The originalheld the mantle from 1974
James Howlett (alias Logan)
Powers. Mutant healing factor (regeneration); enhanced senses, strength, reflexes, and stamina; retractable bone claws coated in indestructible adamantium; adamantium-laced skeleton; slowed aging.
Origin
James Howlett is a mutant born in late 19th-century Canada who discovered his power to spontaneously grow bone claws from his knuckles during a traumatic childhood incident. Decades of hard living, covert government experiments, and a procedure that coated his skeleton and claws with indestructible adamantium forged him into the near-unkillable feral fighter who would eventually take the name Wolverine.