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Laura Kinney
Laura Kinney

Laura Kinney

377 appearances · Copper/Modern Age · 1994–2026 · 8 key issues
Who is Laura Kinney?

Created through the Weapon X program as a female clone of Logan, Laura Kinney was raised from birth as a trained assassin, inheriting his healing factor and bone claws — later coated in adamantium. She escaped her handlers and eventually found refuge among the X-Men.

Laura Kinney is one of Marvel's most compelling figures to emerge from the mid-'90s into the modern era, a character who has steadily grown from her 1994 debut in X-Men: The Coming of Triplikill — courtesy of Jim Krueger and Mike Gustovich — into a genuine cornerstone of the X-Men corner of the Marvel Universe. With 353 catalog appearances spanning an impressive 32 years across titles like X-Men, Wolverine, and New X-Men, she's clearly no footnote, and her eight collector-recognized key issues speak to a legacy that resonates deeply with fans. She keeps extraordinary company, sharing pages with Logan, Cyclops, Storm, and other titans of mutantkind, which tells you everything about the weight she carries in the stories that matter most. If you're building out your X-Men collection with an eye for characters who have genuinely endured, Laura Kinney is absolutely worth your attention.

Identity

Real name. Laura Kinney

Powers. Healing factor, enhanced senses/agility/speed, retractable adamantium-coated bone claws (two per hand plus one in each foot), trained assassin.

Affiliations. X-Men, X-Force, NYX, Avengers, later assumed the Wolverine mantle

★ First appearance
NYX #3
Feb 2004

Trivia

  • Laura Kinney is among the rarest of Marvel characters — one who debuted on screen first, introduced in X-Men: Evolution before the comics ever got their hands on her.comicsxf.com
  • For years she existed almost exclusively under the designation X-23, so Marvel's eventual decision to formally name her Laura Kinney was a deliberate line-wide statement, moving her identity away from weapon-and-project status toward full personhood.comicsxf.com
  • Even by Marvel's well-worn legacy-hero standards, her trajectory stands out — after Logan's death she officially inherited the Wolverine mantle in the comics, transforming what began as a derivative concept into a mainline flagship role.comicsxf.com

Top series

Covers through the years — 2000–2024

Wolverine #151 2000
Wolverine #151
The Uncanny X-Men #450 2004
The Uncanny X-Men #450
New X-Men #20 2006
New X-Men #20
X-Factor #25 2008
X-Factor #25
Avengers vs. X-Men: It's Coming #[nn] 2012
Avengers vs. X-Men: It's Coming #[nn]
Marvel Now! Omnibus #[nn] 2013
Marvel Now! Omnibus #[nn]
Wolverines #4 2015
Wolverines #4
Extraordinary X-Men #19 2017
Extraordinary X-Men #19
Fallen Angels by Bryan Hill #1 2020
Fallen Angels by Bryan Hill #1
X-Men #24 2023
X-Men #24
X-Men #28 2024
X-Men #28

Appearances (301–377 of 377, oldest first)

Wolverines & Deadpools: Claws & Mercs (2025)
Ultimate X-Men (2024)
Uncanny X-Men by Gail Simone (2025)
Wolverine (2024)
X-Manhunt Omega (2025)
#1
X-Force (2024)
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024)
Marvel Babys: Neue Abenteuer (2025)
X-Force by Benjamin Percy (2021)
#4
Daredevil: Unleash Hell - Red Band (2025)
#4
One World Under Doom (2025)
Magik (2025)
Psylocke (2024)
X-Men: Hellfire Galas (2025)
New Avengers (2025)
#1
X-Force by Geoffrey Thorne (2025)
#2
NYX (2024)
Wolverines & Deadpools (2025)
Exceptional X-Men (2024)
#11
Wolverine by Saladin Ahmed (2025)
#2
Runaways (2025)
Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus (2025)
All-New Wolverine Modern Era Epic Collection (2025)
#1
Laura Kinney: Sabretooth (2025)
All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2025)
X-Men by Gerry Duggan Omnibus (2025)
Amazing X-Men (2025)
#2
Batman / Deadpool (2026)
Infernal Hulk (2026)
#2
Unbreakable X-Men (2025)
#3
Generation X-23 (2026)
X-Men United (2026)
#1
X-Men: Age of Revelation - Overture (2026)