Wolverine #1 [Direct]
(September 1982)

Marvel, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-06-01
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 #12.
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]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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
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.
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Keywords
Canadian Rockies; Coalspur; Tokyo

[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) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Megaforce / 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. ["Help pick the players for the Cracker Jack Old-timers Baseball Classic"]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. I'm Wolverine.
    Wolverine
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. ["Announcing a new military build-up in America."]
    MPC Model Kit
  7. 6. ["Are you man enough for Megaforce?"]
    Megaforce
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  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
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  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
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  • Terry Staats
  • Jim Stangas
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