Wolverine

This story begins with Wolverine's childhood as James Howlett, his powers activating after witnessing the death of his father at the hands of Thomas Logan, who reveals that he is James' biological father only after the grief-stricken James has impaled him with his new claws. Fleeing with his half-brother Victor, the two spend the next several years operating as soldiers in various wars until they are recruited by now-Major William Stryker for a special team, but James leaves the team after realising how willing the other members are to kill innocent people to achieve their goals.

Moving on to become a lumberjack with a woman called Kayla Silverfox, James is lured back to Stryker after the apparently-rogue Victor kills Kayla, prompting him to agree to Stryker's offer to enhance his skeleton with adamantium to give him the strength to kill Victor- choosing the name 'Wolverine' from a tale Kayla told him about a spirit that was tricked into being parted forever from his lover the Moon-, only to flee when he learns that Stryker intends to erase his memories and use his DNA as part of another experiment. Escaping the labs and eliminating the first wave of pursuers- along with his former teammate Agent Zero-, Wolverine tracks down John Wraith- another old teammate- and Fred Dukes, learning from both of an island facility where Stryker keeps mutants prisoner. Finding the facility with the aid of Gambit- the only mutant alive to escape it-, Wolverine is horrified to learn that Kayla was actually an agent of Stryker's all along and her death was faked, but is spurred back into action when he learns that she did genuinely love him. Freeing the mutant prisoners- including Kayla's sister Emma and Wolverine's future ally Scott Summers-, Wolverine confronts the newly-activated 'Weapon XI'- his old teammate Wade Wilson, his mouth now sealed shut and artifically granted multiple mutant powers-, finally defeating him with the aid of Victor, who vows that only he gets to kill Wolverine.

Before Wolverine can leave with Kayla, however, Stryker shoots Wolverine in the head with adamantium bullets, subsequently departing after Kayla orders him to leave using her power of persuasion. When Wolverine regains consciousness, his injuries have healed but the damage to his brain has seemingly permanently destroyed his memories, subsequently departing the island to seek his own way.