New X-Men (2004) #44
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Prior to enrolling at the Xavier Institute, Noriko Ashida lived on the street and was reliant on illegally obtained prescription drugs to reduce her highly accelerated mutant brain functions to a manageable rate.
A clone of the mutant Wolverine, X-23 was trained as a living weapon by a secretive government agency. Now residing with the X-Men, she strives to recover her stolen youth and become a fully realized person.
Feared and hated by humans because they're different, the X-Men are heroic mutants, individuals born with special powers who've sworn to use their gifts to protect mutants as well as humans.