WOLVERINE III

Real Name:

Laura Kinney

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Active

Category:

Mutant

Alias:

Laura X, Talon, X-23, Scratch.

Nationality:

Canadian

First Appearance:

NYX #3

Powers & Abilities:

enhanced strength, speed, agility, stamina, and reflexes, hyper-keen senses, healing factor, adamantium skeleton and retractable hand and toe claws

Affiliation:

Avengers Academy, New X-Men Squad, The Facility, X-Force III, X-Men, X-Men Students, Weapon X renegades, X-Terminators (Krakoa), X-Force VIII (Krakoa), NYX

Avengers Membership:

Avenger Third Grade. A unique status crafted for the first (and ultimately, only) graduating class in Avengers Academy #39.

Notes:

Laura was originally believed to be a female clone of Wolverine, created by "twinning" his X-chromosome and surrogately carried to term by Sarah Kinney. Death of Wolverine: The Adamantium Agenda #1-4 confirmed Laura was instead a test tube baby, artificially engineered from the genes of Logan and Sarah Kinney, making them both her biological parents.

There were two versions of Laura active at one point during the Krakoan Era. After infiltrating the Vault in X-Men (5th series) #19, Laura was believed dead and resurrected on Krakoa. Proteus inadvertently gave her a full Adamantium skeleton during resurrection, believing Laura already had one. In X-Men (6th series) #16, however, "Old Lady Laura" was found alive in the Vault and brought back. She operated with the X-Men as "Talon" until her death against the High Evolutionary in X-Men (6th series) #31.

Alternate Versions:

X-23 (AoA).

Check our in-depth Character entry:

X-23

Last Updated:

23rd March 2025 by Blanchett