Wolverine: First Cuts

(2013)

[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

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

Wolverine / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mark Texeira

Inks

Mark Texeira

Colors

Morry Hollowell

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wolverine [Logan]

Reprints

• from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (June 2009)

Birth of a Weapon (Table of Contents: 3)

Wolverine / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Christopher Yost (credited as Chris Yost)

Pencils

Mark Texeira (credited)

Inks

Mark Texeira (credited)

Colors

John Rauch (credited)

Letters

Todd Klein (credited)

Editing

Nick Lowe (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rose?

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy] (cameo); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo); Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida] (cameo); Thunderbird [John Proudstar] (cameo)
Major Chasen (flashback) (cameo); Abraham Cornelius (flashback, death) (cameo); Carol Hines (flashback) (cameo); Heather Hudson (flashback) (cameo); James MacDonald Hudson (flashback) (cameo); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; The Professor (flashback, death) (cameo); Rose (flashback) (cameo); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (flashback) (cameo); Wolverine [Logan]

Synopsis

Wolverine forcibly leaves the service of the Canadian government and Weapon X to join Xavier and his X-Men.

Reprints

• from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (June 2009)

[X-Men Origins: Wolverine Title and Credits] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mark Texeira

Inks

Mark Texeira

Colors

Morry Hollowell

Letters

typeset

Characters

Wolverine [Logan]

Reprints

• from X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (June 2009)

Side-By-Side with Sun-Fire! (Table of Contents: 5)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave Cockrum

Inks

Terry Austin

Colors

?

Letters

Danny Crespi

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #118 [Newsstand] (February 1979)

The Submergence of Japan (Table of Contents: 6)

X-Men / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited); Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Ricardo Villamonte (credited as Ric Villamonte)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Editing

Roger Stern (credited)

Job Number

LG226

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Welcome to the good ship Jinguichi Maru, returning to its home port of Agarashima on the main Japanese island of Honshu after a two-year Antarctic voyage.

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Iron Fist [Danny Rand] (cameo); Misty Knight; Lilandra Neramani; Osama; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Colleen Wing; Mariko Yashida; Captain Hama; Greg; Moses Magnum; Mandroids

Synopsis

The X-Men arrive in Japan just in time to fight a cadre of Mandroids under Moses Magnum's command. Wolverine meets Mariko. Thinking the X-Men are dead, Xavier leaves for the stars with Lilandra.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #118 (February 1979)

Keywords

earthquake; Japan

Make Way for Moses Magnum! (Table of Contents: 7)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dave Cockrum

Inks

Terry Austin

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Moses Magnum; Mandroid

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #119 [Newsstand] (March 1979)

'Twas the Night Before Christmas... (Table of Contents: 8)

X-Men / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited); Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Terry Austin (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as G. Wein)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Roger Stern (credited)

Job Number

LG-275

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Kuril Islands, just north of Japan...

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Havok [Alex Summers]; Misty Knight; Moira MacTaggert; Angus MacWhirter; Jamie Madrox; Osama; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Proteus [Kevin MacTaggert] (cameo); Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Colleen Wing; Mariko Yashida; Moses Magnum; Mandroids

Synopsis

The X-Men and Sunfire try to keep Moses Magnum from sinking Japan. Proteus escapes from the lab on Muir Isle.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #119 (March 1979)

Keywords

Christmas; Japan

[Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive!] (Table of Contents: 9)

X-Men / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited); Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Terry Austin (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Editing

Roger Stern (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Misty Knight; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Colleen Wing; Mariko Yashida

Synopsis

Wolverine says farewell to Mariko.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #120 (April 1979) [Mariko scene only]

Keywords

Japan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Hunter (Table of Contents: 11)

Wolverine / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Marshall Rogers (credited)

Inks

Randy Emberlin (credited)

Colors

Bob Sharen (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Editing

Michael Higgins (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wolverine [Logan]; Mariko Yashida; Sabuko

Synopsis

Mariko has been kidnapped and Wolverine goes to free her.

Reprints

• from The Best of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Wolverine / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Miller

Inks

Joe Rubinstein

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wolverine [Logan]

Reprints

• from Wolverine (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 [Direct] (September 1982)

I'm Wolverine. (Table of Contents: 13)

Wolverine / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein); Frank Miller (credited)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Editing

Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones)

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; Noburu Hideki; Wolverine [Logan]; Mariko Yashida; Yukio; 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.

Reprints

• from Wolverine (Marvel, 1982 series) #1 (September 1982)

Keywords

Canadian Rockies; Coalspur; Tokyo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Wolverine / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Miller

Inks

Joe Rubinstein

Colors

Thomas Mason

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wolverine [Logan]

Reprints

• from Wolverine (Marvel, 1982 series) #2 [Direct] (October 1982)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Wolverine / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Frank Miller

Inks

Joe Rubinstein

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wolverine [Logan]

Reprints

• from Wolverine (Marvel, 1982 series) #2 [Direct] (October 1982)

Debts and Obligations (Table of Contents: 16)

Wolverine / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein); Frank Miller (credited)

Inks

Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Editing

Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wake up!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lord Shingen Harada; Noburu Hideki; Wolverine [Logan]; Mariko Yashida; Yukio; The Hand; Katsuyori

Synopsis

Yukio works for Lord Shingen. Wolverine saves Mariko from a cast of deadly Kabuki players. Mariko is horrified when she sees Wolverine in his berzerker state.

Reprints

• from Wolverine (Marvel, 1982 series) #2 (October 1982)

Keywords

Tokyo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue! (Table of Contents: 18)

Nick Fury; Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Rich Buckler (signed)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Boomerang [Fred Myers]; Nick Fury; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #83 [Direct] (July 1979)

Slaughter on 10th Avenue! (Table of Contents: 19)

Nick Fury; Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited); Steve Leialoha (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)

Letters

Joe Rosen (credited)

Editing

Al Milgrom (credited)

Genre

spy; superhero

Characters

Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Boomerang [Fred Myers]; Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine; Nick Fury; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada]; Jasper Sitwell; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Viper [Ophelia Sarkissian]; Dr. Ames; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Miss McCulloch; Harry

Synopsis

Spider-Man breaks into S.H.I.E.L.D. to rescue Black Widow. Viper sends Boomerang and Silver Samurai to kill them both.

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #83 (July 1979)

Indexer Notes

4th Appearance of Silver Samurai.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Steve Leialoha (signed)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

martial arts; spy; superhero

Characters

Boomerang [Fred Myers]; Shang-Chi; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #84 [Direct] (August 1979)

Catch a Falling Hero (Table of Contents: 21)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited); Steve Leialoha (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (credited); Diana Albers (credited)

Editing

Al Milgrom (credited)

Job Number

LG466

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's 7PM, E.S.T.

Genre

martial arts; spy; superhero

Characters

S.H.I.E.L.D.: Colonel Nick Fury
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Clay Quartermain
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Boomerang [Fred Myers]; Cobra [Klaus Voorhees] (flashback) (cameo); Nomad [Steve Rogers] (flashback) (cameo); Shang-Chi; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Viper [Ophelia Sarkissian]; Ishiro Tagara (villain)

Synopsis

Spider-Man, Black Widow, Nick Fury and Shang-Chi stage a strike on the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier.

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #84 (August 1979)

The Spider-Man Who Fell to Earth! (Table of Contents: 22)

Black Widow; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Nick Fury; Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Milgrom (signed)

Inks

Al Milgrom (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

martial arts; spy; superhero

Characters

Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Nick Fury; Shang-Chi; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #85 [Direct] (September 1979)

The Woman Who Never Was! (Table of Contents: 23)

Black Widow; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Nick Fury; Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited); Steve Leialoha (credited)

Inks

Steve Leialoha (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)

Letters

Irv Watanabe; Clem Robins (credited)

Editing

Al Milgrom (credited)

Job Number

LG495

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It all started so simply.

Genre

martial arts; spy; superhero

Characters

S.H.I.E.L.D.: Colonel Nick Fury
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Clay Quartermain
Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; President Jimmy Carter; Shang-Chi; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Viper [Ophelia Sarkissian]

Synopsis

The heroes save President Carter from Viper's attack. Natasha gets her memory back.

Reprints

• from Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #85 (September 1979)

[Handbook Pages] (Table of Contents: 24)

Wolverine / character profile / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Mike O'Sullivan (credited) (head writer); Sean McQuaid (credited); Markus Raymond (credited); Stuart Vandal (credited); Ronald Byrd (credited); Jeff Christiansen (credited); Anthony Flamini (credited); Eric J. Moreels (credited as Eric Moreels)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Editing

Mike O'Sullivan (credited) (coordinator); Jeff Christiansen (credited) (overseer)

Genre

superhero

Collected Editions (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Wolverine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 6 pages (report information)