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Laura Kinney is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Wolverine, whose codename she has also used, and the X-Men. The character was created by writer Craig Kyle for the X-Men: Evolution television series in 2003, before debuting in the NYX comic series in 2004. Since then she has headlined two six-issue miniseries written by Kyle and Christopher Yost, the X-23 (2010) one-shot and the 2010 X-23 ongoing series written by Marjorie Liu, the 2015 All-New Wolverine ongoing series by writer Tom Taylor, the 2018 X-23 ongoing series by writer Mariko Tamaki, and the 2024 Laura Kinney: Wolverine ongoing series by writer Erica Schultz. Starting in February 2026, Laura and her sister Gabby headline the ongoing series Generation X-23 by writer Jody Houser. Laura has also appeared in several team books such as Avengers Academy, New X-Men, X-Force, X-Men Red, X-Men, and NYX . The character also appears in other media from Marvel Entertainment.