After Team X went afoul, Logan was encountered by James MacDonald Hudson and his wife Heather, who were on their honeymoon in Wood Buffalo National Park. They managed to subdue him when he attacked them, and nursed him back to health, helping him find his humanity once more. Logan became a super-agent of Canada's Department H. They gave him the title Weapon X (suggesting someone knew the truth behind the process he had undergone), though the amnesiac Logan prefered to be called Wolverine, apparently subconsciously recalling his former codename.

 

He was then dispatched to halt the destruction caused by The Incredible Hulk and the Wendigo, who were locked in a savage fight. His speed and maneuverability proved to be a match for the two plodding powerhouses, and he managed to take out the Wendigo after Hulk gained the upper hand, throwing the Wendigo into a patch of trees. The Hulk and Wolverine kept on fighting, with the Hulk emerging victorious. Hulk abandoned the unconscious Wolverine, unaware of his healing factor. The defeated Wolverine returned to Department H. 

 

Wolverine was conscripted by Department H to join and lead Alpha Flight, Canada's government-run super team. During his leadership of Alpha Flight, Wolverine was approached by Professor Charles Xavier, who was looking for mutants to help his students, the X-Men, escape from the island-being known as Krakoa, which had captured them. Eager to be freed from the bureaucratic constraints working for a government imposed, Logan accepted. Although his argumentative personality and animalistic side initially caused problems within the ranks of the team, Wolverine soon became a valued member and good friend of the other X-Men, even being seen as something of a mentor by some of the younger members who later joined. He resisted a couple of forceful attempts by Alpha Flight to retrieve him, before settling his differences with his former employers.