Wolverine is a living weapon, a beast clothed in man flesh, and a loner with more baggage than an airplane. Yet, he's strangely popular with the ladies, having been involved in multiple romances throughout his decades-long history.

Of course, Logan is hardly Father of the Year, having never known most of his children, aside from the ones fans are most familiar with. Wolverine has fathered well over a dozen children over the years, nearly all of them being mutants who have inherited some form of Wolverine's abilities as well as their mothers in a few cases.

Updated by Sage Ashford on December 30, 2023: This list has been updated to offer more information on all of Wolverine's children as well as update the formatting to fit CBR's current style guide.

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15 Raze Darkholme Represents The Worst Of The Future

First Appearance:

X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1

Creative Team:

Brian Michael Bendis, Frank Cho, Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, Marte Gracia, Joe Caramagna

Raze Darkholme is the son of Wolverine and Mystique, a time-traveling mutant whose shape-shifting powers are even more powerful than his mother's while possessing all of his father's best attributes as well. Unlike several of Wolverine's children, Raze is a villain bent on destroying the X-Men and getting revenge on his father Logan. Raze arrives in Battle of the Atom #1 disguised as an older version of Kitty Pryde, warning the X-Men of the present that the time-displaced X-Men must return to their place in the timeline to avert a catastrophe.

Throughout the story, Raze masquerades as several of the X-Men, even fooling Wolverine, before revealing himself and stabbing his father with his bone claws. Raze then goes on to remove all non-mutants from Earth, using a special device, to make room for refugee mutants from alternate Earths. It's also revealed that in his future, he hunted down Mystique and murdered her. It's a sad fate considering she was once one of the X-Men's deadliest villains.

14 Erista Is Wolverine's Child From The Savage Lands

Erista

First Appearance:

Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure #1

Creative Team:

Walter Simonson, Mike Mignola, Bob Wiacek, Mark Chiarello, Ken Bruzenak

Not much is known about Erista. In Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure #1, Wolverine is on one of his many adventures when an assassin attempts to eliminate him. Wolverine tracks the mysterious assassin to the Savage Land, the tropical prehistoric world that's somehow hidden in Antarctica; home to Sauron the energy-stealing "were-dactyl" and other dinosaurs. While there, Wolverine encounters the Fire tribe, a hunter-gatherer society, led by warrior chief, Gachk.

The Fire tribe is unaware of mutants and thus believes Wolverine to be some kind of supernatural creature, leading Gachk to challenge him to single combat as a test. Wolverine defeats her and takes her place as tribal chief for a time, eventually becoming Gachk's lover and killing a dinosaur or two along the way. As is normally the case, Wolverine then returns to his own lands, unaware that Gachk is pregnant with his son, a boy that she would come to name Erista. So far, Erista hasn't made an appearance as a grown man.

13 Torrent Traveled With Her Friends To Free An Earth From Sentinel Control

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First Appearance:

What If...? Vol. 1 #114

Creative Team:

Jay Faerber, Gregg Schigiel, Jose Marzan Jr., Paul Tutrone, Chris Eliopoulos

Torrent, or Kendall Logan, was born on Earth-9811, an alternate reality created by the godlike Beyonder, the being responsible for creating Battleworld. After the heroes and villains ended their fighting on Battleworld, many of them settled down to raise families on the planet that was a patchwork of hundreds of earths from alternate realities.

As the daughter of Wolverine and Storm, Kendall possesses a unique set of abilities, the main ones being weather manipulation and accelerated healing. As a teenager, she accompanies the children of the other heroes back to Earth but in true Sliders style, they end up arriving on the wrong Earth, with this one overrun by Sentinels that have wiped out most of the mutant population. The superhero kids realize that they've found their destiny, resolving to free Earth from Sentinel control.

12 Wild Thing Has The Most Dangerous Elements Of Wolverine, Elektra...And Psylocke

First Appearance:

J2 #5

Creative Team:

Tom DeFalco, Ron Lim, Al Milgrom, Tom Smith, Jim Novak

The MC2 universe is a possible alternate future for the main Marvel timeline, one where Wolverine marries Elektra and they have a child together. Rina, aka Wild Thing, ends up becoming a high school superhero, saving a classmate from a kidnapper, defeating a tech-savvy assassin, stopping a demonic invader and destroying her Prime Sentinel teacher.

Unlike most alternate futures, her mom and dad are still around. Elektra is a doting mother, who remains as dangerous as she was in her youth, and their family is happy together. Rina possesses many of her father's mutant abilities, including accelerated healing, superhuman senses, strength and endurance. She also has a set of Psi-Claws that are generated with psychokinetic energy, a trick she learned from her godmother, Psylocke. Other heroes also fear her, seeing that she's just as dangerous as her father.

11 Hudson Logan Became The Worst Enemy Of His Father And Half-Sister

Hudson Logan

First Appearance:

J2 #8

Creative Team:

Tom DeFalco, Ron Lim, Al Milgrom, Tom Smith, Jim Novak

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Every family has at least one black sheep, and Wolverine's was no different. Although Rina Logan became a hero, her half-brother Hudson, aka Sabreclaw, did not. Hailing from Earth 982, he spurned his father's heroic legacy in favor of a life of crime. Perhaps he was angry at his father for cheating on his mother with Elektra? We'll never know, but despite being Wolverine's son, Hudson Logan bears a greater resemblance to Sabretooth.

Sabreclaw's list of crimes includes savagely attacking his half-sister, leaving her for dead, and joining the Revengers and the Sinister Six. However, Hudson did eventually turn over a new leaf, joining the good guys in opposing Galactus and helping the Avengers defeat Sylene, the daughter of Loki. Hudson possesses superior strength to his father and half-sister and wears adamantium sheathes to augment the damage his claws do.

10 Brian And Mari Logan Were Heirs To The Harada Crime Family

Brian and Mari Logan

First Appearance:

Mutant X #28

Creative Team:

Howard Mackie, Ron Lim, Andrew Pepoy, Gina Going, Chris Eliopoulos

First appearing in X-Men: Alpha #1, Mariko Yashida is the daughter of influential crime boss Shingen Harada and the step-sister of the Silver Samurai, who serves as her bodyguard. It's not long before she lands herself in trouble with a rival Yakuza gang after sabotaging the games in their VR arcades. In retaliation, the Yakuza gang attempts to kidnap her, but thanks to the intervention of Wolverine they fail. Logan and Mariko then begin a whirlwind romance, but unlike on Earth-616, instead of being assassinated, Mariko becomes pregnant with Logan's child.

Comics being what they are, there are two different versions of this event. On Earth-295, Mariko gives birth to Kirika. However, on Earth-1298, she gives birth to Brian and Mari, who first appear in Mutant X #28. In this issue, the children have grown up without their father, who has stayed away from them for their protection. It isn't long before Sabretooth comes to call, hoping to use the children to lure Wolverine back into the Weapon X program.

9 Scotty And Jade Logan Were Logan's Children After He Gave Up Violence

Scotty and Jade Logan

First Appearance:

Wolverine Vol. 3 #66

Creative Team:

Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, Dexter Vines, Morry Hollowell, Cory Petit

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There was a time when Wolverine did manage to settle down and have a family, but unfortunately, he chose to do it in a dystopian future ruled by the Hulk Gang. The degenerate descendants of the Hulk took control of California and sired abominable children with his cousin She-Hulk. Three of these ogres turn up at Old Man Logan's farm at the beginning of the self-titled miniseries, demanding he pay rent. Logan is behind on his payments and receives a beating in front of his family, which he gracefully accepts because he has renounced violence.

To make enough money for rent, Logan is forced to embark on a long journey with Hawkeye, but upon his return, he discovers that his entire family has been murdered by the Hulk Gang because they got bored. He then repays the favor by murdering all of them, including Bruce Banner, who attempts to eat him alive. After Secret Wars, Logan travels back in time to kill the Hulk and stop these events from ever happening. However, he eventually returned to his own time after failing in his mission.

8 Hulk Jr Is Raised To Be The Hero His Father Wasn't

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First Appearance:

Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #558

Creative Team:

Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Curie, Paul Mounts, Rus Wooton

After Old Man Logan wipes out the Hulk Gang, he rides off into the sunset with the last surviving member of Bruce Banner's family, his grandson Hulk Jr., who also happens to be Banner's favorite. Logan forsakes his former identity as the Wolverine and becomes the Hooded Man, raising Hulk Jr. to be a force for good. Much like his father, Hulk Jr. is one of the strongest superheroes, and together they retake the United States.

First appearing in What If? #34, Hulk Jr. goes on to have a long and successful career as a superhero, possessing all of his grandfather's abilities and none of his weaknesses, i.e. uncontrollable rage. Five hundred years into the future, Earth is dying, so Hulk Jr. builds a device that will bring everyone on his Earth to Earth-616. But before it can be used, Galactus arrives to consume the planet, only to be defeated by the heroes who then use him to power the device.

7 Kirika Yoshida

Kirika

First Appearance:

X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Vol. 1 #1

Creative Team:

Akira Yoshida (C.B. Cebulski), Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Studio F, Edgar Delgado, Chris Eliopoulos

Born on Earth-295, Kirika was conceived when Wolverine met and fell in love with her mother Mariko whilst visiting Japan. Unfortunately, she was captured as a child by Nathaniel Essex, Apocalypse's first horseman on Earth-295. For years, Kirika remained in his lab, held in a vat labeled "X-23." After Apocalypse's demise, Magneto found and freed her.

After being freed, she requested he bond her skeleton with adamantium, just like her father. Later, she joined the X-Men, and he tasked her with bringing Wolverine back to the team. Tragically though, her father became Weapon Omega to save the world from aliens, lost his mind, and then vaporized his daughter in Uncanny X-Force.

6 Amiko Kobayashi Is The Mystical Guardian Of Japan

Amiko Kobayashi

First Appearance:

Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #181

Creative Team:

Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr., Dan Green, Glynis Wein, Tom Orzechowski

Although not a mutant, nor a blood relative of Wolverine, Amiko Kobayashi holds a dear place in Wolverine's heart. It all began after the events of Secret Wars when the X-Men returned to Earth and found themselves in Tokyo. Unfortunately, Kitty Pryde's pet dragon also followed them and didn't adjust well to its new home, setting fire to the entire city. The fire took the life of a young woman and with her last breath, she begged Wolverine to care for her daughter.

Amiko was entrusted to Wolverine's fiancee, Mariko Yashida, who was assassinated by the Hand, and Amiko was placed in the foster care system. After several years, Wolverine entrusted her to the ronin Yukio and later the Silver Samurai, who trained her as a ninja. Although she doesn't have powers, as the last descendant of the Shosei Clan, Amiko is destined to become the future Mystical Guardian of Japan, which will inevitably grant her great aptitude for magic.

5 Jimmy Hudson Became The First In A New Wave Of X-Men

First Appearance:

Ultimate X #1

Creative Team:

Jeph Loeb, Arthur Adams, Mark Roslan, Peter Steigerwald, Richard Starkings, Albert Deschesne

After the devastating events of the miniseries Ultimatum, which saw most of the original X-Men killed by Magneto and his cronies, a new team of X-Men emerged in the Ultimate X series. Ultimate X #1 introduces readers to Jimmy Hudson, son of town sheriff James Hudson, whose powers manifest in public when his mangled body begins healing instantly after a car wreck. He returns home to find Kitty Pryde, one of the last surviving X-Men, waiting for him with a box of Wolverine's things, including a holographic message from Logan that says he is Jimmy's real father.

Jimmy's life is then thrown into disarray as he tracks down other mutants, including Jean Grey, and is nearly killed by Sabretooth, who wishes to kill him as a substitute for the deceased Wolverine. He also gets to meet his father during the events of Secret Wars when Jean Grey and Emma Frost bring Old Man Logan to the X-Mansion. One of the most powerful members of the Ultimate X-Men, Jimmy possesses all of his father's abilities as well as a mysterious power that enables him to coat his claws in organic metal.

4 Kouen Is A Clone Of Wolverine Made By Alien Scientists

Kouen

First Appearance:

Savage Wolverine Vol. 1 #9

Creative Team:

Jock, Lee Loughridge, Cory Petit

In Savage Wolverine, Logan finds himself on a far-flung planet in the Marvel Universe, isolated from civilization. While there, he encounters Kouen, a boy who seems to be another clone of Wolverine, possessing many of the same features and abilities as Logan himself. It's eventually revealed that the boy was created by mysterious scientists who believed Logan to be the missing link needed to create a master race.

For unknown reasons, they initially send the boy to kill Logan but Kouen ends up siding with Wolverine to take out those hunting him. Together, they search for a way off the planet and Wolverine begins to bond with his "son," who helps him to destroy the other imperfect clones that they discover in a shady lab. It's implied that Kouen won't live for long due to his adamantium-bonded skeleton restricting his bones from growing to full size.

3 The Mongrels Were Handed A Cruel Twist Of Fate

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First Appearance:

Wolverine Vol. 4 #1

Creative Team:

Jason Aaron, Renato Guedes, Jose Wilson Magalhaes, Matt Wilson, Cory Petit

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Wolverine has had countless enemies and excluding the Hulk Gang, none have hurt him quite as much as the Red Right Hand. Formed by a group of people who had all been tragically affected by Wolverine, the Red Right Hand was an organization committed to Wolverine's downfall, planning to send his soul to hell. Of all the Red Right Hand's members, none hated Wolverine more than the Mongrels, a group of mercenary mutants who volunteered to personally destroy Wolverine's life.

Wolverine encounters them after being lured to their base in Mexico, and there an epic battle begins. Although each of the Mongrels is a skilled combatant, Wolverine bests and kills them one by one. Only after this does he find out that Gunhawk, Shadowstalker, Fire Knives, Saw Fist and Cannon Foot were all his children, leaving him devastated.

2 Daken Is A Darker, More Manipulative Version Of Wolverine

First Appearance:

Wolverine: Origins Vol. 1 #10

Creative Team:

Daniel Way, Steve Dillon, Dan Kemp, Randy Gentile

Originally known as Akihiro, Daken is a much darker version of his father. The character first appears in Wolverine Origins #10, and he's got one of the most tragic origins around. After Wolverine met Daken's mother Itsu, she was murdered by the Winter Soldier. Afterward, Daken was cut free from his mother's womb and given to a wealthy Japanese couple.

Daken grew up being mercilessly teased by the children in his village, leaving him bitter. He's also not particularly fond of his dad, attacking him viciously and leaving him to bleed out in their first meeting. Over the years, father and son have clashed again and again, often because Daken has been under the influence of Romulus or working for supervillains such as Norman Osborn. Daken's abilities and bone claws are similar to Wolverine's, although he doesn't possess an adamantium skeleton.

1 Laura Kinney Has Grown Beyond Anyone's Expectations

14 X-23

First Appearance:

NXY #3

Creative Team:

Joe Quesada, Joshua Middleton, Jean-François Beaulieu, Chris Eliopoulos, Randy Gentile

Unlike Daken, X-23 managed to overcome her troubled past and find redemption, eventually becoming Wolverine after her father died. Her origin story was revealed in X-23: Innocence Lost where an organization known only as The Facility hired renowned geneticist Sarah Kinney to recreate Weapon X. Sarah is forced to carry the baby herself, which turns out to be female, and from the age of 11, X-23 is already an expert assassin.

After meeting her father and escaping the Facility, she worked as a teenage prostitute and a nightclub dancer before finally joining the Xavier Institute. Once enrolled, she bonded with her father and Jubliee, becoming a valued member of the X-Men. X-23 possesses most of Wolverine's abilities, although only her bone claws have been bonded with adamantium.

Wolverine gestures for an opponent to challenge him on the cover of Wolverine (Vol. 1) #1
Wolverine

Wolverine first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #180, where he battled the Jade Giant to a standstill, before joining Marvel's X-Men in 1975. Since then, the short-tempered berserker with unbreakable claws has proven himself as one of Marvel's most popular characters. The mutant hero was also the backbone of the X-Men film franchise, which ran from 2000 to 2020, and critics consider his solo film, Logan, one of the best superhero movies ever made.

Known as an unstoppable tank who can cut through anything, Wolverine isn't technically one of Marvel's most powerful heroes but he's one of the deadliest characters on their roster. Even villains like Magneto and the Juggernaut have learned to be wary of Wolverine's claws.