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This universe is a branched reality of Earth-10005 and Earth-TRN414. After his father's death at the hands of Weapon X during his breakout from Alkali Lake in the early 80s, Dr. Zander Rice and his company, the Transigen Corporation began tampering with the gene pool of the population in order to suppress the mutant gene from being triggered. Rice also later began breeding children into genetically enhanced mutants that he hoped would follow his orders. His plan succeeded, and by 2004, mutants stopped being born entirely. Concurrent with this was the formation of the X-Men, which Weapon X joined under the alias Wolverine. They went on several adventures together, including one involving a fight at the Statue of Liberty.[2]

By 2029, the mutant population had mostly gone extinct for no new mutant had been born in over two decades. Simultaneously, the mutants that sought sanctuary in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters were slaughtered when the man they had entrusted their lives to, Charles Xavier, was stricken by dementia, causing his powers to become completely erratic and freezing the X-Men and student body in place, where they suffocated. Only Wolverine survived alongside Charles, due to his healing factor allowing him to be mobile in this situation. To keep Charles safe from those seeking to apprehend him for the murders, as well as anyone else who might suffer the same fate, Wolverine fled with Charles to Mexico and kept him in isolation with the assistance of Caliban. However, these additional episodes from Charles also took a toll on his healing factor, and eventually it began to wither away, leaving him mortal. In the years that followed, the X-Men became the stuff of myth, with comic books about their escapades even being produced.

Charles, seeking redemption from his accidental loss of control, persuaded surviving X-Man Logan into helping a rare mutant child, Laura travel to a new mutant sanctuary set up in Canada. After a long, bloody journey through North America, Logan learned of Zander's plot to rid the world of mutants, besides the children he manufactured into becoming mutants, and put an end to it. In the end, Logan helped the mutant children find liberation and sanctuary, before succumbing to his wounds and Adamantium poisoning.[2]

While the children lived in the mutant sanctuary for some time, Laura would eventually be pruned by the Time Variance Authority after Mr. Paradox, conflating the reality with that of the apocalyptic Earth-10005, deemed the reality a lost cause following the death of its anchor being, Logan. After Paradox was defeated, Laura chose not to return to her reality, instead taking residence in Earth-TRN414.[1]

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Notes

  • Despite both Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine treating these events as direct continuation of previous X-Men films by 20th Century Fox, this reality was assigned a separate designation by the Unofficial Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Because the divergent points of this universe happen in years covered by the original films (1983 and 2004), and the events of Logan take place in 2029, they remain only a possible future from the perspective of the films chronologically set prior to that.

Trivia

  • In October 2017, Logan director James Mangold confirmed that he and X-23 co-creator Craig Kyle were working on a script for a spin-off film focusing on Laura, following the character's positive reception in Logan.[3] However, due to Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, it was unlikely that it would proceed past the development stage.[4] After the acquisition, all planned X-Men films in development were canceled.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Deadpool & Wolverine
  2. 2.0 2.1 Logan
  3. Couch, Aaron (24 October 2017) 'Logan' Team on Dreaming Up a 'Laura' Spinoff and Finding the Drama in Wolverine's Goodbye THR. Retrieved on 26 December 2017.
  4. Kit, Borys; Couch, Aaron; McMillan, Graeme (14 December 2017) 'X-Men,' 'Fantastic Four' in Flux After Fox-Disney Deal THR. Retrieved on 26 December 2017.
  5. Alternate Earth Numbered List on the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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