Even at 10, I could see that Wolverine was probably the funniest character in the entire Marvel universe. He's over the top. He looks like Glenn Danzig. His outfit kind of makes him look like a bad version of the Bee Girl from the Blind Melon video.
And Wolverine is pissed off about everything. Everything. If you tell him to have a nice day, he'll set your toaster on fire.
It's as if his true mutant power is to be the world's angriest Canadian.