X-23

Marvel’s 2011–2012 X-23 series, a three-issue miniseries by writer Marjorie Liu and artists Sana Takeda and Will Conrad, follows Laura Kinney—the clone known as X-23—as she carves her own path apart from her genetic template, Wolverine. Teaming up with Gambit, she confronts a threat from her past while wrestling with her identity and the legacy of violence she was created for. This compact story deepens Laura’s character, bridging her assassin origins with her emerging heroism, and stands as a key moment in her evolution before she fully took on the Wolverine mantle.