5. Wolverine’s Adamantium
- Company: Marvel Comics
- Real Science: Engineering, Human Biology
- Possible to Recreate: No
Like Vibranium, the metal known as Adamantium was also invented for the Marvel Comics Universe. Therefore, it too is not real. The way they describe it, the metal molds like steel while being as strong as Tungsten. In the comics, Wolverine joined a project called Weapon X that imbedded Adamantium into a person’s skeleton. He was the only one, at that time, that survived the operation, which was due to his impressive mutant healing power.
Weapon X made him nearly indestructible. However, no one before Logan survived the operation because they either could not deal with the pain of it or the metal poisoned them. The latter is what affects Wolverine in his later years. As his healing powers begin to slow down, the metal slowly poisons him as he ages. Eventually, it is this that becomes Logan’s downfall. All of this holds up scientifically.