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Cover of Wolverine #3
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CATALOG RECORD

Wolverine #3

Marvel · Series began 1988 · January 1989

first appearance of Tai

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Tai (Madripoor) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date
January 1989
On sale
September 13, 1988
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602254101

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Buscema, Kevin Nowlaninks: Al Williamson, Kevin Nowlanscript: Chris Claremontcolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski

Stories

  • The Black Blade · 22 pages

    Lindsay and Silver Samurai try to save Jessica from a possessed Wolverine. The Samurai ends up with the Sword.

Characters

LoganJessica DrewKenuichio HaradaSilver SamuraiLindsay McCabePatchO'DonnellTaiTsuboroMei Yin

Reprinted in

Essential Wolverine (1996), Wolverine Classic (2005), Wolverine Omnibus (2009), Wolverine Epic Collection (2014)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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