In “Predator vs. Wolverine” #3, Wolverine, whose face has been melted off his adamantium skull, is nearly taken to a different planet by a Predator. He manages to escape before becoming a permanent fixture in the alien’s trophy room by tearing apart the ship he’s trapped on. As a result, Wolverine dramatically freefalls back down to Earth, his crash capturing the attention of Professor Thornton, a key scientist responsible for the Weapon X program. Upon recovering Logan’s body, the professor also finds a helmet belonging to a Predator. The story indicates that Thornton used the advanced alien tech to create Wolverine’s mind-controlling helmet, showing the recovered piece of armor as well as Wolverine’s Weapon X headgear with the caption, “Brushing up against one weapon helped him improve on another.”
While it remains to be seen what parts of “Predator vs. Wolverine,” if any, are canon to the Marvel Universe (writer Benjamin Percy has specifically mentioned the 616-universe by name in interviews, but the book is still under the “20th Century Fox” imprint), Wolverine’s Weapon X helmet being inspired by a Yautja’s costume would be an incredible and logical retcon. Not only would it explain how scientists managed to gain control of one of the deadliest heroes in existence, it would also explain his unnaturally strong killing prowess, as his time wearing the helmet helped to transform the future X-Man and Avenger into a Predator-like hunter, making him one of Marvel’s most popular characters for decades.
Predator vs. Wolverine” #3 is now available at comic book stores and online retailers.
In “Predator vs. Wolverine” #3, Wolverine, whose face has been melted off his adamantium skull, is nearly taken to a different planet by a Predator. He manages to escape before becoming a permanent fixture in the alien’s trophy room by tearing apart the ship he’s trapped on. As a result, Wolverine dramatically freefalls back down to Earth, his crash capturing the attention of Professor Thornton, a key scientist responsible for the Weapon X program. Upon recovering Logan’s body, the professor also finds a helmet belonging to a Predator. The story indicates that Thornton used the advanced alien tech to create Wolverine’s mind-controlling helmet, showing the recovered piece of armor as well as Wolverine’s Weapon X headgear with the caption, “Brushing up against one weapon helped him improve on another.”
While it remains to be seen what parts of “Predator vs. Wolverine,” if any, are canon to the Marvel Universe (writer Benjamin Percy has specifically mentioned the 616-universe by name in interviews, but the book is still under the “20th Century Fox” imprint), Wolverine’s Weapon X helmet being inspired by a Yautja’s costume would be an incredible and logical retcon. Not only would it explain how scientists managed to gain control of one of the deadliest heroes in existence, it would also explain his unnaturally strong killing prowess, as his time wearing the helmet helped to transform the future X-Man and Avenger into a Predator-like hunter, making him one of Marvel’s most popular characters for decades.
Predator vs. Wolverine” #3 is now available at comic book stores and online retailers.