First appeared in Incredible Hulk #180 in 1974, Wolverine is one of the most recognizable characters in the Marvel Universe. Charles Xavier was fascinated by the way Wolverine fought Hulk when he was under the leadership of Alpha Flight. He was approached by Xavier who was looking forward to forming a super strong clan of mutants in order to save his students trapped in the island Krakoa. Since there is much to dig about, let’s check out four major instances happened when Wolverine joined X-Men.
Wolverine accompanies Professor Xavier
Professor Xavier has always been concerned about his students and this time Wolverine steps up and leaves the Department H to assist Xavier in this mission to get back his students. And finally, he rescues all. After the defeat of Krakow, Wolverine decided to stay in the group.
Wolverine’s rivalry with Cyclops
Everything was resolved and things have been sailing quite well until Wolverine becomes a rival of Cyclops, also dubbed as Scott Summers. Well, one of the prime reason for the rivalry was Wolverine’s inclination towards Scott’s girlfriend, Jean Grey, who later joins the group. But later changed himself and became a more trusted member of the group.
Wolverine falls in love with Lady Mariko
It was the time when Wolverine traveled to Agarashima, Japan, and he came across Lady Mariko Yashida, daughter of a Chinese crime lord, Lord Shingen. He fell in love with her. What attracted him by the way? It was her gentle demeanor. And finally, X-Men departed on its way.
Hellfire Club
Since Wolverine learned to build trust among other X-Men members, he became good friends with Nightcrawler. At one instance, both of them breaks into a New York club called Hellfire Club. And then Phoenix came under the influence of Mastermind and the transformed result is Black Queen. After a battle, Black Queen turns into Dark Phoenix.
