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4December 1982
$0.60; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP

Wolverine #4

Marvel · December 1982 · on sale 1982-08-31

Death of Lord Shingen Harada2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Wolverine (Marvel, 1982 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
December 1982
Key date
1982-12-00
On-sale date
1982-08-31
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.60; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Death on record for: Lord Shingen Harada, Noburu Hideki.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Joe RubinsteinLogan, Wolverine
2Honorcomic story22script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Frank Miller, Josef Rubinstein; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Lynn Varley; letters: Tom OrzechowskiColossus, Cyclops, Lord Shingen Harada Death, Noburu Hideki Death, Logan, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin, Sprite, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner, Wolverine
3-in-house column1script: Stan Lee, Jim ShooterChristie Scheele; Tom DeFalco; Carmela Merlo; Roger Stern; John Byrne; Mark Gruenwald; Belinda Glass; Jim Shooter

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860206512
Canadianprice 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860206512

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Wolverine #[nn]1987On eBay ›
Wolverine by Claremont and Miller #[nn]
ISBN 0-7851-2329-6		2006On eBay ›
Best of Wolverine #1
ISBN 0-7851-1370-3		2004On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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