284 - Wolverine vol. 2) #19 - 10/10/1989

I like how even Byrne, in the tie-in to the event he shepherds, is like, "eh, throw some rando into the sentient cocaine story."

Cover by John Byrne. Interiors by Archie Goodwin & Byrne.

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221 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #17 (8/8/1989)

Another standalone Wolvie image that got repurposed into a lot of marketing/licensing material, as memory serves.

Cover by John Byrne. Interiors by Archie Goodwin & Byrne.

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011 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #300 (1/11/2012)

There's not a whole lot to it, but I really like the lighting on this one.

Cover by Adam Kubert. Interiors by Jason Aaron, Kubert, Ron Garney, and Steven Sanders. #XMenADay #XMen50 #Xmen #WolverineV2 #Wolverine

361 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #184 (12/26/2002)

Meeee-ow!

Cover by Essad Ribic.

Interiors by Frank Tieri & Sean Chen.

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346 - Wolverine (v2) #36 (12/11/1990)

"It tolls for thee" would be such a great action movie kiss-off line, on par w/"it's just been revoked!"

Cover by Marc Silvestri & Joe Rubinstein. Interiors by Larry Hama & Silvestri.

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330 -Wolverine (vol. 2) #133 (11/25/1998)

Featuring Carol Danvers (during her "Warbird" era) as the Fastball Special pitcher.

Cover by Jeff Matsuda. Interiors by Erik Larsen & Matsuda.

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319 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #20 (11/14/1989)

I like the way the curve of Wolverine's forearm matches the curve of Tiger Shark's fin.

Cover byJohn Byrne. Interiors by Archie Goodwin & Byrne.

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317 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #50 (11/12/1991)

One of the more clever 90s cover gimmicks. He's there beneath the file folder, I swear. 🙂

Cover by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green. Interiors by Larry Hama & Silvestri.

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307 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #145 (11/3/1982)

70 issues later, Wolverine gets an adamantium skeleton again, once and for all.

Cover by Leinil Francis Yu. Interiors by Erik Larsen & Yu.

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285 - Wolverine (v2) #88 (10/11/1994)

Deadpool vs. Wolverine?!? That'll never work...

Cover by Adam Kubert. Interiors by Larry Hama, Fabio Laguna & Kubert.

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273 - #Wolverine (v2) #144 (9/29/99)

Even though the tall head was OG, I first encountered Blubous Head Leader, so this always feels like a throwback to me.

Cover by Mike Miller. Interiors by Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson & Miller.

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272 - Wolverine (v2) #95 (9/28/1995)

Kubert's riff on the X-Men #109/Alpha Flight #17 setup.

Cover by Adam Kubert. Interiors by Larry Hama & Kubert.

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260 - Wolverine (v2) #130 (9/16/1998)

In a fun coincidence, the similarly Wendigo-forward X-Men #140 was also published on this date (in 1980).

Cover by Leinil Francis Yu. Interiors by Todd Dezago & Yu.

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259 - Wolverine (v2) #75 (9/15/1993)

WOLVERINE HAS BONE CLAWS?!?!

Cover by Adam Kubert & Mark Farmer. Interiors by Larry Hama & Kubert.

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257 - Wolverine (v2) #155 (9/13/2000)

Pretty sure this is meant to be an homage to McFarlane's Incredible Hulk #340 cover.

Cover by Rob Liefeld. Interiors by Liefeld & Eric Stephenson.

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224 - Wolverine (v2) #62 (8/11/1992)

Texeira was a good fit for Wolverine's solo book. Wish his run had lasted longer.

Cover by Mark Texeira. Interiors by Larry Hama & Texeira

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208 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #154 (7/26/2000)

Seems apt for #DeadpoolAndWolverine release day.

Cover by Rob Liefeld. Interiors by Liefeld and Eric Stepheson.

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194 - Wolverine (v2) #1 (7/12/1988)

Wolverine in an ongoing series with no other X-Men?!? That'll never work...

Cover by John Buscema & Al Williamson. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Buscema.

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178 - #Wolverine (vol. 2) #104 (6/26/1996)

Ah, the issue which attributes the creation of Onslaught to Xavier getting infected by an impish demon-y thing from Magneto's mind.

Cover by Val Semeiks. Interiors by Larry Hama & Semeiks

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172 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #308 (6/20/2012)

Now: a picture of my brain writing these posts.

Cover by Chris Samnee & Javier Rodriguez. Interiors by Cullen Bunn & Paul Pelletier.

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160 - Wolverine (v2) #72 (6/7/2024)

I still love that Hama brought back those Sentinels from that one old Roy Thomas Avengers story.

Cover by Dwayne Turner & Joe Rubinstein. Interiors by Larry Hama & Turner.

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150 - Wolverine (v2) #-1 (5/29/1997)

The retro style covers might be the best thing about Flashback month.

Cover by Cary Nord & Tim Townsend. Interiors by Larry Hama & Nord.

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146 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #27 (5/22/1990)

Easily the most iconic of the various Jim Lee covers for Wolverine's solo series.

Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Jo Duffy and John Buscema.

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133 - Wolverine (V2) #900 (5/12/2010)

Legacy numbering & some specious math gets us to issue #900!

Cover by David Finch & Peter Steigerwald. Interiors by CB Cebulski, James Ausmus & Finch.

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130 - Wolverine (v2) #306 (5/9/2012)

Trippy-ass cover.

Cover by Chris Samnee & Javier Rodriguez. Interiors by Cullen Bunn & Paul Pelletier.

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115 - Wolverine (vol. 2) #175 (4/24/2002)

Drunken Bar Brawler Wolverine

Cover by J.H. Williams III & José Villarrubia. Interior by Frank Tieri & Sean Chen

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106 - Wolverine (v2) #125 (4/15/1998)

Remember when Chris Claremont came back and hitched Wolverine to Viper? Wild.

Cover by Leinil Francis Yu. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Yu.

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102 - Wolverine v2 #10 (4/11/1989)

Claremont's last issue on the series & the intro of the "Sabretooth attacks Wolverine on his birthday" tradition.

Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz. Interiors by Chris Claremont & John Buscema.

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101 - Wolverine v2 #25 (4/10/1990)

One more iconic #JimLee cover from Wolverine's solo series.

Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Jo Duffy & John Buscema.

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089 - Wolverine (v2) #150 (3/29/2000)

Steve Skroce coming to Wolverine was pitched as a BIG DEAL at the time but in the end, it amounted to just one 4 issue story

Cover by Steve Skroce & Rob Stull. Interiors by Skroce

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