One of my favorite parts of comic books is the ability of the story to weave in and out of its main reality, and seeing a glimpse of what could have been. Sometimes the creative teams can conjure a starkly different version, one whose very essence challenges the way the reader sees the character in a regular light…. And sometimes you just got a lame EXTREME version of the character with a mullet and too many pockets.

Seeing as how one of my favorite characters is Wolverine (and I started collecting comics in the 90s…) I’ve always been enamored with alternate versions. Compiled below is a list of my favorite Wolverines from various realities (and some from the current one):