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this is off topic, but is it just me, or does the facial structure in Wolvie's character design for Steve, Cal and Scott kind of ressemble the voice actor's own face?

I am changing my vote to Steve Blum. I don't think he's turned in a perfect performance yet but I like him the best. He did much better when he started lowering his voice and wasn't doing that raspy whispering he did in the beginning.

Despite changing my vote, I really would have liked to hear Cal Dodd take another shot at the character with a deeper and less raspy voice somewhat like Rise of the Imperfects.

I'm not sure who to vote for. I like Cal Dodd's second version because he doesn't show as much attitude or humor like Steve Blum does, he is simply pissed off. When I hear his second clip he just sounds cold and blunt. No wit, no swagger, just a simple, cold, no BS "You pissed me off, now I'm going to kill you." and that's the end of it.

I think of him as an angry, cold man who's lived a hard life and he has little to say, and if you piss him off you'll get it, especially if your his enemy. Steve Blum and the others just don't express that anger and coldness I like. Of course he would be sarcastic and use some graveyard humor here and there, even be angry and rebellious, but I like it when it's kept simple for the most part. He's a cold, tired, and pissed off dangerous man.

Even though his dialogue is limited, I like Cal Dodd's performance and voice from Marvel Nemesis ROTI the most. Maybe that will change sometime down the line, but I think it's high time they bring Cal Dodd back for once.

Cal Todd - My first Wolverine. I think his voice still holds up, just the material was inconsistent.
Steven Blum - He is Wolverine to me.
Scott McNeil - Used to Cal and Steve when I first heard him, so I wasn't a fan at first. Now I love it.
Kevin Michael Richardson - Finally, someone takes advantage of his range!!
Mark Hamill - OK, But he could have done better.
Neil Ross - I think he could have done a good Wolverine if it wasn-t for all the camp. The accent doesnt bother me that much.
Hugh Jackman - He works for the film, not so much in voice acting.
Keith Szarabajka - OK
Marc Thompson - OK as well.
Jeffrey Hedquist - Sounds too tame.
Milo Ventimiglia - A different version of the character. Comparing him to these guys is like comparing Kevin Conroy and Will Friedle.
Tony Daniels - I laugh at the time between Cal/Scott and Steven Blum.

I'm changing my vote to Steven Blum, after watching the X-Men anime. I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LIKE HIM xD

Someone mentioned Tony Stark and now I wanna hear voice comparisons for him lol

Ha ha, love the new Cal audio clip. And considering I watched "Dirty Harry" again recently, I love the clip even more. :D

Nice new Cal clip

Steve Blum,Cal Dodd and Hugh Jackman are all my favorites.Scott McNeil,Mark Hamil and Keith Szarabajka weren't too bad either.Neil Ross is probably the worst in my opinion.

I like Steve Blum best as Wolverine.

That being said Cal Dodd and Scott McNeil were both good in the role.

Gotta go with Scott McNeil. Everybody else's voice is just way too high for me. And Jeffrey Hedquist... What in the world was that? xD

Scott is the best, sad that he is only third.

Im surprised at how good KMR voices him lol he sounds way deeper than that in real life.

where can i find the pryde of xmen episode? and how come they dont have the voice actor of the xmen marvel anime series from last year? he is no dodd or blum but still pretty good. anybody know when the 2nd season will air if there is even going to be one? i have always thought clint eastwood should do wolvie's voice lol.

Marc Thompson isn't half bad as Wolverine but i'd agree with the poll as Steve Blum being the best voice for the Character

Steve Blum is my favorite. My second is Scott Mcneil. I never really liked Cal Dodd.

Favorites

1: Neil Ross
2: Cal Dodd

Cal Dodd & Steve Blum are pretty evenly matched (helped by the fact that Blum himself actually sounds a lot like Dodd). Most of the others are fine except for Milo, he just doesn't capture the gruffness.

There's no question here: Steve Blum IS Wolverine, he even makes a good younger Wolverine the SHS.

I also liked Hugh Jackman, Scott McNeil and Cal Dodd.

We really really Need John DiMaggio as Wolverine. Make him go all Marcus Fenix.

My top picks for Wolverine are;
Steve Blum
Mark Hamill
Cal Dodd
Hugh Jackman
Scott McNeil

My favorite's definitely Steve Blum.

I don't think Milo Ventimiglia's range suits Wolverine's gruffness.

1. Steve Blum
2. Hugh Jackman
3. Cal Dodd
4. Kevin Michael Richardson
5. Scott McNeil

1. Steve Blum
2. Cal Dodd
3. Scott McNeil
4. Kevin Michael Richerson
5. Mark Tompson

1. Steve Blum
2. Cal Dodd
3. Scott McNeil
4. Tony Daniels/Marc Thompson.

Cal Dodd, Cal Dodd, Cal Dodd!!!

With Steve and Scott a close second.

Scott McNeil was good but Steven Blum is beast

1. Steve Blum
2. Scott McNeil
3. Mark Hamill
4. Hugh Jackman
5. Keith Szarabajka

1:Steve Blum
2:Scott McNeil

Now that I've sat down and actually watched the first two seasons of Evolution I have to say that I hope Scott McNeil gets a chance to play Wolverine again but with a better and more grown-up story. They pretty much neutered Wolverine in Evolution.

John DiMaggio should be the next voice of Wolverine. Since both Bender and Wolvie have Shiny metal asses.

For me Cal Dodd will always be THE voice of Wolverine. Partially because I think the 90s X-Men series is the best project listed. Scott McNeil is my second choice because he has a natural gruffness to his voice that fits the character well. Steve Blum is my third because I am a big fan of his and enjoy his voice in general.

Kevin Michael Richardson and Tony Daniels did a good job as well. But everyone else, including Mark Hamill and Hugh Jackman, were terrible.

Steve Blum is my favorite, but most of the others work for me. Probably the most notable ones would be Neil Ross, who is so bad it's funny and Milo Ventimiglia who is an outright disgrace to the character.

Scott McNeil was my first mainstream version of Wolverine that I encountered, so he'll always hold a place in my heart. ;)

But Steve Blum and Cal Dodd are easily the other top two.

I Cannot believ that was Tony Daniels in Mutant Academy 2!!!!! he did pretty damn good

Cal Dodd and Steve Blum's voices are too high-pitched for my taste. I'm gonna go with Scott McNeil.

I think Cal Dodd is the best of the bunch. If one take wasn't good enough, he comes up with ANOTHER take that's just as good, or maybe better. Though, I don't mind Steve Blum or Scott McNeil's Wolverines.

1. Hugh Jackman
3. Scott McNeil
2. Steve Blum
4. Kevin Michael Richardson
5. Cal Dodd
6. Keith Szarabajka
7. Marc Thompson
8. Mark Hamill
9. Jeffrey Hedquist
10. Milo Ventimiglia
11. Neil Ross

For me I have to say Cal dodd is my favorite then comes Scott McNeil and finally Steve Blum

Scott McNeil is the best, Cal Dodd is second best, and Steve Blum is third.

#1 Steve Blum (Marvel vs Capcom 3)
I'll admit that I'm being (at least) a bit biased from the start here as he's the one who has voiced Wolverine the longest and most frequently by far, but really, what else is there to say? Steve Blum is one of the greatest voice actors in existence, and Wolverine is one of, if not his most iconic role.

His performance in Wolverine and the X-Men was very good, commanding both true leadership and animal instinct. He had lots of great chemistry with the other X-Men characters, particularly Jim's Professor Xavier and Kari's Emma Frost. Most importantly, he had by far the most emotion and liveliness. While I will say that there are some instances where he sounded too gruff and/or forced, it's probably that he's just staying as much in-character as possible. Nevertheless, all of the voice acting in WXM was (at least one of) the best and each role was very memorable, with Steve's being a prime example of both.

To reiterate, Steve's WXM voice is very good, but I also explicitly said that #1 goes to his MvC3 voice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO2ANVcuBaI

As you could infer, I do think that his voice in that game was quite an improvement over his WXM voice in that he didn't go quite as overboard in trying to sound monstrous and/or intimidating. And of course, Steve actually had much better material to work with in the form of short-phrase battle taunts.

#2 Cal Dodd/Mark Hamill/Keith Szarabajka/Kevin Michael Richardson
I'm actually very torn with second place here, to be honest, as all four of them did very well here. Cal Dodd is just too classic to pass up of course; Keith's voice had a very fierce and demonic tone to it; both Mark and Kevin, as usual, are simply amazing in voice, with their voices for Wolverine being a good stretch of their range.

#3 Hugh Jackman
His voice is good, but the acting could use more polish, especially in terms of the live-action movies; his lack of physical similarity and muscle mass undermines the quality.

#4 Scott McNeil
Yes, he also has a good voice, but I find his Wolverine to be too similar to his other voices; not that that's really bad, but Scott obviously has a surplus of roles, and he's done much better IMO. What's more, the lack of a Canadian accent despite that Scott is Canadian himself is a rather big letdown.

#5 Marc Thompson
He's one of the more talented 4Kids voice actors, but in this case I digress. The acting isn't so good, and the poor sound quality kinda lets it down. Astonishing X-Men had some good voice acting, but this does prove that they don't really have much business with a Marvel animated series.

#6 Jeffrey Hedquist
He's alright, but once again, the acting could use more polish.

#7 Milo Ventimiglia
For the last time, the acting could use more polish.

#8 Neil Ross
Seriously, didn't anybody tell Neil that Logan's Canadian, Pyro's the Aussie? What gives with the huge mixup? Eh, it obviously can't be helped at this point, but man did this switch end up screwing him and both of his roles in that show over.

I'm giving Venimilia a vote just cause he's cool.

Steven Blum's my favorite of the bunch, though Cal Dodds is good, too. Keith Szarabajka's good as Ultimate Wolverine. Milo Ventimiglia isn't all that great. I don't remember where I read this, but I agree with it--there's something wrong when Tony Stark's voice is deeper than Wolverine's.

Dunno if I posted here. But, I like Cal Dodd (both renditions), Steve Blum and Scott McNeil's renditions best. Milo...probably the worst. When he says "play time's over bub" ....it...just doesn't feel the same.....

Milo Ventimiglia now added

I love Cal Dodd for so many reasons. His Wolverine just exudes this unapologetic "kick your tail from here to the Shi'Ar Empire" that I love!

When it comes to the quiet, brooding Wolverine though, Hugh Jackman wins it adamantium claws down.

I don't know about all of you, but I love scott mcneil's voice better. Besides, it reminds me of the starfox character, Wolf. This would be great if Scott did the voice for Wolf.

I personally like Steve Blum a bit better, though I would give it to Cal Dodd, even just for being the original. As usual, Kevin does an amazing job.

I love Mark Hamill, but I think he was quite miscast.

Just noticed that Cal Dodd is the only one to pronounce words more canadian-ly than others. Listen to how he says "about" in the first one.

The thing I liked most about the 90's X-Men series was that most of the characters were given their own little musical riff. The fact that you can hear the old 90's Wolverine riff in the Jeffrey Hedquist clip is pretty cool. Also I liked the sound of Wolverine popping his adamantium claws in the 90's series. It sounds way better than the nondescript and weak sounding "snikt" in the comics.

Now at first Cal Dodd's voice struck me as strange when I first watched the show, sounding too high and quiet for a feral mutant badass named "Wolverine". But looking at the character as a short mean dude who is basically packing knives in his forearms, I find the voice fits very well.

He can also belt out a mean feral growl when the moment strikes as well, and if you want a deeper version of Cal's Wolverine just look at the "Rise of The Imperfects" clip. It's like he's channeling Scott McNeil!

Cal Dodd and Steve Blum are my favourites, but Cal I grew up with and just think is better for the role, he was amazing!

neil ross sounds hilarious ... but i have to go with blum

i would go with steve and cal. even though cal was the original, steve makes wolverine more dangerous . Scott's was okay but his version of wolverine reminds me too much of his Picollo voice from the ocean dub of dragonball z

Everytime I read an X-Men comic that has Wolverine in it...I hear Cal Dodd's voice...To me it perfectly captures everything that Logan represents.

Jeffrey Hedquist now added!

Cathal J. Dodd, Steve Blum, Scott McNeil, and Kevin Michael Richardson are my favourites.

Scott McNeil sounded the best imo

I voted for Kevin Michael Richardson but I think Dodd is a close second.

Kevin Michael Richardson now added!

no problem, i'll try to dig up an Origins clip and replace his compare

Neil's version of Wolverine sounds like if Wolverine is from Australia.

In a related story, Neil also provided the voice of Wolverine on an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Cal Dodd is still by far the best, although I do hold Scott McNeil in high regard...