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In 2013, Blackwell would return to driving an all-new Captain’s Curse. They would later go on to finish seventeenth in freestyle.

Both truck and driver would qualify sixteenth and be defeated in the Semi-Finals by Damon Bradshaw in Monster Energy. Blackwell would drive the truck throughout the 2012 Monster Jam season, while also competing in Monster Jam World Finals XIII. It would also receive an updated body style, being a 2008 Ford F-150. Wolverine would be absent from competition for nine years until late 2011, when it was announced that the name would return to competition in 2012 with former Captain’s Curse driver Alex Blackwell driving. Barthel would eventually return to driving Little Tiger until his retirement two years later. Later that year, Monster Jam’s license with Marvel expired, resulting in the truck being retired. Meanwhile, the truck would perform a brief freestyle performance due to a broken rear-right four-link bar, finishing in twelfth with a score of 16. There, they would win the World Racing Championship, defeating Creten in Bounty Hunter. In 2003, Barthel and Wolverine would be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals IV. They would go on to finish sixth in freestyle, with a score of 30. Although they would come into the event as the second-fastest qualifier, they would be eliminated in the first round by Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter. Despite coming into the event as the fastest qualifier, they were eliminated in the Semi-Finals by Lyle Hancock in Blue Thunder, and would not be able to compete in the freestyle competition due to a broken pick-up tube.īarthel and Wolverine would again be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals III. Barthel and the truck would later be invited to compete in Monster Jam World Finals II. Wolverine originally debuted on January 6, 2001, in Des Moines, Iowa with former Little Tiger driver Brian Barthel behind the wheel.