N'ịkwadebe ide edemede ahụ, ọ gụgharịrị Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" akụkọ, yana Chris Claremont na Frank Miller's 1982 limited series on the character (ya mmasị storyline). Ọzọkwa na-eje ozi dị ka n'ike mmụọ nsọ bụ 2001 limited series Origin, nke na-akọ ndụ Wolverine tupu Weapon X. Jackman rụkọtara na edemede ahụ, nke ọ chọrọ ka ọ bụrụ ihe odide nke agwa ma e jiri ya tụnyere ihe nkiri X-Men. Skip Woods, onye dere Hitman maka Fox, mechara were ọrụ iji degharịa ma degharịa edemede Benioff. Benioff bu n'obi maka "ihe gbara ọchịchịrị na obi ọjọọ", na-ede akụkọ na ya na onye edemede Barry Windsor-Smith, yana Chris Claremont na Frank Miller's 1982 limited series on the character (ihe nkiri kachasị amasị ya).
Mee 1, 2009