Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The casual address can sound friendly or like the last warning before a fight. Wolverine makes little effort to polish the difference. A single familiar word carries the abrasion that sets him apart from more formal superhero voices.
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In context
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‘Bub’ is Wolverine's recurring form of address in the X-Men comics. Tom Brevoort's publication history and a separate comics-to-film account locate an early use in X-Men #94 (1975), as the new team takes shape. This page presents the catchword on its own, without claiming that its first appearance was a standalone one-word balloon. It belongs to the comics before its later screen use.
Sources (2)
- X-Men #94 — written source 1The Doomsmith Scenario!; quotation and sceneReference checked
- X-Men #94 — written source 2The Doomsmith Scenario!; quotation and sceneReference checked
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