How Wolverine Became the Best X-Man

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

It's a Mail Bag episode! It's Wolverine-themed! It's the best and what it does and what is does is podcasting! This week with your help we're going Canadian on the world of X-Men. From Deadpool and Wolverine on the silver screen to his humble origins as a villain to The Incredible Hulk, we'll explore how James Logan Howlett became everyone's favorite mutant. Patreon Super Fans asked us about the best Wolverine costume, what has sustained the public love for Logan, and his complex relationship as a mentor to younger X-Men. Whether you've loved him from the start or met Wolverine through Hugh Jackman's portrayal, this episode is packed with more secret origins than you can possibly need!

For exclusive bonus podcasts like our Justice League Review show, GHL Extra & Livestreams with the hosts, join the Geek History Lesson Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/Jawiin

GHL RECOMMENDED READING from this episode► https://www.geekhistorylesson.com/recommendedreading

FOLLOW GHL►
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geekhistorylesson
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@geekhistorylesson
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geekhistorylesson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GHLPodcast
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/geekhistorylesson
Get Your GHL Pin: https://geekhistorylesson.etsy.com

You can follow Ashley at https://twitter.com/Ashleyvrobinson or https://www.ashleyvictoriarobinson.com/

Follow Jason at https://twitter.com/Jawiin or https://www.jasoninman.com/

Thanks for showing up to class today. Class is dismissed!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Amazing! of the most popular brands of prescription glasses and sunglasses
0:14.6	there's even up to 50% off hearing aids up to 50% off in the optical center sale
0:19.8	don't wait bring the whole family and make the most of it.
0:26.0	Sale offers can't be combined with other current offers.
0:28.1	See in store for T's and C's. Ashley there is a list that was made on Entertainment Weekly in 2022. We actually
0:49.4	actually brought it up in a very recent episode when it was
0:53.4	titled let's rank every X man ever and we went through the list and we talked about it and we
0:59.9	looked at some of the characters and we found that Wolverine was the number one X-Men.
1:07.6	And Wolverine is sort of like stepped into this title of being the number one the most popular the guy that's out front when you
1:16.5	see a group you know picture of the X-Men it's always Wolverine one of his costumes
1:21.0	out there and you know I thought it would be very interesting for us to have this conversation about is what does Wolverine deserve to be the most popular X-Men?
1:30.0	Should he be the most popular X-Men?
1:32.0	And do you think he is? How did he become the most popular X-Men? And do you think he is?
1:33.7	How did he become this most popular X-Men?
1:35.7	You know, you're a Canadian.
1:38.8	I am.
1:39.4	Wolverine's Canadian.
1:41.0	You know, just, do you have a stealth theory about why you be like just
1:44.9	real quick like why you think Wolverine became the most popular X-Men?
1:47.5	Canadian played by an Australian who everyone thinks is American?
1:50.1	Yeah double Commonwealth. Yeah double Commonwealth. Yeah, double Commonwealth.
1:54.0	Stealth theory for why I think he's the most popular X-Men.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jason Inman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jason Inman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.