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Sep 30, 2022 1 min, 53 secs
And that’s great news for a lot of reasons, but one in particular: it’s one last chance to make Wolverine actually dress like Wolverine.

The original X-Men even has that joke where Wolverine gripes about going out in public in leather jumpsuits, to which Cyclops quips: “What would you prefer, yellow spandex?” And I mean.

Winter admitted certain concessions had to be made in order to make X-Men appeal to a wider audience - like Wolverine not having the stature of Joe Pesci or the body hair of Robin Williams - and also pointed out that the leather outfits were chosen out of convenience, since they meant the stars would spend less time in wardrobe.

Following the movie’s success, the comics actually followed suit in multiple timelines - Ultimate X-Men gave the Ol’ Canucklehead a makeover that inverted his classic color scheme to be mostly black with a few yellow stripes, and Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s New X-Men gave the whole team an overhaul that was more evocative of sexy firemen than conventional superheroes.

Left: Ultimate X-Men #41 cover detail, Right: panel from New X-Men #115.

X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand gave Wolverine’s suit some festive yellow piping, but that was as close as Fox got to putting him in anything close to his classic comic looks… Well, at least until the infamous deleted scene from The Wolverine, where Logan gets his iconic brown costume from the 1980s… which he then… never actually wore on screen?

Also, a brief aside: The Wolverine introduced Yukio, who was inexplicably styled to look like some kind of Harajuku spin on Pippi Longstocking by way of Where’s Waldo’s girlfriend Wenda, despite the fact that in the comics… SHE ACTUALLY WEARS A BLACK LEATHER JUMPSUIT?

Despite the hit-or-miss nature of Fox’s X-Men movies, Hugh Jackman’s portrayal of Wolverine is a consistent high point - it’s just a pity that in his nine-movie, 17-year tenure as Weapon X, he never completely looked the part… But, there’s still hope.

Since he first played Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine - possibly the most egregious reimagining of a Marvel character to date - Ryan Reynolds has made good with the fans twice over.

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