Warning: Contains spoilers for Wolverine: Revenge #2
After Magneto’s Asteroid M crashes to the Earth, frying practically every source of power globally, Wolverine proves that he’ll do anything to get his revenge against those who turned an already tragic event into a bloodbath. To track them down, he needs information – and the deceased villain’s iconic helmet is the key. Logan adopts Magneto’s most recognizable anti-psychic defense, repurposing it for his own brand of revenge.
In Wolverine: Revenge #2, by Jonathan Hickman and Greg Capullo, Logan plows forward on his quest to find the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants who killed Captain America and Bucky Barnes in cold blood while dooming millions to die in the West. Alongside Forge, he finds one answer to his problem: Magneto’s helmet. With Mastermind acting as the, well, mastermind, behind some of the Brotherhood, Logan needs a powerful psychic defense to reach him. No one invested more energy into perfecting telepathic barriers than Magneto. After a few adjustments, Logan uses the helmet and ironically continues to make it an instrument of revenge, just like its creator.
Wolverine Uses Magneto’s Helmet To Destroying The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
IAnd The Upgrade Allows Him To Defeat Mastermind in Seconds
Wolverine’s idea of unearthing Magneto’s helmet is nothing short of brilliant. Mastermind is likely one of the most powerful psychics left alive, and Erik spent years perfecting that piece of equipment to prevent Charles Xavier (and the X-Men’s other telepathic mutants) from accessing his mind. The helmet surviving Magneto’s Asteroid M crash practically unscathed makes it even more ideal for Logan’s purposes. He’s able to execute a brutal attack, return Mastermind’s severed head to Forge, and get the information he needs. In a twisted way, the helmet continues to fulfill one of its primary functions: exacting revenge.
There are a few obvious differences between Wolverine and Magneto’s intentions, they’re both primarily focused on making others pay. Wolverine: Revenge‘s timeline takes place when Magneto is still at the height of villainy and hellbent on eliminating humans. That thread continues with Logan. He saw the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, including his former friend Colossus, violently kill other heroes and refuse to do anything to help people suffering in the West after the massive EMP caused by Asteroid M’s crash. Wolverine made revenge his sole reason to continue – and in some ways, that’s more extreme than even Magneto ever managed.
Magneto’s Helmet Signifies Wolverine’s Dark Path
Although Magneto’s helmet served its purpose and let Wolverine thwart Mastermind’s telepathic powers, it’s also a testament to just how twisted his path is becoming. Forge and Dani Moonstar are still finding ways to act as heroes and rebuild a pocket of the world while Logan insists that revenge is all he has left. He may not be directing his rage toward humanity, as Magneto often did, but it is the primary guiding force and he can’t separate himself from it. Wolverine’s dark path of revenge makes him worthy of Magneto’s helmet but costs him his heroic side.
Wolverine: Revenge #2 is available now from Marvel Comics.
Wolverine
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics’ biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
Magneto
The oldest and best-known adversary of the X-Men, Magneto has been a part of Marvel Comics since the mutant team was introduced. Bearing powers over magnetic fields, he views mutants as superior to normal humans, and aims to build a world where humans are dominant. The only thing stopping him is Professor X and his team of heroes.