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Dog Logan is the antagonist in the Wolverine mini-series, Wolverine : Origin. Dog is the son of Thomas Logan, gardner of the Howlett estate.

It can be deduced from Thomas Logan’s and Elizabeth Howlett’s words, and Wolverine’s appearance, that James Howlett aka Wolverine may be, in fact, Thomas Logan’s and Elizabeth Howlett’s son. However this is only conjecture and James has always acknowledged John Howlett as his father (and role model). However, Wolverine’s short temper and bestial nature further strengthens this supposition. If so, Dog Logan would be James’ step-brother and if he was aware of it, his hatred for him would be even more justifiable. Yet, James is noble unlike Thomas Logan. Maybe this can be attributed to Elizabeth Howlett’s genes and not Thomas
Logan’s.

It is not shown what happens to Dog Logan at the end of Wolverine : Origin. There is wide conjecture that Dog must’ve grown up into one of Wolverine’s foremost enemies. The two candidates suggested are Sabretooth and Cyber. Cyber was Wolverine’s commanding office during WW2. He treated him roughly and on one occassion beat the living hell out of him and put out one of Wolverine’s eyes. Cyber later went on to become a super-villain (his former name was Silas Burr). With adamantium laced to his skin, single claws and healing factor, he became one of Wolverine’s worst foes AND the only person Wolverine accepts as his superior. However, times have changed and Wolverine has returned the beating he had recieved along with the eye-removal.

Sabretooth (real name: Victor Creed) has hounded Wolverine from time immemorial. Some of the earlier incidents were during the Weapon-X program where the two were team-mates. Sabretooth can be percieved as the equal and opposite of Logan. Bestial, similar powers. Where Logan fights to keep his inner demons in check, Creed embraces it. Where Logan is noble, Creed is back-stabbing and selfish to the extreme.

In my opinion, Dog Logan grew up to be Sabretooth. There are just too many co-incidences. Firstly, the similarity in appearance. Dog Logan is about the height and build of Sabretooth. They both have blond hair and razor-sharp teeth. However, during Wolverine : Origin, Dog Logan doesnt seem to have a healing factor as he still carries the scars James gave
him. It is possible it got activated later. Also, Sabretooth has been hounding him since time immemorial. Cyber came into the picture only during WW2 and they came into contact only because Cyber was his commanding officer. If not, they never would’ve met or become enemies.

However, even after Sabretooth dies (in Wolverine : The End), Logan is unaware that Sabretooth is Dog Logan. Either unaware, or doesn’t mention it. Marvel is yet to spin out who Dog Logan became.. Till then all we can do it wait..