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Wolverine Files features every Wolverine’s TV appearances in order, continuing with #6…

Deadly Reunions, the fourth episode of the X-Men animated series, aired on January 23, 1993 and continued the earlier plot lines of Magneto, Sabretooth and Senator Kelly.

Rogue gets a much larger role this time around, and Wolverine finally battles Sabretooth, shouting the classic line, “OK, you egg-sucking piece of gutter trash, you always liked pushing around people smaller than you. I’m smaller, try pushing me!”

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It was April 1990 and Marvel Tales #236 hit the stands with a terrific cover by superstar artist Todd McFarlane, reprinting the second half of Marvel Team-Up Annual #1.

The story itself reprints the very first meeting between Wolverine and Spider-Man and boasts the classic Spider-Man line, “I’ve been keeping up for years, friend… and since I don’t hear them talking about you as the ‘Amazing Wolverine,’ I must be doing something right!”

Next up is the original Marvel Team-Up Annual #1 from 1975 by Dave Cockrum (Wolverine is lower right). To the right of that is the cover from Marvel Tales #235 by Todd McFarlane that reprinted the first half of the annual. While still impressive, it’s not quite as strong as our featured cover…

Finally, we have the cover to Marvel Tales #262 by Sam Keith from June 1992 that debuts a little known follow-up story. Since Wolverine is only part of the sidebar, I’ve magnified his appearance on the right…

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Wolverine News
–Marvel Solicitations for December 2008 (CBR)
–Weapon X: First Class #1 Preview as FREE Marvel Digital Comics Exclusive (as of 9/23)

Probable Wolverine Appearances This Week
-Wolverine: Origins #28 (preview): Dark Deceptions prologue.
-Wolverine: First Class #7 (preview): Wolverine in the Soviet Union.
-Wolverine: Roar (preview): Another one-shot (or possibly Wolverine Annual #2).
-X-Force #7 (preview): Old Ghosts, Part One (plus Yost Talks X-Force)
-X-Men Legacy #216 (preview): Cameo confirmed.
-New Avengers #45 (preview): Cover cameo, possible House of M appearance.
-Ultimates 3 #5: The finale, finally.
-Ultimate Fantastic Four/Ultimate X-Men Annual (preview): Part two of two.

Marvel Adventures The Avengers #28
“Power, Man.”
Writer: Jeff Parker
Artist: Rodney Buchemi

“Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!”
Writer: Paul Tobin
Penciler: Ig Guara; Inker: Sandro Ribeiro

Have you ever seen the improv comedy show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” They used to have a segment where they would show a bad movie clip and the comedians would ad lib the dialogue.

Well, Marvel Adventures the Avengers #28 feels exactly like that. Except it’s not very funny.

I mean, half the story with Luke Cage makes absolutely no sense and why does Wolverine have so many parking tickets?

Oh… and ignore the Marvel preview text. It has nothing to do with the issue itself. Much like the dialogue.

From Marvel (preview): “It’s always tough when your parents don’t like the girl you’re dating, but it’s even rougher if you happen to be Thor, son of Odin! Worse, Odin sets Thor up on a date with a Frost Giant’s daughter! When Thor ditches her to sneak away on a date with Storm, it’s up to rest of the Avengers to cover for him.” On sale September 17, 2008.

Marvel Apes #2
“See No Evil!”
Writer: Karl Kesel
Artist: Ramon Bachs

This issue attempts to pivot from comedy to a more serious story filled with startling revelations. A pivot that I don’t think quite works. Especially with the ridiculous ape names and ape visuals running throughout, not to mention the comedically-challenged backup story.

I have a hunch if the first issue had taken a more serious approach, akin to the ‘Planet of the Apes,’ Marvel might have pulled this one off. But that and the humorous marketing only served to set up expectations of this as a farce. And farces tend not to be the best breeding ground for dramatic storytelling.

Oh, and Wolverine and the X-Apes do appear, setting the stage for a much more significant role next issue.

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From Marvel (preview):
“Flingin’ feces, True Believer– the entire Marvel Universe has gone APE!
Just when he thinks life can’t get any worse or weirder, Marty Blank – a.k.a. that lovable loser, the Gibbon — finds himself and the brilliant-and-beautiful Dr. Fiona Fitzhugh transported to a world where monkeys rule and humans don’t exist!
SEE the spectacular simian city of Monkhattan!
MEET the hominoid heroes and villains – SPIDER-MONKEY! DOC OOK! IRON MANDRILL! SIMIAN TORCH! THE APE-VENGERS! And more!
THRILL to the return of Speedball!
CONTAINS No-Ads, as we are thrilled to present you backup tales exploring the Apeiverse!
LEARN the dark secret of the primate planet!
WORRY that the fate of the entire universe is in the hands of the Gibbon!
Not a hoax, not a dream, not an imaginary story – just the most not-to-be-missed mini-series of the season! If you only buy one (well, two) comics this month about super-powered, intelligent apes-in-capes, it must be MARVEL APES!” On sale September 17, 2008.

Uncanny X-Men #502
“Beginning to See the Light”
Writer: Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker
Penciler: Greg Land; Inker: Jay Leisten

Let me state at the beginning that Greg Land’s Victoria’s Secret-style artwork just doesn’t work for me.

All the smiles with shockingly white teeth, all the fashion model posing with impeccable makeup and hair, and all the B&D and stiletto heels only serve to detract, quite dramatically, from what might not have been a bad story by Matt Fraction.

On the plus side, we do get several very cool Wolverine moments, but as a one-time owner of a 1968 British-Racing Green Ford Mustang, let me assure you that Wolverine’s “Masarati” is most definitely a classic Mustang.

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From Marvel (preview): “The hunters become the hunted as the X-Men let the Hellfire Cult know they won’t be going down without a fight. Beast brings a special guest star to visit the Cult’s latest victim. Cyclops and Karma chalk up a victim of their own. Nightcrawler’s extracurricular activities are brought to light. And learn, for the first time, what Wolverine listens to while fixing his car. All this and the team leaps into battle against the Cult in a full-frontal assault…the prize, San Francisco!” On sale September 17, 2008.

Wolverine Files features every Wolverine’s TV appearances in order, continuing with #5…

Enter Magneto, the third episode of the X-Men animated series, aired on November 27, 1992 and introduced both Magneto and Sabretooth as villains, while continuing the season one plot line involving Beast’s incarceration.

For longtime fans, Wolverine’s hatred of Sabretooth was refreshing to see in a Saturday morning cartoon. As for the best line, it comes when Wolverine responds to Professor Xavier, “How come we’re supposed to trash your old enemy, but we gotta go easy on mine?”

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The very first Marvel Holiday Special from 1991 boasts the best cover of this (mostly) annual book — and it’s another classic from Arthur Adams.

The X-Men story within flashes back to the Christmas Eve moments before X-Men #98, hence Wolverine’s early yellow and blue costume…

…and the complete wraparound cover in all its glory (Run, Santa, run!)…

In 1992, Arthur Adams returned for another crack at the Marvel Holiday Special (despite the January 1993 cover date) with Wolverine in the center of the action…

Though to get the full effect, the cover really needs to be viewed from the side…

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New Exiles #11
“The Killing Field”
Writer: Chris Claremont
Penciler: Paco Diaz Luque; Inker: Norberto Fernandez

Exiles used to be a fun, irreverent series, romping through a collection of alternate Marvel Universes. It was a breath of fresh air from the melodrama so prevalent in so many of Marvel’s books and I always looked forward to each issue.

Then Chris Claremont was handed the keys, the series was relaunched as New Exiles, and all the fun was lost. We are now left with verbosity, mutants galore and melodrama that makes daytime soap operas look tame by comparison.

This month is no different with the return of Hydra-Wolverine, an issue truly for Wolverine completists only.

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From Marvel (preview): “The bulk of the New Exiles have been off saving an alternate Earth, while their leader, Sabretooth, stayed behind. What has Apocalypse’s former horseman been doing? His attention has turned to a threat that’s been hovering on the periphery of the Exiles’ awareness… Madame Hydra, Susan Storm, and her own band of reality-hopping associates! But can Sabretooth take on Sue’s entire team on his own?” On sale September 10, 2008.