Wolverine #17 [Direct]
(Late November 1989)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except fortnightly in June, July and August
On-sale Date
1989-08-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Daryl Edelman (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wolverine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as John Never Say Never Again Byrne)
Inks
John Byrne (signed as John Never Say Never Again Byrne)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Basics! (Table of Contents: 1)

Wolverine / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited) (breakdowns); Klaus Janson (credited) (finishes)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited) (finishes)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Prologue: the not so distant past... long before I hear his approach,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Prince Baran (villain); Bloodscream (villain); Archie Corrigan (guest); General Nguyen Ngoc Coy (villain); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (guest, flashback); Gateway (guest, flashback); Nikolaus Geist (villain); Lord Shingen Harada (flashback); Noburu Hideki; O'Donnell (guest); Patch [Logan]; Roughouse (villain); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (guest, flashback); Police Chief Tai (guest); Tyger Tiger [Jessán Hoan] (guest); Wolverine [Logan] (also in flashback); Mariko Yashida (cameo flashback); Hammer Cody (also in flashback, death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
General Coy sells Roughouse to Geist, who performs drug experiments on him. Wolverine decides to help out an old foe.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Cutting Edge / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So far I have Wolverine #1 through #13, and they are all just great.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Matt Brant, Jason McVay, Bryon Grenfell, Paul Dube, and Craig Bridger.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wolverine
  2. 1. Basics!
    Wolverine
  3. 2. ["So far I have Wolverine #1 through #13, and they are all just great."]
    Cutting Edge
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