When discussing the wolverine tattoo, there are two different ones that come to mind. First and foremost is the Marvel character Wolverine. Then you have the cute looking, yet ferocious, wolverine from the Mustelidae family. Both are popular subjects for tattoos and have some similarities as the character was built around many of the characteristics the animal has.

In this post we are going to discuss the history and meaning of the Marvel Wolverine tattoo and the animal wolverine tattoo. To understand why someone would want to get a tattoo of either of these subjects, one should know a bit about their story.

Marvel’s Wolverine

Wolverine was initially introduced as villain in the 1974 issue of The Incredible Hulk. In this issue, the Hulk is fighting The Wendigo when suddenly, Wolverine comes out of nowhere to attack both of them.

This is the first issue where Wolverine shows up and it’s the starting point to a long and popular journey for the indestructible being.

Some know the Wolverine as Logan but his real name is James Howlett. Howlett was born with the power to regenerate and he was also born with super human senses. Later in life, Howlett had an adamantium skeleton injected into his body. People often wonder where he got this.

Sometime in the 1970’s, there was a project dubbed Weapon X that had expanded into Canada. This was run by an agency called Department K but still backed by the CIA. The goal of this project was to use agents currently in the program and enhance their current skillset. Members of program included Deadpool, Sluggo, Slayback Ajax and Garrison Kane. However, these subjects didn’t fare as well in the program as past subjects, even killing some. The other members that survived were put into “Hospice” where they would be guinea pigs for Dr. Killebrew and Ajax. Deadpool escaped and exposed Ajax and Dr. Killebrew. Project X was effectively shut down but Dr. Horatio Huxley was able to resuscitate the program for a brief time.