Wolverine #4 [Direct]
(December 1982)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics [in banner, no "group"]
Editing
Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #14.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wolverine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Miller (unsigned)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (unsigned)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Honor (Table of Contents: 2)

Wolverine / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Frank Miller (credited) (breakdowns); Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finished art)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finisher)
Colors
Lynn Varley (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm Wolverine. If you're smart, you don't want me for an enemy.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (cameo); Sprite [Kitty Pryde] (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo)
Lord Shingen Harada (death); Noburu Hideki (death); Wolverine [Logan]; Mariko Yashida; Yukio; The Hand; Goro; Agami
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Wolverine has a final showdown with Lord Shingen. Mariko and Wolverine are to marry.
Reprints
Keywords
Japan

Indexer Notes

Continued in The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #172.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

MPC Model Kit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wolverine
  2. 1. ["Amazing new life forms are taking over Atari!"]
    Mattel Toys
  3. 2. Honor
    Wolverine
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. ["A golden opportunity to get free MPC kits is here."]
    MPC Model Kit
  6. 5. ["You're building for real."]
    Lego Toys
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  • Tony R. Rose
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