Wolverine has a complicated relationship with hell, from visiting in ing a few times to fighting numerous different demonic forces, to dying over and over again. Logan’s tangled with forces far beyond his control more times than most, but somehow, it never seems to keep him down, even when he himself ends up in the worst places in the multiverse.

Logan’s first journey into hell came in Wolverine #1-8 by Jason Aaron and Renato Guedes as part of the aptly titled arc "Wolverine Goes to Hell." In this story, Logan’s soul is magically sent to hell with his body possessed by a demon thanks to Mystique and the Red Right Hand, a group devoted to revenge against Logan.

With the help of Alpha Flight member Puck, Logan fights his way out of hell and manages to reclaim his body, eventually leading to his inevitable revenge against Mystique and the Red Right Hand.

Wolverine Has Gone to Hell or Died Multiple Times

A Long History With the Forces Down "There"

Even before he made it to hell, Logan was always narrowly avoiding that fate, even if he didn’t . As Wolverine #57 by Marc Guggenheim and Howard Chaykin revealed, Wolverine’s near-immortality came from more than just his healing factor. In fact, Logan has fought the literal angel of death every time he almost died since World War II, with his victory over the angel each time letting him survive injuries even his healing factor couldn’t fix for him. However, in Gugenheim and Chaykin’s Wolverine #61, Logan cut a deal with the angel, leaving him mortal once more.

While he wasn’t seen in actual hell, the 2010s also saw Logan dead quite a bit. First there was the Death of Wolverine event by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven. This event killed off Logan for several years, before his return shortly before the recent Krakoan era. The Krakoan era then saw Logan die more than ever, since during this time mutants could come back from the dead with great ease. The metaphysical question that’s a little less clear is where Logan went during his short rests between resurrections. Did he go to hell, or somewhere more pleasant?

Wolverine's Recent Marvel History Has Also Delved Into Hell and Demons

His Family Has Also Involved Themselves in Hellish Plots

The Krakoan era also saw Logan briefly journey back into Hell itself. In the crossover event X of Swords, Wolverine goes looking for the Muramasa Blade, which can shut down healing factors. In Wolverine #6 and X-Force #13 by Benjamin Percy and Viktor Bogdanovic from this crossover, Logan tracks down Muramasa himself, who’s been sent to hell by the Hand as part of their worship of the demon known as "the Beast." Luckily, Logan didn’t have to die in order to make it to hell, since the Hand had opened a portal directly there, and in exchange for a favor, Muramasa gifted Wolverine a new blade.

As of 2025, Logan most recently found himself in the depths of hell in the alternate-universe world of Wolverine: Revenge #5 by Jonathan Hickman and Greg Capullo, which is available now from Marvel Comics.

Several recent stories - also by writer Percy - have also tied Logan into the forces of hell. Percy and artist Geoff Shaw’s crossover Ghost Rider / Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance introduced the demon Bagra-Ghul, who was created by Mephisto to offer tribute in the form of "art," otherwise known as ritual murder. While Bagra-Ghul temporarily possessed Logan, its eventual, and still current, host is Akihiro, Logan’s son, who had recently died at the hands of Sabretooth. Now Akihiro is serving as Hellverine, attempting to find a balance between his own burgeoning sense of morality, a desire for heroism, and Bagra-Ghul’s bloodlust.

Wolverine Has Faced More Demons Than Most Marvel Heroes

Not All of Them Were Even from Hell (It's Complicated)

If tangling with demons counts, then Logan has had even more experience than just Bagra-Ghul and Mephisto’s machinations. In Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr.’s X-Men Annual #4, Nightcrawler’s adoptive mother, Margali Szardos, went as far the X-Men’s own Inferno arc, in which the demonic realm of Limbo attempted to engulf Earth. For someone who acts so grounded, Logan has had more demonic experience than a lot of Marvel’s other superheroes.

Importantly, Hell itself is a complicated concept in Marvel’s cosmology, and technically it’s just another dimension. There have been so many characters that claim to rule hell or claim to be the devil in their own right that there’s an entire council made up of them known as the Hell-Lords. In this cosmology, every major religion’s concept of a hell-like afterlife is correct, just viewed from a different perspective and called by a different name. The most common depictions in Marvel lore are still directly inspired by Christian imagery, pop culture, and Dante’s Inferno, but Hell can be many different things in the Marvel Universe.

What Are the Other Marvel Versions of Hell?

Will Logan Wind Up in One of Them When He Dies?

There are other dimensions distinct from capital-H Hell. There’s Limbo, the realm accessed by the X-Men’s Magik and currently ruled by the Goblin Queen. There’s the Asgardian Hel, ruled by Hela. Finally, there’s also the "Under-Place," the ultimate bedrock of Marvel’s current multiverse. The Under-Place is a dimension "below all" inhabited by the "One-Below-All," the darkest aspect and opposite to the One-Above-All, Marvel’s supreme divine being. Wolverine might be very familiar with "regular" Hell, but he’s never made it as deep as characters like the Hulk, whose origins are directly tied to the Under-Place.

If Logan does die, however, it's possible that he could go to hell "naturally." A lot of times, Logan himself would argue that he would deserve such a fate. Logan has killed countless people over his several centuries and often feels that he’s personally beyond any form of redemption. However, Logan has also become a hero, working actively over fifty years of publication to redeem himself for actions that half the time he was brainwashed into. Does Logan’s own self-belief factor into the equation, or is there some grander force at work in deciding where the dead go when they die?

In the Marvel Universe, What Force Chooses Who Goes to Hell?

It's Up to the Creators (In More Ways Than One)

The actual metaphysics of what sends someone to heaven, hell, or elsewhere is unclear in Marvel lore. Ignoring that he definitely knows of hell’s existence, if Logan didn’t believe in any religion, then what would happen if he died? Here, the Asgardians might have the answer. The Asgardians understand that "story" powers divinity, so maybe Logan would end up wherever makes the most sense for his story. The core of the multiverse being the "House of Ideas," a metaphor for Marvel Comics and creativity itself, certainly backs up that notion. Wolverine could go to hell in that case, but only if it’s a hell of a story.