Spoilers for Wolverine #5!Marvel’sWolverineis an iconic member of the X-Men whose advanced healing factor, adamantium-laced skeleton, and pair of incredibly sharp claws allow him to be the best at what he does, turning Logan into a one-man army that nobody wants to go up against. With the recent introduction of a gold version of adamantium, Marvel has flipped the metal’s lore on its head, but not before revealingwhy Wolverine should be worried aboutadamantium’s new golden formcoming for him next.
Introduced in 2024’s relaunch of Wolverine’s solo series, this gold adamantium has been affecting Wolverine in odd ways for a few issues, with him constantly talking about how he feels something in his bones “calling out” to him, almost like this golden metal has a mind of its own.
Infecting some of Logan’s worst enemies like Cyber, Constrictor, and Lady Deathstrike — characters who possessvarious adamantium enhancements—Wolverine #5reveals thatafter gold adamantium takes over its “host,” its puppets don’t feel pain, allowing them to bypass any injury to keep fighting, regardless of the severity of the wound.
Marvel’s Newly Introduced Gold Adamantium Makes It So Its Victims Feel No Pain
Wolverine #5- 2025 (Saladin Ahmed and Martín Cóccolo)
Having spent recent issues helping Leonard, a teenagercursed by the Wendigo, not to act on his inherent bloodlust, Wolverine is attacked by Lady Deathstrike and Constrictor, with the former infecting the latter with gold adamantium. Soon contaminated himself, Wolverine is saved at the last second by Leonard, who targets Constrictor and takes a chunk out of his shoulder with his teeth. Standing unfazed as he bleeds profusely,Constrictor shows the physical cost of being tainted by the gold metal — going numb to all sensations — but judging by his blank face, going numb in a more profound way as well.
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It might seem likebeing infused with gold adamantiumand gaining the ability never to feel pain would be a good thing, especially in Wolverine’s case, as it’s been noted before how much of an excruciating endeavor it is whenever he uses his healing factor to patch up a particularly gruesome wound. But as seen in this issue,the trade-off for getting an upgrade from this mysterious metal is becoming an unwilling slave to it, effectively becoming part of a master plan that has yet to be revealed, to say nothing about any unknown side effects yet to be seen.
Wolverine Will Have a Huge Problem When Gold Adamantium Fully Infects His Body
Conversely, if Logan can find a way to overcome the insidious influence of gold adamantium — a problem he’ll soon need to deal with as he’s now infected by it — a Wolverine with a healing factor cranked to eleven, no pain response holding him back, and a head clear of any outside influence would become a sort of in-control version of his savage berserker mode, upping his already considerable abilities even further. It remains to be seen how gold adamantium willplay intoWolverine’s destiny, but with the metal claiming that Logan’s version is “false,” it can’t be a good thing.
Wolverine #5is available from Marvel Comics.
Wolverine
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics' biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
