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[Marvel Comics] Why does ripping adamantium through Wolverine's flesh burn out his healing factor, but incinerating him down to a skeleton does not? And could someone like Torch have saved Wolverine's healing factor by burning his flesh off just prior?
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There are several things to keep in mind.... First, Wolverine was already severely injured in the battle already. But he wasn't out of the fight, and Magneto decided to pull the plug. The adamantium flowed out through his open wounds.

Almost right afterwards, Jean Grey and Xavier invaded his mind to muck about with his healing factor, so that the immediate shock didn't kill him outright. Then he wakes up in the middle of this process to grab Jean Grey, who was about to get sucked out of the Blackbird.

And while his healing factor was described as "burned out", it wasn't long before he was pushing himself in the Danger Room. Far beyond what the doctors would have recommeneded... essentially pushing himself to perform at his prior level of competency, despite his slow recovery and lack of adamantium.

It was a moment of rage in the Danger Room that revealed his claws were actually bone. 

Because of the fundamental changes to his body (having to heal bone for the first time in a long time) and his refusal to limit himself, his healing factor was over-whelmed.

And healing bone may have been a key aspect of it. His body was constantly fighting against the adamantium bonding, but was never able to overcome it. One theory put forth to explain Logan's constantly increasing healing powers goes back to the nature of evolution in the barest sense. 

Each wound he's ever healed means that the cells which regenerate the fastest are the ones to repair the damage. So they are the ones to propagate through his body to the greatest extent. The process has been at work on his flesh for decades, taking him far beyond what he was capable of when Weapon-X first laid hands (and metal) on him. 

But during all of his years of evolution, healing his skeleton was not a regular factor. That fact, combined with the psychics messing with his head, combined with his refusal to just stay the fuck down was all finally too much for his body.... at least for a little while. 

Later, when someone attempts to restore his adamantium, his healing factor successfully rejects the bond (though it causes him to go a little wonky, and he eventually does get the implants done).