Laura Facts

Are you fan of Wolverine's successor? Well, we got One Dozen X-23 Facts for you! Snikt!

1. X-23 was created for the animated series "X-Men: Evolution". First appearing in episode eleven of season three. Craig Kyle created X-23 as an attempt to better link Wolverine with the kids of the school. He also described X-23 as "the Pinchhio of Marvel Comics, a samurai sword trying to be real girl".

2. Laura is an obvious clone of Wolverine, retaining many of his powers and subject to the same Weapon Plus training he experienced. It is speculated that her two claws and single feet claws are a result of her gender differing from Logan's. Her codename, X-23, also indicates she was the twenty-third attempt at recreating Logan, who was labeled Weapon X. Weapon X later became the new name of Weapon Plus.

3. While her first appearance was in a cartoon, Laura's first comic book appearance was in the miniseries "NYX" a series about teenage mutants in New York and how their powers effected their personal lives. Due to the nature and maturity of the book, it was shortened to seven issues and had many delays. It featured a mutant who was autistic and sexually abused, a character who attempted to kill herself, and X-23. This depiction of X-23 acknowledged her connection to Wolverine, but was a teenaged prostitute who was under the ownership of a pimp named Zebra Daddy.

4. Following "NYX" the character received a six-issue miniseries called "X-23: Innocence Lost" written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, detailing her origin story. Following that Kyle and Yost wrote another six-issue mini called "X-23: Target X" which filled in the blanks between "NYX" and "Innocence Lost".

5. Laura has been a trainee under The X-Men, a member of Wolverine's covert operations X-Force, and has been a student at Avengers Academy.

6. While most mutant's abilities spawn during puberty, Laura's bone claws were forced out of her using radiation poisoning when she was seven. Her claws were then removed from her body, coated in Adamantium, and then reinserted into her body. This means unlike her "father", Laura's skeleton is not coated in Adamantium.

7. While being held by Weapon X, X-23's handler was a mutant named Kimura. Kimura had indestructible skin meaning Laura couldn't cut her and she constantly bullied X-23 just as she had been bullied as a young girl. Kimura is later killed by Laura years later when she pins her down and drowns her.

8. After Wolverine died, Laura saw fit to take up the mantle of Wolverine. As Wolverine she became a main member of The X-Men, teamed up with heroes like Silk, The Totally Awesome Hulk, The All-New Ghost Rider, Deadpool, and others. She also happened upon the company Alchamex creating four clones of X-23. Of these four "sisters", the eldest became a villain named Bellona, and the youngest Gabrielle became Laura's sidekick.

9. In October of 2016, the first teaser trailer for the movie "Logan" premiered and later details about the film came to light. One of the main characters of "Logan" was Laura/X-23, a clone of Logan no older than twelve. Later that year in January, Gabrielle Kinney appeared in the opening arc of "All-New Wolverine" written by Tom Taylor. Gabby was very similar to the "Logan" movie's depiction of Laura and is thought to reference that version of the character, only appropriate since Gabby is a clone of Laura. Gabby takes the name Honey Badger and adopts an actual Wolverine she names James.

10. Laura's upbringing has given her a grammatically correct vocabulary, she rarely uses slang. This upbringing also caused her to cut herself early in her life, knowing the cuts would heal away. 

11. Laura's first crush was the X-Men-in-Training known as Hellion, who's powers were telekinesis. Their relationship was reminiscent of Wolverine and Jean Grey's. Laura no longer has feelings towards him. She also had a relationship with Warren Worthington/Angel from the past, as he and the rest of the original X-Men became displaced into the present. Their relationship ended when Angel became fed up with Laura's recklessness and brutality. She also shared a few kisses with Young Cyclops as well.

12. In an issue of "Marvel Team-Up" from 2005 featured a four-issue story arc in which X-23 forms "The League of Losers" to help stop a time-traveling villain from wiping out all of Earth's heroes. This team consisted of X-23, Darkhawk, Arana, Gravity, Dagger, Sleepwalker, Speedball, and Terror. However, the group becomes stuck in the future of 2099 and become a superhero team known as The Fantastic Nine. This was established to be an alternate timeline so the characters could continue to exist in the main universe. Interestingly, this version of X-23 sparked a romance with Gravity.

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