Once the procedure is complete, it seems that Logan died. He asks for a new nametag, saying Wolverine, derived from a story Kayla told him. He is approached by Stryker once again, offering whatever it takes to stop his brother Logan agrees and is subjected to an adamantium bonding test, which is the metal from the meteorite that Stryker was looking for. But when he finds Kayla murdered, he goes after Victor but loses badly, with his claws broken. Logan outright refuses, mainly because he's Canadian and doesn't answer to the States. One day at work, he is approached by Stryker, informing him that Victor had killed one of their team, Bradley. Six years later, James, now going by the name of Logan has returned to Canada, living as a lumberjack with his girlfriend Kayla Silverfox, who is aware of his mutation. But when they threatened a village as to where the meteorite came from, Logan becomes disgusted and leaves. Their first mission involved tracking the source of a mysterious meteorite. They are visited by Major William Stryker in the stockade, offering them position in a "special" team. They are shot by a firing squad by their healing factors prove hard to kill them. In the last war, Victor kills their commanding officer who attempted to rape an innocent young girl and Logan tries to stop him. And so the brothers brave and fight through the likes of the American Civil War, World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War. Victor follows him and vows to stick with him. Confused about what happening to him, James runs into the woods. But much to his horror, Thomas reveals that he's his actual father.
In an act of fury, James sprouts bone claws from his fists and impales Thomas. However, the latter's father Thomas Logan killed his father, John. In 1845, Northwest Territories of Canada, young James Howlett is sick, with his half-brother victor beside him.