Wolverine #33 [Direct]
(November 1990)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990-09-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Suzanne Gaffney (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Wolverine / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (signed as MARK)
Inks
Dan Green (signed as Dan)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine
Reprints
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Grave Undertakings (Table of Contents: 1)

Wolverine / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Pat Brosseau (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine; Archie Corrigan; Tyger Tiger; Reiko; Dai-Kumo (Yakuza villain, death); Goro (Yakuza villain, death); Dr. Malheur (villain, death); Yakuza thugs (villains); Jean Grey (dream); Dragonhead (villain, dream); Seven (villain, dream); Eleven (villain, dream)
Synopsis
Wolverine fakes his death and is shipped to Japan in a pine box. Unable to take possession of their friend's body, Tyger and Archie are helpless as Dai-Kumo takes Logan's body and buries him six feet deep. Wolverine digs himself out of his grave and with Reiko's help, has a final confrontation with Dai-Kumo and Goro, ultimately destroying the monkey brain serum from which the drug Thunderbolt is synthesized.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Bob Harras (credited); Suzanne Gaffney (credited)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wolverine #28 was excellent!

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Ian Diack, Chris Haire, Ron Zigdeh, Holly Hance, Zack Jenkins, and Rob Preston

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wolverine
  2. 1. Grave Undertakings
    Wolverine
  3. 2. ["Hi, heroes! Wow! I never expected the tremendoud outpouring of mail…"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. ["Wolverine #28 was excellent!"]
    Cutting Edge
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