X-23

 

X-23

Real Name: Laura Kinney

First Appearance: NYX (Vol. 1) #3, February 2004

Powers: X-23 was conceived via in-vitro fertilization from the DNA of the mutant named Wolverine and Dr. Sarah Kinney and brought to term by her biological mother.

She possesses the same mutant abilities as Wolverine. She has accelerated cellular regeneration which greatly augments her natural strength, speed, agility, endurance, and reflexes. It also grants her superhumanly acute senses of sight, smell (enabling her to identify or track people by scent), and hearing. She also has a fast-healing factor that regenerates damaged or destroyed areas of her cellular structure almost instantaneously. The speed of her healing ability varies in direct proportion to the severity of the damage that she has sustained. Her power can regenerate cells of her nervous system. Her healing ability makes immune to poisons and most drugs. For example, it is nearly impossible for her to become intoxicated from drinking alcohol. She also has limited immunity to the fatigue poisons generated by her own body and hence, has greater stamina then an ordinary human being. Her healing factor also retards her aging process, eventually her age will be indeterminable.

Unlike Wolverine, X-23 has two claws instead of three on each hand, one claw in her foot which shoots out from the middle of her toes. Only her claws are laced with Adamantium instead of her whole skeleton.