Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
In 1982, Chris Claremont embarked on a then unheard of year-long ‘Uncanny X-Men’ saga involving the insidious Brood, parasitic aliens that laid eggs inside of their hosts. Not surprisingly, Wolverine was infected and his mutant healing ability pushed to the limit in Uncanny X-Men #162, the midpoint of the saga.
The cover to that issue was by long-time X-Men artist Dave Cockrum (with inks by Bob Wiacek) near the end of his second legendary run (Paul Smith would pick up art duties in a few issues, wrapping up the Brood storyline)…
After the jump are a host of Wolverine vs. the Brood reprint covers by Mike Mignola of Hellboy fame…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
Back in the day, Marvel Team-Up was THE crossover book at Marvel Comics. You knew your favorite character had made the big time if he got to share the billing with Spider-Man! It was like being on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Or, perhaps to be more modern, chosen by Oprah to be in her eponymous Book Club. Sigh.
So believe it or not, it wasn’t until May 1982, that Wolverine got his big break with Marvel Team-Up #117. And Wolverine was such a non-star at this point in his career that he didn’t even have a proper logo for his name!
The cover itself is by Bob Layton and Joe Rubenstein. Not the greatest cover in the world, I admit, but when it hit the stands, it meant Wolverine had finally made the big time.
After the jump is the reprint cover and it’s even better than the original…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
Back in May 1998, a young artist by the name of John Cassaday exploded onto the comics scene with X-Men/Alpha Flight #1. The artwork was simply amazing and his layouts even more breathtaking, especially for an artist who was only 17 at the time…
After the jump are several of my favorite panels from the two-issue miniseries that are nothing short of stunning…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
In October 1988, Kerry Gammill and Terry Austin created one of the most memorable of the reprint covers for Classic X-Men #26, reprinting X-Men #120 and Wolverine’s first face off with the full Alpha Flight team and in this particular cover moment, Sasquatch…
After the jump are few treats from this issue as well as the Wolverine-centric frontispiece from the following issue…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
I know what you’re thinking.
ROM? ROM Spaceknight?
Yup, ROM it is (for the uninitiated, there is the Wikipedia entry, guaranteed to be at least 75% accurate).
Back in 1981, Wolverine, for the first time, began to appear in a slew of comics other than Uncanny X-Men. In fact, 1981 marked his most crossovers to date. Eight in one year.
Nowadays, Wolverine appears in eight issues in a single week.
But back to 1981 (May to be exact), Wolverine was front and center (or more accurately center right) on ROM #18.
Does the artwork look familiar? It should. It’s Frank Miller…
After the jump are two more Miller covers featuring Wolverine from 1981 as well as the original cover artwork…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
Uncanny X-Men #142 features the second of the classic Days of Future Past covers by John Byrne and Terry Austin, this time from January 1982 (note the official title change from X-Men to Uncanny X-Men). And while last issue’s cover was voted the best Wolverine cover of all time, Wizard Magazine #157 made this cover #2…
After the jump are a few more Days of Future Past covers featuring Wolverine including artwork by Alex Ross…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
X-Men #141 features the classic Days of Future Past cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin from December 1981. This is such an iconic cover, Wizard Magazine #157 voted it the #1 Wolverine Cover of all time. I still remember being blown away by the aging Wolverine when I first saw the cover on the stands…
After the jump are two of the better homages for this truly timeless cover…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
X-Men #140 is another classic cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin, this time showing off Wolverine’s new brown costume and chronicling his rematch with Wendigo from December 1980…
After the jump is another of my favorite early Wolverine panels plus two more Classic X-Men reprint covers…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
John Byrne and Terry Austin provided the legendary cover art for X-Men #133, depicting Wolverine’s counterattack against the Hellfire Club from May 1980…
After the jump is the original artwork, a few reprint covers AND my single favorite Wolverine panel of all time (from the last page of the previous issue, setting the stage for this cover)…
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Every week, Wolverine Files highlights, in chronological order, another iconic Wolverine cover. Want to start at the beginning? Click here…
Dave Cockrum and Terry Austin provided the legendary cover art for X-Men #126, chronicling Wolverine’s first disastrous encounter with Proteus from October 1979…
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After the jump is the uncluttered original cover as well as the covers from the Classic X-Men reprints of the Proteus Saga…
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