Wolverine is no doubt one of the more popular Marvel comic book characters.  In fact, he’s number 4 in Empire Magazine’s 50 greatest comic book characters (with the Hulk at #14).

Wolverine has been created to give the Hulk a run for his money.  Well, not so much in a literal sense, but Wolverine did begin his career with Marvel hunting down the Hulk (The Incredible Hulk #181).  Since then, he has evolved into his own as a troubled superhero, though portrayed at most times as an anti-hero, not unlike the Hulk.  Best known as a member of the X-Men, Wolverine is very comfortable living in the gray areas of life.  X-Men’s tactical field leaders, namely Cyclops and/or Storm, are very much aware of his propensity for bloodlust and, at times, have to dedicate time and effort to rein him in.  Such differences in personalities are central to the X-Men saga and build internal conflicts between Wolverine and other members of the team who swore to protect the innocent without collateral damage.  However, Wolverine doesn’t mind collateral damages.

But against the Hulk, it’s no holds barred.  Adamantium claws tear through gamma-fied skin and bones.  Bodies are struck with blows that would topple buildings.  Through it all, both heroes come back for more.  According to Leader’s Lair, the Hulk and Wolverine have encountered each other in some form 16 times.

My favorite moment between Hulk and Wolverine is not so much when they were bashing each other’s head in, but when they were sitting down all by their lonesome reflecting on the battle that’s about to take place with Thanos in Infinity Gauntlet #3.  They look like a couple of regular fellas just having a chat.

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