Wolverine #21 [Direct]
(February 1990)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except fortnightly in June, July and August
On-sale Date
1989-12-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Daryl Edelman (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
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine
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Battleground (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)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine; La Bandera; Sister Salvation; Roughouse; Geist (villain); Spore (villain); Felix Caridad (villain); Havok (cameo); Colossus (cameo); Psylocke (cameo); Dazzler (cameo); Daredevil (cameo flashback); Eternals (cameo flashback); Deviants (cameo flashback); Celestial (cameo flashback); Adolf Hitler (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Wolverine has been injected by Caridad's cocaine and it takes all of the strength of Roughouse and all of the healing powers of Sister Salvation to snap him out of it. During his fever dreams, Wolverine discovers that the cocaine is powered by the Deviant creation known as Spore.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Cutting Edge (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have an explanation for you as to why Wolverine’s hair sticks up…

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Bill Williams, Nguyen Thanh Nam Son, Neil Verma, Bob Schmitt, Sean Copp

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Wolverine
  2. 1. Battleground
    Wolverine
  3. 2. ["The way I see it, what’s the point of having me at your beck and call…"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; ProFile; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Cutting Edge
    Cutting Edge
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