Wolverine
#8
[Direct]
(June 1989)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1989-02-14
- 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 (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Direct Edition and Newsstand Edition front covers are exactly the same. The Newsstand Edition has a barcode which appears on the back cover.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Wolverine / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mister Fixit [Bruce Banner]; Wolverine [Logan]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Wolverine (Play Press, 1989 series) #8 -
in Essential Wolverine (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (October 1996) [black and white] - in Wolverine Classic (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2005)
- in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- in Hulk: Grand Design Treasury Edition (Marvel, 2022 series) (2022)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #8 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/82/w200/82478.jpg?-12001772948828203)
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If It Ain't Broke--!
Wolverine / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Chris Claremont (credited)
- Pencils
- John Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- John Buscema (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited)
- Letters
- Ken Bruzenak (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He left a wake-up call for sunset.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bloodsport (villain, cameo); General Nguyen Ngoc Coy (villain); Jessica Drew (guest); Joe Fixit [Bruce Banner] (guest); Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh] (guest, cameo); Lindsay McCabe (guest, cameo); O'Donnell (guest); Patch [Logan]; Roughouse (villain, cameo); Police Chief Tai (guest); Tyger Tiger [Jessán Hoan] (guest, cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (featured); Shen; Mr. Liu; Kobe
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Hulk and Wolverine bash their way around Madripoor on the same side (for once).
- Reprints
-
in Serval-Wolverine (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #4 (mai 1990) - in Essential Wolverine (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (October 1996) [black and white]
- in Wolverine Classic (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2005)
- in Wolverine Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
- in Wolverine Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Madripoor Nights (2014)
-
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee; Marc McLaurin (Pro-File); ?
- Pencils
- ? (Pro File caricature)
- Inks
- ? (Pro File caricature)
- Colors
- ? (Pro File caricature)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone loves to hate 'em, now even mixed-up Marvel has gotten into the act!
- Characters
- Marc McLaurin (Pro File caricature)
- Synopsis
- Items: Marvel characters in tv commercials; Henry V play managed by Marvel penciler Bob Hall; review of new movie Comic Book Confidential; congratulations to Frank Miller on getting writing job for Robocop II.
Stan's Soapbox: Stan announces his return after 15 years' absence. Announces the end of New World Entertainment and the beginning of Revlon tycoon Ron Perelman's run at owning Marvel.
Indexer Notes
Items; Pro File (Marc McLaurin); Checklist
After page 26 of story.
A Wolverine Gallery
Wolverine / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rob Liefeld (signed as
LiefeldBanner) - Inks
- Rob Liefeld (signed as LiefeldBanner)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wolverine [Logan]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
On the back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Wolverine -
1.
If It Ain't Broke--!
Wolverine -
2.
["Everyone loves to hate 'em, now even mixed-up Marvel has gotten into the act!"]
Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox -
3.
A Wolverine Gallery
Wolverine
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