Trimpe, who was there at the time, says 'the way it worked' was the concept was Thomas', he handed it to Romita, who then handed the designed and named character to Wein.

If you want to discount this testimony of someone there in the room at the time and say that Trimpe has got the order wrong and Wein in fact talked to Romita before he added the claws, you have to have some  actual testimony from someone there at the time that contradicts Trimpe and says Wein directed Romita's design. Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm failing to see what this is.

I never understood the portion of fans that defended the faceless corporation's interests over the creators of the stuff they supposedly loved. 

Now, apparently this extends to the suits. Even after 50 years have passed, in which what amounts to grave-robbing for any person with at least some kind of moral fiber.

That is hating creativity on a deep level. What an incredibly sad way to go through life.

Sometimes I feel bad for the terrible quality of the medium, and feel superhero comics should be so much better. 

But, on the other hand, you deserve the trash you get.

So ultimately, this awful takes make me feel better in a way, thank you.

   

I want the truth about these things, and I don't care what side of the desk somebody was on when he did something creative.

"Almost fifty (50!) years later, the guy brings up some dreaming up, when nobody can contest him...I feel for Wein's wife and family, that's all."

I think the idea that Roy Thomas waited until everyone was dead before asserting his claims has been clearly debunked.  The only new thing that's happened is Roy approached Disney and asked to be acknowledged as a co-reator in the credits of the Deadpool and Wolverine film.  In my opinion, whether that was ethical in light of the timing depends on two things: whether Thomas is telling the truth, and whether the estates of the other creators involved stand to lose anything as a result of Roy's claim.  

I was curious about the royalty payments, so I did some research and came across two very informative articles on Forbes.  See them here:

https:// www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2024/04/01/who-created-wol verine-marvels-roy-thomas-speaks-out-on-the-controversy/?sh= 4d52cf7b442d

and 

Some interesting tidbits:

As fans we love to know every little detail of our favorite characters and their creators, but some of them may just be lost to time.  With Romita, Trimpe and Wein all gone now it's very difficult, if not impossible to corroberate Thomas's assertions.  With what we know it's also hard for me to dismiss them as 100% false.

Wolverine in the 3 appearances in Hulk#180-182 is portrayed as a government agent also called Weapon-X, he has adamantium claws, he is a mutant and his powers/skills include stamina, strength, senses, savagery and speed and he just keeps fighting. He also has some unsorted psychological kinks.

Those elements aren't part of the Canadian, short and short-tempered degree Thomas gave Wein. They are purely Wein. And imo THIS is creation, giving him a backstory and details that make whatever Thomas asked click.

Checking on the first appearance, I caught glimpse of another fun aspect, the fact that in Romita's original sketch, Wolverine's back is basically supposed to be black (or dark black like his pants, I suppose?). Trimpe (and Abell) picked up on this and in all panels Wolverine's back is shaded black. The colorist (Glynis), though, colored the highlights yellow and so it stack as yellow by the time Wolverine returned.