Thomas Logan
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 Thomas Logan Andy Kubert, Art |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Origin #1 (November, 2001) |
| Created by | Bill Jemas Paul Jenkins Joe Quesada (story) Andy Kubert (art) |
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| Alter ego | Thomas Logan |
| Abilities | None shown |
Thomas Logan is a fictional character of Marvel Comics. He was created by Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada, and Paul Jenkins. He was featured in the limited series Origin, which detailed the formative years of Wolverine of the X-Men and was published from November, 2001 to July, 2002.
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[edit] Character biography
Thomas Logan lives in Alberta, Canada during the late 19th century and is the groundskeeper for the Howlett estate. Logan is a very short tempered man and is known to be a heavy drinker. He is the father of Dog Logan, but his exact date of birth is unknown.
Thomas is abusive towards Dog, often beating him severely and introduces the boy to alcohol. Logan has a violent temper, a mean disposition, flies into uncontrollable rage, and is jealous of the Howletts and their great fortune.
After being fired from his position and kicked off the estate for failing to control his son, Thomas returns to the house in the middle of the night, armed, and with his son Dog. He sneaks into the bedroom John and Elizabeth Howlett share and tries to persuade her to leave with him. It is here that a secret affair between the two is implied. Before Elizabeth can reply, Howlett returns to the bedroom and is confronted by Logan. After a heated exchange, Logan shoots and kills Howlett. He is, in turn, killed by James Howlett when the youth drives his bone claws into Thomas' chest. James' mutation is triggered by the trauma of seeing his father killed before his eyes.
The series hints that he and Elizabeth Howlett have been involved in a secret, romantic relationship for years. It is thus implied that Thomas is Wolverine's biological father with the adult James Howlett looking exactly like him.
[edit] Paternity
Even though Thomas Logan bears a striking resemblance to Wolverine as an adult, it isn't stated in the mini-series that he's Wolverine's father, though an affair between Logan and James' mother Elizabeth is implied. However, since the mini-series, there have been several one shot issues of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe released since 2004 that each contain a profile on Wolverine. Within those issues, John Howlett, Jr. is listed as Wolverine's father rather than Thomas Logan.
Elizabeth was having an affair with Thomas for many years, after she was released from isolation and after the birth of James Howlett. When young James Howlett first uses his claws and kills Thomas, a horrified Elizabeth exclaims "not again, not you James...", subtly referring to the scars on her back that she received from her first son, John Howlett, who died a mysterious death, which are shown when Rose walks in on Elizabeth. Later on in the mini-series, it is subtly hinted that Grandfather Howlett killed the young John Howlett (the III) after attacking Elizabeth when John Howlett, Jr., couldn't defend his wife. However, it is later revealed that John was placed in a barbaric lunatic asylum.
In Wolverine: Weapon X #8, Logan muses about having killed his own father, believing Tom Logan's paternity.
In Wolverine # 4 (December 2010), it is confirmed by Wolverine himself, when he is thinking to himself while fighting the Devil in Hell, that Thomas Logan is indeed his biological father. This is further confirmed when they finally have a face-to-face confrontation, in order (in Thomas Logan's own words) "To finally talk, man-to-man, father-to-son". [1]
[edit] In other media
In the 2009 movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Thomas Logan appears in the beginning, dying under similar circumstances to his death in the comics- being stabbed by Wolverine's claws when they come out for the first time-, and he is confirmed to be Victor Creed's father and Wolverine's biological father. He is credited as "Thomas Logan", played by Aaron Jeffery.
[edit] References
- ^ Wolverine # 4
