With The Death of Wolverine in full swing this month, we decided to update our list of Wolverine's considerable history of costumes throughout the movies, TV shows, video games, and comics.

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Original Tiger Stripe

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Classic Tiger Stripe

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Fang

Civilian Clothes

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Red & Brown

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Days of Future Past

Black

Take a look at our list, then head to the comments to let us know your favorite Wolverine costume over his 40 years of being the best at what he does.Incredible Hulk #181 (1974)Even in his first appearance, Wolverine's costume already resembled the outfit many comic fans would come to love. The basic elements were all there – yellow spandex marked by black tiger stripes, pointy mask and gloves, and seemingly useless shoulder pads.The main difference in this version is the mask. For some reason, Wolverine's mask had whiskers. Apparently wolverines look like cats or something. In any case, it was a good case, but the costume clearly needed some tweaking.Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)Wolverine's very next appearance gave us the costume many remember fondly above all others. Most of the design elements from the original Tiger Stripe outfit remained, with the main difference being the loss of the cat whiskers on the mask. The costume was streamlined a great deal over the ensuing years.The Tiger Stripes were eventually replaced by the Red and Brown costume for most of the '80s, but it returned with a vengeance in 1992 in the pages of X-Men #5. This costume also appeared in the iconic X-Men: The Animated Series and many of the X-Men games during the '90s. Though Wolverine has seemingly ditched this costume for good now, its legacy carries on.Uncanny X-Men #107 (1977)After defeating the member of the Imperial Guard named Fang, Wolverine took his costume for his own. He only wore it for two issues, though. One can imagine that all those bones and cuffs and collars just weren't fun to draw. It was artist John Byrne who decided to change it back to the original blue-and-yellow duds. However, as you might have noticed, the brown-and-yellow color scheme from the Fang costume was brought back and applied to the classic design, creating what would be an iconic alternate look for the character.Wolverine hung out with the X-Men for some time before readers got a real glimpse of what he looked like under the mask. As it turns out, Logan's hair and mutton chops conform well to his pointy mask.Wolverine is always getting into trouble on his various field trips outside the purview of the X-Men. In most cases, he prefers to ditch the brightly-colored spandex for a more subdued and functional set of clothes. The look changes all the time, but Logan seems to favor leather jackets, blue jeans and tank tops above all else. He is a rugged mountain man, after all.Uncanny X-Men #139 (1980)Through the first five years of Wolverine's shelf life, readers had grown accustomed to one single costume. So it must have been a shock when he wandered into the Xavier Institute one day sporting a new red and brown ensemble. When questioned about his makeover, Wolverine's reply boiled down to: "Why the hell not, bub?".This costume would endure throughout the '80s and into the early '90s. The earliest X-Men videogames featured this costume, as well as the failed TV show Pryde of the X-Men. Logan even returned to this outfit for a time in the pages of Wolverine: Origins. Like the Tiger Stripe gear, this costume seems to have been retired for good, but it still remains one of the most poplar Wolverine looks of all time.Uncanny X-Men #141 (1981)Even early on, it had been hinted Wolverine was much older than he looked. It wasn't until the "Days of Future Past" storyline in Uncanny X-Men that readers saw real proof of just how much Logan's aging was slowed by his healing factor.Fans of X-Men: The Animated Series may remember this dystopian future storyline from the first season. Decades into the future, most of the X-Men have fallen victim to the Sentinels, and Wolverine is one of the few surviving mutants that make up a resistance cell.Unlike the cartoon, where Logan retained his familiar costume, in the comics he stuck to a more civilian look. The defining aspect of this look was the wingtips in his hair. He may heal incredibly well, but clearly even Wolverine wasn't immortal. That thought was hammered home when a Sentinel ended his long life with a well-placed laser blast.Wolverine #1 (1988)When Wolverine got his own series in 1988, John Buscema put him in stealthy black duds to emphasize his Japanese ninja training. He still wore his brown costume over in Uncanny X-Men, though. The costume was short-lived, and given that we can't tell what the heck he's got on his face -- is that a netted mask or paint or what? -- we're not complaining.

Why The Death of Wolverine Matters

Patch

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Weapon X

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X-Men Training Uniform

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Wolverine Vol. 2 #4 (1989)Many of Wolverine's excursions take him overseas to the tiny island nation of Madripoor. Logan has spent so much time here, that he created an entirely new identity for himself – a one-eyed bartender named Patch. Using this alias, he has been able to stick his nose in places he might otherwise not have been. After all, who would ever believe that Wolverine is in need of an eye patch? That's crazy talk.Marvel Comics Presents #72 (1991)The '90s were the first decade to really delve into the origins and mysteries of Wolverine's life. In "Weapon X", readers finally saw the horrific procedure that bonded the adamantium to Wolverine's bones. While acting as Weapon X's lab rat, Wolverine was hooked up to a series of ghastly tubes and forced to wear a VR helmet that kept his berserker rage in check.Though his body hair was shaved for the procedure, his healing factor caused it to grow back with a vengeance within hours. All in all, Wolverine has rarely looked more savage or primal.Uncanny X-Men #275 (1991)Over the years, there have been some attempts by the costume designers at the Xavier Institute to create a unified style for the various X-Men's uniforms. One result of this was the familiar blue and gold training uniform in 1991. Everyone from Wolverine Psylocke to Gambit wore this costume for a brief time.It wasn't to last, though some characters like Forge and Banshee would retain the costume for several years after. This costume also inspired the look of original creation Morph in X-Men: The Animated Series.