athenabodicea wrote:Lady Sheridan wrote:And the blood, is that just one of those inexplicable movie continuity errors...like the healing shirt and the non-removable pants?
The X-Men movies are pretty bloodless, so I'm probably just answering my own question here.
It's odd that his bone claws would cause pain and bleeding, if it was something he was born with, you would think his hand would then be designed for it, like a cat's are.
He didnt have the healing factor until he got the adamantium... Wolverine did bleed in the comics... I swear I remember that....but he healed himself almost instantly. Wolverine's healing factor allowed him to heal most wounds
over time. Smaller cuts heal almost instantly and even deadly wounds will heal if given enough time.... At least this was my understanding... ??? Am I wrong?? I remember blood.... Anybody??
I need answers here...lol
No, his healing factor is his primary mutation, along with his heightened senses, somewhat heightened strength and of course the claws.
All the adamantium did was bond to his skeleton. In bonding with his claws it reshaped them somewhat, covering irregularities so the claws had a smooth surface. Early on they were shaped like an animal's claw, with only the tip having a tearing/ripping point. By the early '80s they decided to make his claws look like the "knives" seen in the movies. The first place I remember seeing that is in the Chris Claremont/Frank Miller Wolverine miniseries. Over the years the portrayal has been inconsistent. His organic claws, as seen in a number of stories, are very similar in shape to a canine or feline claw.
(This all came in the wake of Len Wein's conception. Wolverine as created had claws built into his gloves. That's why the little shell-shaped objects are there. If memory serves, Claremont introduced the healing factor; in early issues of
Uncanny Wolverine is just very, very tough. Also, as created Wolverine was a rookie government agent, a fresh soldier about 19 years old. This was in 1974.)
I don't remember seeing blood from the adamantium claws, but I was out of the scene during the whole "Wolvie loses his metal" storyline. He didn't react unusually when he popped his claws during a fight with the Hulk, but that was outside the X-books. A great moment in that story is when Wolvie rakes the gray Hulk with his claws and the Hulk asks, "What're those? Bone?" Wolvie gets a sheepish look on his face before Hulk belts him.
Although Barry Windsor Smith's 1991
Weapon X does not appear to be canonical (damn those memory implants!), it was the first place I ever saw Logan's claws cause him to bleed. When he comes out of the adamantium chamber, he is truly unhinged and the claws are popped. They are pointed at the tip but are not blade-like. Logan's hands are streaming with blood. The medical team that has been bonding the adamamtium is shocked to see the claws. This, they realize, explains the usual drain of adamantium to the hands and wrists noted during the bonding.