Ultimate Wolverine
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Ultimate Wolverine appears in comics published under the Ultimate Marvel banner, particularly Ultimate X-Men. An assassin for Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy, Wolverine is assigned to infiltrate the X-Men and assassinate Professor Xavier. As a member of the X-Men, Wolverine finds acceptance, purpose and love. Wolverine and teammate Jean Grey have a sexual affair, but she leaves him upon discovering his connection to the Brotherhood. Wolverine eventually betrays and attacks Magneto, abandoning his initial mission and joining the X-Men outright.
After Wolverine saves the X-Men from the Weapon X Project, Sabretooth goads him into a fight by burning the project's files on Wolverine, the only record of his past. Jean would later begin a relationship with Cyclops and while Wolverine and Cyclops attend a mission in the Savage Land, Wolverine allows Cyclops to apparently fall to his death. Cyclops survives and returns, shocking the X-Men when he later offers to allow Wolverine to return to the team. After the death of Storm's boyfriend Beast, Wolverine reluctantly begins a relationship with her. While on a date, the couple are attacked by Sabretooth, who claims that his own memories have begun to return and that he knows Wolverine is his father. This was possibly a ruse for Sabretooth to get close enough to get a sample of Wolverine's DNA for Dr Cornelius to clone, a possible origin for Ultimate X-23 or Ultimate Cable.
In the Ultimate X-Men/Ultimates crossover miniseries, Ultimate War, Captain America claimed to have worked with Logan during World War II. According to Cap, prior to the Weapon X project, Wolverine was Corporal James "Lucky Jim" Howlett of the Canadian Air Force. Ultimate War #4 reveals that Wolverine is immune to radar due to the modifications made by Weapon X. He also has a history with the Black Widow, although the nature of this is left unclear; all that is revealed is that she is bitter towards him over it.
In Ultimate X-Men #75, Ultimate Cable reveals a set of Wolverine-like claws, and claims that he doesn't "pop" them for just anyone. He also addresses the character he is speaking to as "Bub." It is revealed in Ultimate X-men #76 that this Cable is a future version of Wolverine that has come back to kill Professor Xavier. He has apparently lost his healing factor over the years, as he is in a stage of advanced age (Not normally possible with his healing factor), as well as sporting a bionic arm. Wolverine has currently left the X-Men to seek out his wife alongside Sabretooth. In Ultimate X-Men #84, Bishop invited Wolverine back to the X-Men and Wolverine accepted.
Ultimate Wolverine makes an appearance in the video game Ultimate Spider-Man, as the first boss faced by Venom.
The most visible difference between Ultimate Wolverine and the Wolverine of mainstream continuity is that Ultimate Wolverine is taller than his mainstream counterpart and has a leaner muscular build. Due to repeated brainwashing, Ultimate Wolverine is largely immune to any attempt to read his mind, which is why Magneto chose him to assassinate Xavier.Also it is very possible that this version of Wolverine does not have any adamantium in his fingers as in Ultimate Spider-man it has been seen that his finger can be cut off and grown back again
He also appears on the wraparound cover of the Ultimate Marvel series Ultimates 3, upcoming as of 2007.