X-23

X-23 (bürgerlich Laura Kinney; Deckname Wolverine) ist eine fiktive Superheldin, die in amerikanischen Comics des Verlags Marvel Comics auftritt, meist im Zusammenhang mit den X-Men. Die Figur wurde vom Autor Craig Kyle für die Zeichentrickserie X-Men: Evolution im Jahr 2003 erschaffen, bevor sie 2004 in der Comicserie NYX debütierte. Seitdem war sie die Hauptfigur zweier sechsteiliger Miniserien, geschrieben von Kyle und Christopher Yost, eines Einzelhefts und einer gleichnamigen Serie von Marjorie Liu sowie von All-New Wolverine von Tom Taylor.

X-23 ist offenbar der Klon und später adoptierte Tochter von Wolverine, geschaffen als perfekte Tötungsmaschine. Jahrelang bewies sie sich als fähige Attentäterin im Dienst einer Organisation namens The Facility. Eine Reihe von Tragödien führte sie schließlich zu Wolverine und den X-Men. Sie besuchte die Schule im X-Mansion und wurde schließlich Mitglied von X-Force. Wie Wolverine besitzt X-23 einen Heilfaktor und verbesserte Sinne, Schnelligkeit und Reflexe. Außerdem hat sie einstülpbare, mit Adamantium überzogene Knochenklauen in Händen und Füßen. 2015 übernahm die Figur in der Serie All-New Wolverine die Identität und das Kostüm ihres Vaters als Wolverine. Im Juli 2018 kehrte die Figur zu ihrem ursprünglichen Namen X-23 zurück.

Die Figur ist in verschiedenen Adaptionen aufgetreten, darunter Zeichentrickfilme und -serien sowie Videospiele. Dafne Keen verkörperte sie im Film Logan (2017).

Fähigkeiten : X-23 was apparently a female clone created from Wolverine's genetic material. Consequently, her mutant powers are similar to his. Like Wolverine, X-23's primary mutant ability is an accelerated healing factor that allows her to regenerate damaged or destroyed tissues with far greater speed, efficiency, and finality than ordinary humans are capable of. Injuries such as gunshot wounds, slashes, and puncture wounds completely heal within a matter of seconds. She has also been shown to be able to reattach limbs; for example, she reattached her hand in seconds after she severed it to escape the restraints placed on her by Kimura. The effects of her accelerated healing powers extend to her body's immune system, rendering her immune to disease and infection. She is also immune to most drugs and toxins, although she can be affected by certain drugs if given sufficient dosage. Given the regenerative nature of her cells, she is potentially-immortal, just like her "father". X-23's mutant healing factor heightened her physical senses, speed, agility, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balance, and endurance to superhuman levels. Like Wolverine, X-23 possesses retractable claws sheathed within her forearms. She releases the claws through the tissue of her knuckles, leaving small wounds which are healed by her healing factor. Unlike Wolverine, however, X-23 has only two claws per hand which are her primary weapons of offence. She also possesses a single, retractable claw housed within each foot which she tends to use for defense. These claws are actually made of bone and were forcefully extracted by Zander Rice, sharpened, coated with adamantium, and reinserted into her body. Also unlike Wolverine, X-23 escaped before the procedure to fuse her entire skeleton with adamantium could be performed. Since the claws are laced with adamantium, they are virtually unbreakable and are capable of cutting almost any substance. The known exceptions are adamantium itself, Kimura's skin, and vibranium.[volume & issue needed] In addition to her own innate powers and skills, X-23 has twice been the host of the Enigma Force, providing her with many special abilities particular to the entity. She is the first mutant to be chosen by the entity as its host, as well as being one of a handful of individuals to do so more than once. At the end of their second encounter, the Enigma Force named X-23 as the heir to its power. This permanent association was first indicated by a mark appearing on the palm of her right hand at the conclusion of the "Killing Dream" arc of her solo series. Born and raised in captivity, X-23 has been trained to become a living weapon. She is highly trained in the use of long range weapons and explosives and is a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, with intensive training in numerous armed and unarmed martial arts techniques. She has also been subjected to conditioning in which a specific "trigger scent" has been used to send her into a berserker rage, killing anything in sight; Emma Frost is unsure if this will ever be fully suppressed. She is also highly educated and so far has displayed fluency in French and Japanese, while Zander Rice once described her intellect as being "off the charts".

Spezies : Human Mutant