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Wolverine faces the deadliest enemies out there, and those battles can get plenty bloody. Wolverine is the best there is at what he does, and that has proven to be surviving. These are seven worst things that Wolverine has ever survived, debilitating losses that no other hero could withstand.
7) Losing His Healing Factor
Wolverine’s healing factor has saved him many times, so the story “Hunting Season” was a huge shock to the status quo. Logan was pulled into a hostage situation because of his Avengers membership, and found himself in the middle of a Microverse invasion. The only thing holding it back was his healing factor. Wolverine had to make a choice: either keep his healing factor and survive the invasion or give it up to stop it. The hero chose the latter, and his healing factor was gone. Wolverine (Vol. 5) #1-12 and Wolverine (Vol. 6) #1-12 dealt with the hero trying to figure out a new way to operate in battle, fighting Black Panther and Sabretooth, all while working with martial artists like Iron Fist and Shang-Chi. His beatings from Victor Creed were especially egregious, but he was able to survive it all. He ended up dying after being coated in adamantium, which would have killed him regardless.
6) His Battle Against Sabretooth in Wolverine (Vol 2) #126
Wolverine has had some brutal battles, fights where he was grievously injured. A lot of times, this had come at the hands of Sabretooth. He and Wolverine have been feuding for decades, and Wolverine (Vol. 2) #126 gave readers one of their greatest battles, from Wolverine architect Chris Claremont and future superstar Leinil Yu turning in some of his best art of that first year of his career. Wolverine was without his adamantium, which was usually a big reason he survived the stronger, faster, and most ferocious Victor Creed’s bloody attacks. However, he was somehow able to get the win. Or so it seemed. Every blow had claws to soft areas, no bone to bone contact. There was a big reason for this: Sabretooth now had an adamantium skeleton. The villain proceeded to beat him like he never had before. He broke three of Logan’s claws, cut his throat, and threw him off a roof. It remains the worst beating ‘Tooth gave his old friend.
5) The Battle with Horde
Wolverine has faced off against some tough enemies over the years, especially with the X-Men. He battled everything from cosmic beings like the Phoenix Force to alien superteams like the Imperial Guard to voracious space monsters like the Brood, surviving all of it. There was one battle that he almost didn’t survive: the battle against Horde in X-Men Annual #11. The alien warrior had godlike power and murdered the team of mutants quite easily. Wolverine was almost completely destroyed, but some of his blood splashed on a crystal of immense power and he regenerated, using the power of the crystal to defeat Horde and resurrect his friends. Wolverine has survived a lot in the years since, but little of it was as insane as this one.
