THUNDERDOME!!

Honestly, there’s no where under the blade version for there to even be a bone claw.

Maybe the modern Wolverine had been brainwashed to the point that he didn’t remember he had bone claws. Don’t see why that memory would be something the government would need to remove, but let’s say they did. The problem is we’ve seen Wolverine in the past, before the Weapon X program, and he didn’t have bone claws then. He didn’t have them when he teamed up with Captain America in 1941 (Uncanny X-Men #268) and he didn’t have them when he teamed up with Ben Grimm (Before the Fantastic Four).

And I fail to see how someone with a healing factor that will regenerate the bone claws should he lose them makes that person anymore careful heading into battle.

Here’s what bone claws took away from the character and why they’re a bad retcon: Before the retcon Wolverine was just a feral mutant with a healing factor that the government took and f-ed up. His greatest weapon was something done to him. A violation. Every time he popped the claws he was reminded that “they” did this to him. They turned him into nothing but a killing machine. He struggled to not be “only” a killing machine. It’s what made his relationships with characters like Jean Grey and Katie Power so delicate and interesting.

But now, after the retcon, he was always meant to be a killing machine. They didn’t create him. They just added to him.

And, yes, after the adamantium was ripped from his body, he should have just been back to a mutant with a healing factor. Wolverine with no claws is Logan. There would have been some interesting stories there. Wolverine with bone claws… now there’s a bargain basement Sabretooth.

Do you like the way Wolverine got his adamantium back? And aside from supposedly making him more cautious in battle, what else do you think bone claws added to the character?

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