WOLFSBANE
Earth-295

Real Name: Rahne Sinclair

Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-295), human mutant, naturalized citizen of the United States, former citizen of Scotland

Occupation: Adventurer, freedom fighter

Group Membership: X-Men (Beak/Barnell Bohusk, Dazzler/Alison Blaire, Exodus/Bennett du Paris, Gambit/Remy LeBeau, Jean Grey, Iceman/Bobby Drake, Magneto/Erik Magnus Lensherr, Morph/Kevin Sidney, Nightcrawler/Kurt Darkholme, Psylocke/Betsy Braddock, Rogue/Anna Marie Lensherr, Silver Samurai/Kenuicho Harada, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Sunfire/Shiro Yoshida, Weapon X/Logan, Wild Child/Kyle Gibney, Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff-Lensherr, X-23/Kirika Yashida, Xorn/Paige Guthrie)

Affiliations: Dark Beast (Hank McCoy), prelate Alex Summers

Enemies: Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur), The Guthries (Amazon/Elizabeth Guthrie, Cannonball/Sam Guthrie, Husk/Paige Guthrie, Icarus/Josh Guthrie), Mikhail Rasputin, Mr. Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)

Known Relatives: Elizabeth Sinclair (mother, deceased) Thomas Sinclair (father, deceased)

Aliases: "Good dog" (nickname used by Alex Summers), "my lupine companion" (nickname used by Dark Beast), "puppy" (nickname used by Jean Grey)

Base of Operations: formerly New Atlantis, Atlantic Ocean;
    formerly the Xavier Institute, Washington D.C.;
    formerly the Xavier estate, the Dead Zone (formerly known as Westchester, New York);
    formerly the Pens, Apocalypse Island;
    formerly Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

First Appearance: X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#1 (May, 2005)

Powers/Abilities: Wolfsbane is a mutant who was born with the ability to shape-change into a wolf and a separate wolf girl form. She was able to switch between her human, wolf, and transitional forms but the trauma of her parents' murder has caused her to lose control for some time. She has heightened senses comparable to a wolf, is an excellent tracker and has enhanced sight, smell, and hearing.

Height: 5'5" (human form) 2'9" (in wolf form, by approximation) 
Weight: 110 lbs. (human form) 150 lbs. (in wolf form, by approximation)
Eyes: Green (human form), red (wolf form)
Hair: Reddish-brown

History:

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse I#1) - An only child, Rahne's mutant powers emerged during the culling of Scotland by the Horseman of Apocalypse known as Mikhail. Her parents attempted to hide her but failed. The young girl was discovered by Mikhail's hounds and brought before him alongside her parents.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse I#1) - Mikhail made her beg for her parents' lives, making her pledge allegiance to Apocalypse. Through her tears, Rahne promised her life to Apocalypse. Rasputin thanked her for her loyalty but reduced her parents to ash anyway. Unable to cope with these horrible actions, she permanently retreated into her wolf form.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse I#1) -  After that ordeal, she was shipped to the Dark Beast's labs. The Dark Beast took her on as a special project, believing that she could be his key to reverting from his mutated bestial form to his original human appearance. Dark Beast adopted her as a pet of sorts, pushing her feral abilities beyond their limits. For months she remained in her wolf state, never straying far from Dark Beast's side.

(Factor-X I#1) - Wolfsbane alerted her master when Alex Summers entered the Beast's lab. Not caring for the wolf, Summers mocked McCoy for letting in strays.

(Factor-X I#2) - Wolfsbane was around when prelate Alex Summers and his rooks Samuel and Elizabeth Guthries brought inmate Lorna Dane from the Pens to the lab so McCoy could conduct further tests on her.

(Factor-X I#3) - Wolfsbane attempted to jump Jean Grey when she was trying to escape the Pens. Grey felt the attack coming and knocked the wolf to the side with a strong telekinetic blast. However, Jean stopped when she sensed a human presence buried beneath the animal's psyche. During the probe, Jean got so distracted she was captured by prelate Alex Summers who told Wolfsbane she was a 'good dog' for helping out.

(Factor-X I#4) - Wolfsbane tried to comfort Alex Summers after he got knocked out by his brother who was trying to free the Pens' prisoners. Furious and humiliated, Alex snapped at the lapping animal.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse I#1) -  During the final battle with Apocalypse, and after the Dark Beast teleported away in the M'Kraan Crystal, Rahne wandered the ruins of New York City in her wolf form. Discovered by Wild Child during an X-Men patrol, Rahne was brought to Magneto. With the help of the X-Men, and the now missing Wild Child, Rahne was able to regain her transitional wolf girl form.

(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse I#1) - Over the next year, through counseling and great effort, Rahne learned to keep her animal side at bay. She eventually joined the X-Men.

(X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Over time, Rahne grew close to two other recent recruits: Beak and the mysterious Xorn (secretly Paige Guthrie out on a mission of vengeance).

(X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One-Shot I#1) - Over the next year, the X-Men went from freedom fighters to a fully authorized law enforcement organization, thanks to Magneto being named acting director of mutant affairs by the newly elected US president Robert Kelly. Wolfsbane and the others moved to the new Xavier Institute in Washington D.C., There, they began their new mission: hunting down and capturing everyone who worked for Apocalypse.

(X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#1) - Wolfsbane joined the X-Men in a televised raid on the Massachusetts Academy to take out the Hellions. Magneto used the footage of his team's performance to show the media what he had accomplished as director of mutant affairs. She later joined Magneto and her teammates for dinner in Washington.

(X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#2) - Wolfsbane and Beak went to visit Xorn in the Xavier Institute infirmary after she was wounded by the Morlocks on a mission to New York. Rahne and Beak wanted to head down into the holding area to teach the responsible Morlocks Feral, Thornn and Marrow a lesson, but Xorn reminded them that not too long ago they too were trapped in Sinister's labs. Shamed, Rahne replied that she only wanted to make her friend feel better. When Xorn assured her and Beak it was all right, they left her for the night.

(X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#3) - Wolfsbane joined her fellow X-Men for a friendly, though rowdy game of touch football outside of the Xavier Institute. When she got the ball, Rahne was besieged from all sides, but she managed to maintain her composure and remained in human form. The game ended when Cerebro picked up the brain patterns of of wanted criminals Sam, Josh en Elizabeth Guthrie near the White House. Rahne remained behind while Storm and the X-Men went out to capture them.

(X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#5) - Wolfsbane was present when Magneto admitted to the X-Men that he been lying to them for the past year. It wasn't him who dismantled the nuclear bombs but Jean Grey who was still alive and in Mr. Sinister's hands. Magneto also admitted that he had struck a deal with the villain to allow him to keep Jean just to make sure his hidden shame remained a secret. After his story, Wolfsbane was ready to tear Magneto apart for having lied to them. She was stopped by the equally furious Weapon X who still felt cooler heads should prevail.

(X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#6) - After Jean Grey was freed and Sinister was killed, Magneto surrendered himself to the authorities to stand trial for having misled the public. Wolfsbane remained with the X-Men who were now led by Jean. 

Comments: Created by Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod;
    adapted by Akira Yoshida & Chris Bachalo

Earth-295's divergence point from Earth-616 is the death of Charles Xavier twenty years in the past. Apparently, this did not influence the birth of Rahne Sinclair who was still in her early teens by the time the Age of Apocalypse came and went.

It was only briefly hinted that Dark Beast's pet wolf from Factor-X might be more than, well, a pet wolf. It took a decade until Wolfsbane's handbook entry confirmed that it was, indeed, Rahne Sinclair. Having her take a li(c)king to Alex Summers was a nice nod to 616 continuity in which the Genoshans messed with Rahne's genetic structure to make her slavishly loyal to Havok.

Rahne's fate post 2005 remains unrevealed, it's likely she's among the many mutants and humans who perished during Weapon Omega's rise to power.

All locations mentioned are Earth-295, unless otherwise specified.

Wolfsbane received a profile in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005

Profile by Norvo

CLARIFICATIONS:
Wolfsbane of Earth-295 should not be confused with

• Wolfsbane of Earth-616, don't mix em up, it wouldnae be proper--Marvel Graphic Novel I#4
• Wolfsbane of Earth-92131, the animated version--X-Men: The Animated Series episode Cold Comfort
  
• or any other "Wolfsbane" characters

Appearances:
Factor-X I#1 (March, 1995) - John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Factor-X I#2 (April, 1995) - John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Factor-X I#3 (May, 1995) - John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting, Terry Dodson (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Factor-X I#4 (June, 1995) - John Francis Moore (writer), Steve Epting, Terry Dodson (pencils), Al Milgrom (inks), Kelly Corvese (editor)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005 (March, 2005) - Mike Raicht (writer), Jennifer Grunwald (editor)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#1 (May, 2005) - Akira Yoshida (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils), Tim Townsend (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#2 (May, 2005) - Akira Yoshida (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils), Tim Townsend (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#3 (May, 2005) - Akira Yoshida (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils), Mark Irwin et al (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#5 (May, 2005) - Akira Yoshida (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils), Mark Irwin et al (inks), Mike Marts (editor)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse I#6 (June, 2005) - Akira Yoshida (writer), Chris Bachalo (pencils), Mark Irwin et al (inks), Mike Marts (editor)

First Posted: 01/01/2025
Last Updated: 01/06/2025

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