Set Description:
Wraparounds of old tell the tale of seeing the importance and need of want with issues on the newsstands!
The Wolverine was coming off the heels of Frank Miller and the specialties of the Limited Series. It had been some time and selling on simmer. In walks an ongoing with much delight, to those of a decade plus by 1988 to get some devoted stories of the character. Indeed, I was a kid and got hooked myself to get a personal subscription of newsstands directly after my Amazing Spider-man classics. Something said to us that this is a "developing and fleshing out for Logan as the Wolverine!"
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Codename Weapon X, but by his own choosing, Logan chooses the name "Patch!" Hanging out in a place like Madripoor, and while there he is not seeking out the seedy underbelly but instead to become anonymous and still work for the good and the right!
  
The subtlety of a city named Madripoor!? It has the financial status for most citizens right in the name. Ah, but is all fair in love and war? Or is the financial and or goings on done by choice and or by hook or crook? Logan isn't looking to make any certain participant wealthy, not even himself, but he looks to see the downtrodden and be a sense of encouragement. He himself has been through a lot! What he has endured gives him pause and a cause, that people of pain know their own. He is also trying to make the case that the joy of life abundantly he has also known should be made available. In the same amount or even more for the scales and weights of justice to be rectified. There is no "us" in the Patch persona, and yet there is still a community in Madrepore.
Logan as the Wolverine, is being and becoming himself and not even setting himself up as an "individual as comfortable."
No, he is Patch, and when he enters, all that is known is that it is about to get sorted out until "Logan/Patch" is satisfied. He doesn't want to upset the applecart but is astounded that it does.
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Wolverine 1 |
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Wolverine 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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0719618012
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Owner Comments
1st Wolverine as Patch. Good old Patch! 1st ongoing in title. Wolverine gets fleshed out in this series that is long running and gives the Wolverine a human side! He goes to Madri Poor to act as guardian. He has a soft spot for the way it's done around there, he dares not let anyone know he is the Wolverine. Given that would give too much attention. He wants to lay low to come and go or operate as he sees fit. He's trying to stop the powers that be from pulling the strings. He doesn't want to pull them himself but bares that in mind when cautiously calling in favors. Every time he almost gets it wrapped up some bigger baddie comes out of the woodwork. Bloodsport was one of the first along with Silver Samurai. Got to be careful Wolverine they may be on to you now! Those ongoing issues whether in a number one issue or in an arc within an established ongoing series, just go to show the pivotal movers and shakers upon what stays around over the years!
 Wristbands carve out stamps for prescreens.
 Joe Jusko artist style shows that the Wolverine villains get more metal and psychedelic, but those early days in the heat of the night show that he could maneuver his own type of "movement!"
"In a most unlikely town and we had our share of 'struggles', but we made it through anyhow, I've got your back you've got mine and like Johnny Cash said I walk the line... and you can always count on me for one last... " ~ Bowling for Soup
Complete with a back cover picture of the "screen" at the prescreen before released publicly of the movie depiction of the real-life game of, "TAG!" Brought to us in cinematic style and starring Hawkeye Actor Jeremy Renner on the big screen. A family with some add-ons that take the game seriously over years and documented in real time becomes a movie with the antics, much like how the Logan "Patch" character tries to play footsie in Madri Poor without being found out due to his reputation. No favors to be called in, per se, with the assists of, "tag your it!"
Graders Notes Unavailable.
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Wolverine 2 |
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Wolverine 2 Modern |
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CGC |
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4523381004
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Owner Comments
Back cover pin-up by Bill Sienkiewicz. Silver Samurai & Jessica Drew appearance. Wolverine is making a go of it all within the ongoing realm of spare parts. Some timely covers and or back covers that make a fun revisit for nostalgia. Those early ages with codename "Patch" spending some efforts in Asia. Flying back and forth while still attending to X-men business, but this is mostly a Logan solo affair that he does not want to spread around the neighborhood. He still has his main nemesis that are visiting like Silver Samurai this issue and Sabretooth comes in around issue #10! Picked up as a reader early on when back to collecting, and from Local Comic Shop Titan Comics for about $5. Back when this was as common, I thought it did look in decent grade for collecting, which makes it all even nicer to now have it back slabbed as NM + 9.6.
 The "Wolverine Origins" movie didn't go over really well, but was produced by j-animations, who for the time was attempting to be innovative, and hey, it had the Silver Samurai but needed a nice plot.
Complete with a back cover picture of the insides to Wolverine issue #57, also featuring the Silver Samurai, and signed by "Bo", who is a boardie who got their letter printed there in the letters page. Logan always being tested, once again shows that sometimes death is merciful, and again sometimes as pictured, the Wolverine being that brand of justice. Samurais of all ages were swinging for the fences and carding themselves like soccer fouls with series to keep on the "cutting edge", scrawling those letters of confidence.
Grader Notes;
spine stress lines cover breaks color.
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Wolverine 3 |
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Wolverine 3 Modern |
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CGC |
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4523381003
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Owner Comments
Pin-up by Kevin Nowlan on back cover. Silver Samurai & Jessica Drew appearance. Sights homed in on the Wolverine, but to find him unmasked is the real get around, and a shot to the arm proves all too harmless but still sends the Wolverine reeling on the cover. Any damsels are worth saving, and Wolverine this issue uses the distraction to not be used for evil. It is a saving grace that somehow or sometimes we have to rely on outside resources or influences. It takes those vicarious dealings to save the day sometimes, whether by chance or our own accord. Picked up from Titan Comics early on when back to collecting, but that grade shows it isn't all that pretty of a read. It does take up the run though into fulfillment, when getting those readers graded after sitting in the boxes so very long! Those reads as a kid though make this nostalgia worth it.
 J-animations who produced "Wolverine Origins" even has movie ephemera, here I picked up a pocketknife still in the packaging from the Oscars promotion showing in theaters circa 2025. The Wolverine has his own built in kitchen utensils, am I right?!
Complete with a back cover picture of a gift I received in Secret Santa on the boards circa 2023, Hallmark Ornaments. Inspiring us to get a tree down the road or at least watch Home Alone the first movie to enjoy hanging the stockings. It is by grace this Christmas we are saved, and that through Faith!
Grader Notes:
large crease full bottom of back cover;
multiple bend left bottom of front cover.
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Wolverine 4 |
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Wolverine 4 Modern |
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CGC |
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4523381002
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Owner Comments
1st app. of Bloodsport & Roughouse. Karma & Jessica Drew appearance. Back cover pin-up by Barry Windsor-Smith. Bloodsport this issue has his henchmen and is out for blood! He doesn't want that of just any Englishman but would like to savor the hunt to sink his teeth into worthy prey. Namely the Wolverine has been spotted, and it will take the bruhaha to make up the difference, as Logan as the character "Patch" is trying to lay low. The Wolverine doesn't want it spoiled by said ruffians, but he will take a sock to the face all the same! Trying to get the Wolverine down for the count is an ongoing saga just to prove it possible, or it is a long story and motivation of many early villains, even unto today. Logan shows his human side in this ongoing series, but that doesn't make him of the soft variety, it only shows his character that it is hard to even be an acquaintance of the Wolverine.
 Issue #59, when the Wolverine shocked us all by "cutting his hair" for the cover!
Complete with a Barry Windsor Smith back cover so it is being shown off towards those Wolverine, i.e. Patch, i.e. Logan feral sides, that go back further than these introduction series, but the wild doesn't often get tamed against the will, it takes a soothing of the instinct. That in itself has been a long turmoil with Logan, he hardly ever "gets to" let his guard down.
Grader Notes:
spine stress lines cover breaks color;
bend left bottom of back cover.
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Wolverine 5 |
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Wolverine 5 Modern |
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CGC |
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4523381005
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Owner Comments
Karma, Bloodsport & Jessica Drew appearance. Pin-up by John Bolton on back cover. Jeeps across all eras have mostly been all terrain vehicles, and the Wolverine could have studied up on how to bushwack one by this day and time, to sum up the cover with a great color spectrum. Red Skies at night! Sailors delight. However, the Patch character is trying to sum up other people's business by solving his own problems. To wit, from the trees and doing it for the vine, comes Patch to pummel into submission would be scum. Salt of the earth Logan, or he tries to be, has his own side of filth but sees it toward a greater mission; although, he doesn't always think it for the "good!" Bought this early on when back to collecting for $5 at LCS Titan Comics, a decent reader grade slabbed now in very fine condition. Those days well spent reading up on Madri poor.
 Logan like other characters, where it can be said, "It is all about the hair!"
Complete with a picture of the regular back cover and those bar fights in the early days of the Wolverine character, where they weren't games to be played but instead a show of force instituted while inebriated. Logan can chug-chug-chug with the best and doesn't always walk straight afterward, but usually still wins the fight with the biggest guy there, those are the breaks. Until in walks Sabretooth soon after and most often. Bob can build it, Ralph can "wreck it", and Beck can bend it, but Logan can't catch a break! Even in temporary circumstances like washable tattoos.
Grader Notes:
spine stress lines cover breaks color;
crease right bottom of front cover breaks color.
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Wolverine 75 |
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Wolverine 75 Modern |
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CGC |
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1566209008
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Owner Comments
Distorted Hologram and says it on the label. These really to my knowledge cannot be manipulated, nor manufactured "after" production. I got this as a raw from a boardie that was new and who posted it, so I said I'll take it! He gave it to me for a great price, wish him well! Sent it in straight away and it was correctly labeled, I'm super thankful, as it can be tough sometimes to get a label you think is right; whether it's the book that is wrong, or you have to get a grader to take a 2nd look. Well, 1st time and labeled correctly on this book, yeehaw! Glad it was the 2nd of the Distorted Hologram that I bought, and I have lucked into others. Soon to hopefully be a complete set, and in totality a set of these issues! Here is looking at you BUB! Wolverine loses his ADAMANTIUM at the hands of Magneto, yet the healing factor is taxed. He survives with bone claws for a while, until a new set of ADAMANTIUM is provided.
 The otherwise art of this series up to this point, some of which are my subscription copies as a subscriber from when I was a kid!
Wraparound Covers with a CGC label notation create yet a niche within a niche, that can excite and stir up the fun of collecting. With more of a cover to look at and drool over, it can make an impression that just might encourage newcomers of newfound love for a medium that is established for years!
Grader Notes;
multiple bend spine.
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Wolverine 145 |
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Wolverine 145 Modern |
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CGC |
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4035368019
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Owner Comments
Return of the Wolverine's ADAMANTIUM. Yes indeed, it was yanked out by Magneto, and now it is replaced and all to aid the Apocalypse. What will it mean? As a henchman for the "1st ever Mutant", it will take to task the Wolverine. Logan's mind is about to get blown and it will mean restraint at the highest level. What will turn the tide? In this run the only "good" that comes about for it might only be the metal that caused Logan so much pain to begin with. This Canadian is going to learn new lows and new heights, in the classic Wolverine style. Not to make heads or tails of anything, that is Logan's mind, until clarity comes. The Wolverine has been on roller coaster rides in emotion and life's ups and downs. He, seemingly, never quite has the sweet release that he is looking for, and in the end, it will mean the fortitude to stand up to life's trials are in the still moments.
 Verily interwoven, in comes Apocalypse!
Complete with a back cover picture of a Marvel Card since CGC is grading those now, APOCALYPSE FALL OF THE MUTANTS! He almost horns in on the Wolverine by making him the "Death Horsemen" so to speak!
Graders Notes Unavailable.
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Wolverine 154 |
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Wolverine 154 Modern |
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CGC |
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4035368013
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Owner Comments
What could be considered the Liefeld Experience? It could be Deadpool, and it could be pouches, and if the twain should ever meet? I don't know, but it might spell the 90's. Wolverine won't leave Deadpool alone, and much like the Punisher of the 90's, don't ruin your welcome Logan Son! This issue was given to me by the boardie MustEatBrains at a contest or board raffle, and it is credited to his generosity! Times are tough for back issues, as the market has exploded in what I collect. I now have the time now to have stuff sent off to CGC that has been accumulated, and it is making the grade, in most cases. Yes at 7.5 we can't look a gift horse in the mouth. We have to retain what we've been blessed with, much like the Wolverine's ADAMANTIUM in this run! These Deadpool/Wolverine encounters won't always be as blessed with the art! Of Liefeld even? LOL.
 Deadpool, Jim Lee style, for comparison.
Complete with a sketch by Joe Rubenstein, that is an example of this time periods usual art for Logan or the Wolverine. I got it for $60 at Fan Expo Dallas Comic Con 2019 and used it as a back cover pic to show as a comparison to Liefeld. Rubenstein took his time on it and termed it "Happy Logan!" I tend to AGREE!
Grader Notes;
moderate creasing to cover.
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Wolverine 155 |
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Wolverine 155 Modern |
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CGC |
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1622361003
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Owner Comments
Homage to Hulk 340! Given to me in the Green Eggs Contest 2018 by musteatbrains! Very generous boardie, who gave me a bunch of $10-20 books at the time that most came back 9.4! Very Generous, and I love this Deadpool and Wolverine Mash-UP COVER! Not quite classic, but it does have spunk. Deadpool is hard to take seriously sometimes, with all the sarcasm. He should pick one personality and stick to it. These early on appearances built a character in Deadpool, but with the eager writers, they never settled on what he is now known for until later. Looking back again, he had chutzpah and keeps with the attitude. They started out like a rebel without a cause. Today it's just strung along, until he means business by giving a lot of bullets. Deadpool is not the hard ruled: a little liberal and a little giving, sometimes too much.
 The art of some surrounding issues that might prove these Liefeld to be a blessing!
Complete with back cover picture of the insides to this issue, specifically the splash centerfold page from my newsstand under copy of this book I found for $1! I mean I've got to leave no man nor book behind, sometimes, and the Wolverine needs to take a slice of the pie in the sarcastic Deadpool.
Graders Notes Unavailable.
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