Wolverine #1 [Direct]

(September 1982)

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I'm Wolverine. (Table of Contents: 2)

Wolverine / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finished art); Frank Miller (credited) (breakdowns)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finisher)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm Wolverine. I'm the best there is at what I do.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lord Shingen Harada (first appearance); Noburu Hideki (first appearance); Wolverine [Logan]; Mariko Yashida; Yukio (first appearance, unnamed); Asano Kimura

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Wolverine arrives in Japan to confront Mariko about her marriage to another man and ends up dueling her father. He loses to Lord Shingen. Badly.

Reprints

• in Komikai Micro Comics Ultimate Marvel (Spin Master, 2005 series) #[70] - Wolverine #1
• in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #5 (October 1983)
• in Un Récit Complet Marvel (Editions Lug, 1984 series) #1 - Serval (Février 1984) [-2 pages]
• in Limited Serie (Juniorpress, 1985 series) #2 (1985)
• in Maxx (Epix, 1986 series) #12/1986 ([december] 1986)
which is reprinted
• in Marvels universum (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #2/1990 ([februari] 1990)
• in Wolverine (Marvel, 1987 series) (1987)
• in Marvel Spesial (Semic, 1987 series) #1/1987 ([april] 1987)
• in Die Gruppe X (Condor, 1985 series) #14 (1989)
• in Clásicos Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1988 series) #15 (octubre 1989)
• in Serval (Semic S.A., 1990 series) (juin 1990), (juin 1990)
• in Wolverine (Egmont Ehapa, 1992 series) #1 - Tod in Japan ([Juli] 1992)
• in Best of Wolverine (Marvel, 2004 series) #1 (2004)
• in Wolverine by Claremont and Miller (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
• in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
• in Wolverine: The Adamantium Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #3 - Wolverine (April 2013)
• in Wolverine by Claremont & Miller (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
• in Wolverine: First Cuts (Marvel, 2013 series) (2013)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #6 - Росомаха
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #9 (2015)
• in Marvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X (Panini España, 2011 series) #4 - Desde las Cenizas (Agosto 2015)
• in The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2016)
• in Wolverine by Claremont & Miller No. 1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2020 series) (April 2020)
• in Wolverine by Claremont & Miller: Deluxe Edition (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in Les trésors de Marvel (Panini France, 2021 series) #1 (février 2021)
• in X-Men - La Collection Mutante (Hachette, 2020 series) #45 - Honneur (juin 2022)

Keywords

Canadian Rockies; Coalspur; Tokyo

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