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When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.
Len Wein
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Len Wein
Age: 69 †
Born: 1948
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: September 10
Comics Writer
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New York City
New York
Leonard Norman Wein
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