Crule is a fictional character

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, a mutant

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 in the Marvel Comics

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 universe

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. His first appearance was in X-Force vol. 1 #12.

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One of the immortal mutants known as Externals

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, Crule is the meanest and maddest of them all. According to Gideon

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, during World War II

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 he worked in a concentration camp

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, happily operating a gas chamber

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. He is an ancient berzerker, dressing like a barbarian and old enough to remember Mithras. Crule was sent by Gideon to attack X-Force

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 after they rescued Sunspot

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. However, Crule is blasted out of X-Force's ship by Rictor

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 and falls a few thousand feet, which puts him in a body cast. When The Externals kidnapped some of X-Force and were holding them for ransom, X-Force sneaks into Crule's hospital room and abducts him. He is actually happy to help the team "humble" his fellow immortals, and gives them the location of the Externals' hideout and their weaknesses. Crule is killed by Selene

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in a final battle between the Externals.

Powers and abilities

Crule has enhanced senses, strength, speed, agility, reflexes, coordination, balance, and endurance. His body has natural weapons, including hair coiled into whip-like braids, fangs, and gauntlet-covered claws.

Age of Apocalypse

In this reality Crule was named Wolverine after being altered by the Beast and serves Holocaust as his leading hunter. He was ordered by Holocaust to kill the X-Man closest to Magneto in front of him. He charged up a group of bandits the X-Men were after in order to track them. Wolverine defeated the X-Men and was prepared to kill Rogue. He laughed off Gambit's attack, not noticing a large charged up rock placed in his belt. The resulting explosion apparently killed Wolverine.