Wolverine

Border agents in the United Kingdom seized these razor-sharp home-made Wolverine claws at a postal hub in Coventry, England recently.

The claws were discovered during a Christmastime crack down on illegal goods being shipped into the country. Along with the claws, authorities tell us drugs and weapons have also been confiscated.

He's made a career out of stopping super-villains like Sabretooth, and Magneto -- but Wolverine needed the help of the FBI to catch a dude who allegedly violated his rights on the Internet.

Some 47-year-old dude from The Bronx named Gilberto Sanchez was arrested this morning after federal agents claim he ripped a copy of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and uploaded it to a website back in March.

Sanchez has been charged with unlawfully distributing a pirated copy of the movie -- which could land him three years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine ... bub.

Pack your knives and go.

We're just sayin'.

Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig were trying to perform their play "A Steady Rain" Wednesday night in NYC -- but some nitwit forgot to turn off his mobile phone. Jackman set the dude straight -- staying in character all the while. Minutes later, the ring tone echoed through the theater again and Craig's response was Tony-worthy.

Neither actor seemed shaken or stirred.

Well it's never gonna happen -- even though they're both Marvel characters -- and Jon Favreau explained to us the dream-crushing reason why it's impossible.

- Ask him about the bootlegged copy of the film that hit the Internet
- Tell him you haven't seen it in theaters
- Then suspiciously compliment him on his great performance

But piracy shmiracy -- the flick still pulled in $87 million this weekend.

At least, that's what he calls it (skip to the :45 mark to here the reference). Considering his "Wolverine" flick took in $35 million on Friday, maybe an X-Men themed nickname would have been better.

Beast? Cyclops? Nightcrawler? It doesn't even seem like he's trying.

Liev was noticeably absent from Tuesday's "Wolverine" premiere in L.A. -- and we now know he ditched the event to fly to New York to take care of his ailing son, People is reporting.