Wolverine's publishing history is a veritable cascade of contradictions. From ignoring Len's original intent that the character be 18 years old with claws that telescoped out of the gloves (not actually stated in the comics), to now-you-see-it-not-you-don't arm hair, to adamantium "laced" bones, to even being stripped of his Canadian birth. And so much more.
Problem with a character that's been around half a century. The barnacles pile up.
I guess what I am saying is, if somebody showed you the DOFP picture of Wolverine's skeleton and told you his bones were laced with adamantium, I think you would have to assume that laced meant coated, even though it doesn't.
Solid? Coated? Laced? Cognitive dissonance. So the mind reconciles the picture and the words with a compromising mental model or scheme.
Ok, I'm done with this. Sorry. My vacation starts today. Heading to Disney for the week to celebrate my daughter's 21st birthday. Be good to each other!
And thanks for holding the next issue until I return ;-)
Okay, I wanted to leave well enough alone on the issue, but since the discussion continued I'll mention my main sticking point:
If Logan's adamantium skeleton was part of his mutation like his senses or his healing then its logic would more easily fall under the purview of Scott's optic blasts coming from nowhere and Peter's skin/body transforming into organic steel (along with his blue pants). It would in fact be some sort of organic/mutant adamantium, which is, you know, fine.
But if his bones have been replaced at some point (after a lifetime of relatively normal bones) with fully metal (non-magic/non-mutant) bones, I figure that means either the original bones were never performing for Logan what our bones do for us, or the (special?) metal somehow continues to perform the role that the original bones did. OR, Logan's healing factor is continuously working overtime to compensate somehow. These views, by the way, should in no way be misconstrued for any kind of agreeing with Interloper-can't-leave-well-enough-alone Shooter :)
p.s. Given that Sabertooth is ElseWhen-officially his father, there are still some notions yet to be fleshed out , no pun intended :)
And I had always thought that Logan's bones were covered in a thin layer of adamantium. But time and endless revisions keep proving me wrong on what I think I know.
Since he took Professor X up on his offer at the exact moment he quit Department H... yet now has no memories of his time with the X-Men... how in the world is all of this gonna play out?
Watching Wolverine establish (re-establish) his dynamic with the X-Men -- Cyclops in particular -- and we've already seen that he didn't have the same draw to Jean sans-Phoenix (.....) ...but then, by this point in his history he had already established a strong connection with Mac and Heather (.....)
Are we actually about to get some raw, 'real' Wolverine?
I maintain: Chris Claremont, icon that he is, may have done better to allow JB a bit more co-creative expression, and not have imposed as many restraints. Or perhaps the onus fell more heavily upon Jim Shooter.