A Quandary
February 12th, 2009Wolverine’s power is to regenerate, right? So wouldn’t putting an adamantium skeleton inside him be futile, since his body would just reject it as it regrew bone and marrow?
Discuss.
-Chris
Wolverine’s power is to regenerate, right? So wouldn’t putting an adamantium skeleton inside him be futile, since his body would just reject it as it regrew bone and marrow?
Discuss.
-Chris
February 12th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I thought that his bones were coated in the wonderfully indestructable adamantium, as apposed to replaced.
If the metal were anything but adamantium, then I am preatty sure his body could reject the metal itself by breaking it down, but due to the coating over his actual bones and the indestrcutable nature of the metal, his body had no choice but to acept it.The process itself however would require someone with an increadible amount regenerative abilities due to the trauma it would put the body through.
Did they ever mention if it almost killed him?
February 12th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
His bones are coated in adamatium, his actual bones are intact under it. Like Baker said the only reason he was a candidate in the first place is that his healing factor would allow him to constantly repair the damage done by having an antamantium skeleton in the first place. That’s why when his antamantium was removed for a time, his healing factor went into overdrive and became a little bit more feral like sabertooth now that it wasn’t distracted by the adamantium.
That’s why the other super-heroes relationship to the adamantium in their body is different but the almost everpresent theme is a healing factor, Cyber has it bonded to his skin rather then internally, Lady Death Strike has an adamantium laced skeleton as well but there are cybernetic enhancements etc.
Really the only person with an adamantium skeleton that doesn’t have a healing factor is Bullseye, which is explained that he has homeopathic treatments and low level magic to keep it from killing him.
February 13th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Based on what kevin said, it sounds like during a Q&A session, some nerd stood up and asked the very same question to which Len Wein replied, “because you’re fat and you live in your mom’s basement.” After which he went home and made something up to fix the dilemma raised by said nerd. Meanwhile, said nerd went home and played a solo campaign at D&D for 3 weeks straight only to have his DM put him in a position with no possible victory. Immediately following this, his mom made him a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of chicken soup with the stars in it. He ate it in between uncontrollable bouts of sobbing.
February 13th, 2009 at 11:11 am
How the heck did they take the adamantium out of his body? That sounds impossible.
February 13th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I was going to write something about how coating the skeleton would kill you because you need calcium to come and go from the bones and the role bone marrow plays in producing your red blood cells. But then I reread the fighting lexicographer’s post and felt bad on the inside. Somewhere, somehow, that really happened. Stars and all.
I think we should observe a moment of silence, as that nerd surely perished. That moment of silence will be followed by everyone saying “worst. reaction. ever.”; as is the custom of his peoples.
February 13th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Chris -
Magneto liquefied it and pulled it out by tearing it through his pours.
In space.
February 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
in response to chris and kevin: yeah, i have that issue, it’s freaking sweet. wolverine almost dies of course and jean grey saves him (so to speak). i’ll let you borrow it if you want.
February 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
my question is, how does he get his adamantium back?
February 14th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
“…Liquefied it and pulled it out through his pores.
In space.”
That right there is the best thing since sliced awesome.
February 14th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
AND THEN HE KILLED SABERTOOTH AND APOCALYPSE GAVE IT BACK TO HIM!
BUT THEN SABERTOOTH WASN’T DEAD!
February 16th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
And this is why we can’t have nice things.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Agreed
February 17th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
This could be one of the best conversations ever!
Side note: mmmm grilled cheese… That is what we had for dinner last night… (the fat kid just gave himself away…)
Second Side Note: if bones, which are not solid, are coated with a metal there is a good chance that the metal would only stick to the bone. This leaves the possibility that calcium and blood cells could enter and exit just like they would in a regular human body.
~Your Friendly Neighborhood Bakerman
February 18th, 2009 at 11:11 am
If the bones are sealed inside invincible metal, how does the blood get out?
February 18th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Through mutation.
And magic swords.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
like I said before the metal would only stick to the actuall bones, therefore if there is a hole in the bone, then there would be a hole in the metal…
March 4th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
So perhaps the more important question is how does the adamantium bone interact with the periosteum (the membrane around the bone that has bone-producing cells and helps attach muscle to bone)? Sure Wolvie has a metal skeleton, but how does he move if his muscles aren’t attached to his skeleton anymore?