Wolverine #50 [Direct]
(January 1992)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Price
2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD; 1.35 GBP
Pages
64
On-sale Date
1991-11-12
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:

Shiva Scenario Part 3: Top Secret (Table of Contents)

Wolverine / cover / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (signed as MARK)
Inks
Dan Green (signed as Dan)
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (sourced)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sabretooth [Victor Creed]; Wolverine [Logan]; Mariko Yashida; Shiva; James MacDonald Hudson; Heather Hudson
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Card-stock, die-cut double cover

Cover Thumbnail for Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #50 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Wolverine (1988 series) #50 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Wolverine (1988 series) #50 [Australian]
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Dreams of Gore: Phase 3 (Table of Contents: 1)

Wolverine / comic story / 36 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Dan Green (credited); Hilary Barta (credited) (with help from); Tom Palmer (credited) (with help from)
Colors
Steve Buccellato (credited)
Letters
Pat Brosseau (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hydra: Silver Fox
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Nick Fury
X-Men: Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Forge; Jean Grey; Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Carol Hines; The Professor (death); Wolverine [Logan]; Shiva (villain, first appearance)
Synopsis
Wolverine pulls out all the stops to find out about the Weapon X project and discovers that he was not the only person to go through the process. Shiva Robots are activated to take out all of the Weapon X agents. Wolverine returns to his original yellow costume.
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Indexer Notes

The Shiva Scenario Part 3; Sequel to Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" story from Marvel Comics Presents (Marvel, 1988 series) #72-84.

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

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

[Promo for Metropol ongoing series] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Metropōl / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Incredible Hulk #191 cover] (Table of Contents: 4)

Hulk; Wolverine / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe (uncredited)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (uncredited)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (uncredited)
Genre
superhero
Reprints

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

Cutting Edge / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
? (letter responses)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think it’s safe to say that Larry, Mark and Dan will go down in Marvel history…

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mike Leonard, Joe Christiano, Rochard Holton, Brian Albertsen, Kevin J. Conley, Chris Healy, and Tue Sorensen.

Holiday Savings Coupon (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Wolverine Gallery] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wolverine / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine [James Howlett]
Reprints

[Wolverine Gallery] (Table of Contents: 8)

Wolverine / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim Lee (signed as JIM LEE [thin loose letters])
Inks
Jim Lee (signed as JIM LEE [thin loose letters])
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine [James Howlett]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shiva Scenario Part 3: Top Secret
    Wolverine
  2. 1. Dreams of Gore: Phase 3
    Wolverine
  3. 2. ["Hi, Heroes! His name was Vince Colletta, but everyone called him Vinnie."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. [Promo for Metropol ongoing series]
    Metropōl
  5. 4. [Incredible Hulk #191 cover]
    Hulk; Wolverine
  6. 5. ["I think it’s safe to say that Larry, Mark and Dan will go down in Marvel history…"]
    Cutting Edge
  7. 6. Holiday Savings Coupon
  8. 7. [Wolverine Gallery]
    Wolverine
  9. 8. [Wolverine Gallery]
    Wolverine
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