is what started the ball rolling on Wolverine's rise to popularity.

[@xtheregulator42x]

until hes 90!

[@Dead_Hitori]

Greatest character of all time

[@jennvirtudes2617]

1:26 Kinda like Deadpool! He too was supposed to appear in 1 comic only but due to the creators believing in them, they became superhero icons 👏🏼

[@waluigi5103]

i used to call wolverine “the x-man”

[@GOkuKakarot17]

I thought that the name x men came from Wolverine because he was the leader of the group

[@uchenna8885]

in the 80s to 90s storm was the most popular xmen till the movies came out

[@indianastones6032]

Wolverine was popular from way back in the 70s/80s. Its nothing new

[@AverageZenjoyer]

Not only wolverine become popular again but also cyclops gambit they all become equally popular

[@BrandonNinja]

Because he had the best story.

[@fishertheadore6095]

This is Extremely Accurate. Kudos to You Bro.

[@cityhunter6754]

There come few actors that define the character they play and the character becomes associated with them forever.. Christopher Reeves Superman was perhaps 1st such pair.. Hugh Jackman Wolverine was next.. then came Stewerts Charles Xavier, Maguire Spiderman.. RDJ Iron Man.. Evans Rogers, then Hemaworth Thor, Cumberbatch Strange, Johansson Widow etc etc

[@bryanpenaloza5697]

I swear I can't stop seeing batman 😂😂

[@BellowDGaming]

So first Anti-Hero in comic book history is Wolverine?

[@jennvirtudes2617]

They should’ve had the first ever comics Deadpool and Wolverine appeared in respectively in the credits then the movie fades to black 😅

[@carmelcity9527]

I like Logan the most in Deadpool and Wolverine, Days of Future Past, and X-Men Evolution

[@StrikeDuelist]

became the most popular xmAn

[@Sjono]

2010s was a weird period cuz it was the only time in my life where Wolverine’s face wasn’t being plastered everywhere thanks to petty MCU politics Now hypocritically thanks MCU will now make Wolverine more commonplace once more

[@Soloverse255]

why you didnot talk about X Men 97 And Its Wolverine

[@ateeq17]

I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice.....! WOLVARINE 🔥

[@satavishasarkar7968]

here at 30 minutes after release

[@Bionicjay]

I actually have the first issue of wolverine

[@instinctlabs8635]

It would make sense that other mutants would take his place .... But that didn't happen.... ? Idk man. Deadpool seems just as hot, or arguably hotter than Wolverine rn

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

It was destiny

[@227someguy]

The title has a typo. It should be X-Man, not men.

[@PaladinJackal]

8:05 Wolverine *chubby* ? What?

[@Mordorbricks]

Chubby in the way of big body small stature

[@PaladinJackal]

@@Mordorbricks So not chubby at all then lol

[@oompaloompa6064]

Hugh is now not the only actor to play Wolverine, Henry Cavill also portrayed the character 😁

[@LUISCORONA-xs8zl]

He is the x men

[@darianthompson5975]

Seriously, how? It always should have been cyclops. Would make more sense

[@GD-1982]

All they had to do was let everybody shine.....another problem wit those x-men movies they was too short 2 and a half hour movie they can definitely let everybody shine.....look at deadpool and wolverine it was their movie but blade , gambit x 23 elektra got to shine 20 more mins they could've added the x-men cameo

[@PendarGorji]

Dont tell me what to do 😂😂

[@theGoogol]

X-man

[@Plaintigerbotwop]

X-guys

[@SampangRai-ep4bj]

im exactly the 40k viewer

[@user-ANDY1981]

I don't know why that Wolverine is my greatest favorite Marvel's character. He is the best at what always he does 🫶

[@1boreal]

Because im in the mood to nit-pick a 30 year old cartoon primary aimed at children... why did morph sacrifice himself to save wolverine? One of them is vulnerable to physical injury the other is basically not....

[@antonio-a-atienza-iii_born1979]

berserker barrage!!

[@dgemon3476]

11:17 did you seriously compare Green Lantern with X-men Origins Wolverine? Yeah Origins had it's flaws, was compromised for PG13 also didn't meet the fans expectation but still it's fun to watch while Green Lantern was/is complete utter garbage.

[@TobiasPierce]

I like green lantern 😢

[@leemerriweather3180]

Jim Lee era Wolverine is goated

[@garygashaigges2296]

Jackson Anthony Moore Larry Davis Richard

[@Crooklynmike]

Storm... "African" because Africa is a country 😂

[@SullytheDirector]

By dickriding him and not giving any of the other characters anything to do. Imagine Marvel did the same thing with Thor and didn't give Captain America or Iron Man anything to do and them people asked stupid questions like why do Iron Man and Captain America suck...

[@Deliver3k]

Thor got netfedxso hard

[@Rotten_Mushroom-12]

bro the first wolverine desgin was so weird bro 😭