Did Wolverine Die in X-Men '97 Episode 9?
What happened to Wolverine in X-Men '97 episode 9, and what does it mean for his future? We check it.
Warning! Below are spoilers from X-Men '97, Fatal Attractions and Apocalypse: The Twelve.
The penultimate episode of X-Men '97 season 1 debuted this week, so naturally a lot happened in it, and the events of it prepare the ground for the grand finale, which will determine the direction in which the production will go next. So the X-Men had their hands full in episode 9, and there were plenty of sacrifices on their side, but were they all definitive and does that mean we have to say goodbye to another fan favorite forever?
Did Magneto kill Wolverine?
One of the more tragic events of the new episode of X-Men '97 is certainly what happened to Wolverine, who decided to challenge Magneto. When the X-Men's eternal adversary attacked Professor X, Wolverine didn't leave it unanswered and, launching a surprise attack on him, drove his claws into his body. Unfortunately, this attack didn’t weaken Magneto enough for him to be unable to react to it, and Wolverine paid a heavy price as a result.
But Logan didn’t die, if the series' creators decide to continue adapting the events of the comics. He did, however, meet a painful fate when Magneto, using his magnetic abilities, began pulling adamantium turned into liquid from Wolverine's body. The scene is an exact recreation of the situation from the Fatal Attractions comic book. There, too, the hero didn’t die, thanks mainly to his regeneration ability, which allowed him to heal after his body was completely stripped of the adamantium that strengthened his skeleton.
So we can expect Wolverine to stay in the series, although he won't come out of this clash unscathed. After losing his adamantium in the comics, he reverted to his original form, forced to rely solely on his bone claws, which are much weaker than the ones he used before.
Wolverine, after losing his adamantium in Fatal Attractions, left the X-Men for a time and embarked on a journey to reinvent himself. During it without adamantium to inhibit his mutation, Logan changed beyond recognition as his animal nature took control of him. But without giving everything away, Wolverine in the comics eventually succeeded in regaining his adamantium, but it took him a while, and it's possible that the creators of X-Men '97 will follow suit, with Logan's journey in season 2 mirroring the one in Apocalypse: The Twelve.
