Abraham Cornelius, one of the senior
scientists for
Weapon X, is employed by
Professor Andre Thorton and partnered with
Carol Hines. Sometime after
World War II,
Logan is taken in by the project and Cornelius is assigned with perfecting a technique that bonds the indestructible alloy
adamantium to human bone cells. Cornelius uses this to bond Logan's skeleton with adamantium. Logan is later indoctrinated into the Weapon X assassin program. Cornelius and Japanese crime lord
Matsu'o Tsurayaba resurrect the Russian super-soldier
Omega Red following his death. In order to stabilize his mutant power, Omega Red requires the Carbonadium Synthesizer, a device stolen by Team X decades earlier. Omega Red captures Wolverine, who knew the location of the Synthesizer, and several of Wolverine's teammates in the
X-Men.
Maverick is hired by former
Team X liaison Arthur Barrington to prevent Omega Red from obtaining the device, and he tracks another former Team X member,
Sabretooth, to Omega Red's location. With Maverick's help, the X-Men are able to defeat the villains. In the final confrontation between
the Hand and Wolverine, Cornelius is apparently killed by Maverick. In the "
Death of Wolverine" storyline, Abraham Cornelius resurfaces and places a bounty on Wolverine. Wolverine later tracks down Cornelius. After defeating Cornelius' latest experiment, Wolverine slashes the adamantium container before it can be infected with Cornelius' chemicals and is covered in adamantium. Wolverine kills Cornelius before suffocating in the adamantium and dying. ==Other versions==