Logan behind Thor!? that new movie must be working wonders for him. At any rate, Wolverine was just outside the Top 5 back in 2007, so with the increase in voter turnout he seems to get more votes. Plus, he's had some awesome recent comics like Jason Aaron's run(the latest issue was GREAT) and Uncanny X-Force, and he now he's got this awesome new series coming out in October, a new movie, etc.
i think Wolverine was #2 on my list. i first started to love him like all the other kids back in the day, watching the cartoon and seeing him be awesome. He's Clint Eastwood, if Clint Eastwood was ALSO a ninja badass. Impossibly manly, but still a very human character at his core, like the best Marvel characters. Something we all experience and identify with. He’s a drunk and a killer. He’s anti-social. He has anger management issues. He struggles daily with the mistakes of his past. His relationships make him a sympathetic character. His sulking over Jean and Scott, his tenderness with Mariko, Jubilee, and Kitty, his drinking buddy Nightcrawler, and fatherly sternness with Amiko all create an picture of a man who loves and is loved.
He is the classless biker with the soul of a Samurai. He is the unforgiving killer and the protective patriarch figure. He is insanity and often the voice of reason. he's the best at what he does, even if its not very nice.
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