Summary

Wolverinehas lived a lifetime of dangerous undertaking for over a C and a half , which has given some Marvel fans cause to meditate that he might have accrue substantial financial asset throughout his long lifetime – a theoryX - author Benjamin Percy dispelled with a simple , yet obvious answer : every centime Logan ever garner , he spent .

speak with AIPTfor theirX - Men Mondayseries , Percy , alongside fellow writer Victor LaVelle , discussed their upcoming labor featuring the iconic mutant , including the loom " Sabertooth War " – and in the process , the duo were gracious enough to do several fan - submitted questions , include a query about Wolverine ’s finances .

Answering humorously , but not flippantly , Benjamin Percy responded to the inquiry about Wolverine ’s potential wealth with the suggestion that whatever money Logan had acquired over the years , between his preferred vices and his penchant for assist the less rosy , there would be nothing substantial left in his banking concern write up in the present day .

Wolverine Children

Wolverine has many sons and girl in the Marvel multiverse , but only a few of Logan ’s children can truly take to be as deadly as their father .

Wolverine Doesn’t Need A Savings Account

Part of what makes Wolverine such an engaging character is his status as the consummate journeyer – one path or another , he ’ll get where he ’s move , he ’ll get by on whatever he needs to . The type is , without fail , depicted as being uninterested in riches , or any of sedentary society ’s trapping . More than the result of an animalistic nature , Logan ’s lifestyle represent a classic American countercultural ethos . Given his long personal timeline , Wolverine could have enrich himself several time over throughout the X – but as author Benjamin Percy told AIPT , there ’s a mere reasonableness why he has n’t .

" What he did n’t spend on rotgut whisky , he probably contribute away , because he ’s a big mean softie , " Percy explain . sure as shooting , Logan will always need money to spend on flashy booze at one dive cake or another ; considering the voluminous amount of alcoholic drink he’sbeen known to ware , this would require a decent amount of John Cash on hand . Beyond that , aside from cigars , the occasional new leather jacket crown , and a working motorcycle , Wolverine does n’t ask much . As Percy suggest , any large total of money Wolverine comes into , he would probably quickly disburden himself of by giving to those who require it more .

Wolverine Is Better Off Broke & Free

While a rich , industrialist version of Wolverine sounds like a bang-up premise for a"What If … ? " story , the authoritative version of the character most beloved by readers is design to subsist a spare , Spartan existence . Writer Benjamin Percy stress this point with his gossip – in many means , Logan lives for his vices , and gratefully for the Marvel Universe at expectant , that includes help hoi polloi , rather than hording wealth . Having been suffer a Howlett , a well - off family for the fourth dimension period , the character ’s very bloodline involve a rejection of luxury , and through all the ensuing years , Wolverinehas never had the devising of a millionaire .

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