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Who ’s elderly : Wolverine inLoganor Captain America inAvengers : Endgame ? Both Hugh Jackman ’s Logan and Chris Evans ' Steve Rogers are crown jewel zep of their respective Marvel franchises . They are both physically enhanced fighting machines and the leader of their respective superhero teams , the X - Men and the Avengers . Logan and Rogers are also equipped with weapons made of unbreakable alloy - Wolverine has his adamantium nipper and Cap has hisvibraniumshield . However , they have something else in common : they are , by far , the two Old Marvel movie superheroes ; Logan accredit his foresighted sprightliness to his mutant healing factor while Steve benefits from the Super Soldier Serum and fourth dimension change of location .
Although Captain America had star in down - budget movie , Wolverine led the elbow room into Hollywood blockbusters with 2000’sX - Men , and Hugh Jackman ’s ill-affected mutantappeared in every ten - Men movieup to 2017’sLogan . It took Captain America 11 age to catch up with his own blockbuster moving-picture show , but Chris Evans ' threeCaptain Americafilmsand fourAvengersfilmseclipsed X - valet de chambre in terms of box office and vital and fan acclaim .
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Within the last two year , fans have learn the poignant conclusion of Jackman ’s Logan and Evans ' Cap : Wolverine died a stately death inLoganwhileCaptain America traveled back in timeand let himself to live a normal life-time and grow old aftersaving the universe inAvengers : Endgame . So by the time Logan and Steve Rogers ' stories conclude , they were Old Man Logan and Old Man Cap . Given Logan ’s birth twelvemonth , it should be cut and dry that he ’s honest-to-god but Cap ’s time travel has really closed the col so let ’s determine who is really the oldest :
harmonise toX - valet de chambre Origins : Wolverine , James Howlett ( Logan ’s birth name ) was deliver in 1832 in Canada ’s Northwest Territories . His mutant healing factor and pincer manifest in 1845 when he was aged 13 , which is when he ran off from home and became a soldier , push in the American Civil War , both World Wars , and Vietnam . Many age later , although it ’s no longer clear exactly when because theX - Men timelineis jumbled , Wolverine fall in the X - Men . He help save sport from extinction inX - military personnel : day of Future Past ’s post - apocalyptic time to come , but Old Man Logan finally perished inLogan ’s alternate hereafter of 2029 . This meansOld Man Logan was 197 age oldwhen he died .
As for Captain America , Steve Rogers was pay on July 4 , 1918 in Brooklyn , New York . In 1943 , the undersize but big - hearted nationalist draft in the US Army and received the Super Soldier Serum , physically transform him into a superhero dub Captain America . After Rogers fought in World War II , he was frozen in the arctic ice in 1945 and was revived right beforeThe Avengersfirst assembled in 2012 . InAvengers : Endgame , Captain America was 105 year quondam when theAvengers vote down Thanos in 2023 . However , afterreturning the Infinity Stonesacross sentence , Steve decided to journey back to 1945 and populate a happy life with his love Peggy Carter . This have in mind if we add those extra 78 years between 1945 - 2023,Old Man Cap was 183 days oldwhen hepassed his shield to Sam Wilsonat the close ofAvengers : Endgame .
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So , Wolverine is older than Captain America when fan saw them last . But Logan does exit in 2029 ; if Steve Rogers live past 2029 , he ’d be 189 , still young than Logan by 8 years . But , since there ’s no telling whenOld Man Capwill die , if he hangs on for another decade , Steve Rogers gets to be the oldest Marvel hero , not just the previous Avenger . However , sinceLogantook place in an alternate timeline , it may not come to pass . Plus , inX - military personnel : First Class ' rebooted timelinethat reason out withDark Phoenix , which is set in 1993 , Wolverine has n’t even formally link the XTC - man yet and he may not exit in 2029 likeLogandepicted . Therefore , it ’s possible Old Man Logan could continue to outlive Old Man Cap in the long run . But what happenswhen the X - man join the MCU(and both hero sandwich may be played by dissimilar actors when it happens ) is anyone ’s guess .
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