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Issue: Wolverine #1
Publication Date: November 1988
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Issues: #1 of 190 Issues (437 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 07/12/1988
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Wolverine #1 [First Printing] published October 1996
In Content Item: FlagThe Wolverine Saga #4 [Direct] published December 1989
as Title and Credits [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWolverine Classic #1 published March 2005
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]Recolored
In Content Item: FlagWolverine Classic #1 published March 2005
as Wolverine #1 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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First Line: Get ready for action and adventure with these awesome G. I. Joe figures and vehicles!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on the inside front cover.
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Sword Quest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Roger
First Line: Telambang -- -- a small out-of-the-way island in the heart...
Synopsis: Wolverine takes down a band of pirates who have captured Mariko's secretary. Wolverine adopts the "Patch" identity in Madripoor where he tries to track down the infamous Black Sword of legend.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEssential Wolverine #1 [First Printing] published October 1996
In Issue: FlagWolverine Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagWolverine Classic #1 published March 2005
as Sword Quest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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First Line: Look ma, no more wires
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 4 of the main story.
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First Line: Free M&M's painter's cap with proofs of purchase.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 5 of the main story.
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12 Hot Hits for a Cool Penny

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 7 of the main story.
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First Line: Whip, dribble, spin, rescue, duck, hurdle, bombard, screen, roll, dive, pass, evade, ...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 10 of the main story.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ? (Pro File caricature)
Colorist(s): ? (Pro File caricature)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Gregory Wright (Pro File caricature)
First Line: He's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive…
Synopsis: Item: Congratulations to DC on Superman's 50th anniversary; congratulations to Danny Fingeroth on his marriage to Roni Cooper. Item: Congratulations to Chris Claremont on his success with his first science-fiction novel. Appears after page 19 of the main story.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; Pro File (Gregory Wright); Hype Box
After page 26 of story.
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Genres: superhero
First Line: For inferno to begin, thirteen children must die...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for X-Terminators (Marvel, 1988 series).
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First Line: There's something fishy going on here!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for subscription to current Marvel titles.
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First Line: What happens every time you bite into a striped Chips Ahoy!?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on the inside back cover.
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Wolverine Gallery

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Wolverine Saga #3 [unnamed variant] published December 1989
as Title and Credits [Credits on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagX-Men Ashcan #[nn] published January 1994
as Wolverine [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWolverine Classic #1 published March 2005
as Wolverine Gallery [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the back cover.

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