Wolverine (comic book)

Wolverine
Cover to Wolverine (Vol 1) #1 (September 1982). Art by Frank Miller.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	(vol. 1) Limited series (vols. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Ongoing series
Publication date	(vol. 1) September – December 1982 (vol. 2) November 1988 – June 2003 (vol. 3) July 2003 – August 2010 (vol. 4) September 2010 – December 2012 (vol. 5) March 2013 – January 2014 (vol. 6) February 2014 – August 2014
Number of issues	(vol. 1) #1-#4 (vol. 2) #1-#189 + 6 Annuals + #1/2 + #-1 (vol. 3) #1-#90 + 2 Annuals + 2 Giant-Size (vol. 4) #1-#20 + #5.1 + #300-317 (return to vol. 2 numbering) (vol. 5) #1-#13 (vol. 6) #1-12 + 1 Annual
Main character(s)	Wolverine
Creative team
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciller(s)	Frank Miller
Inker(s)	Joe Rubinstein
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski
Colorist(s)	Glynis Wein
Editor(s)	Louise Jones
Collected editions
Wolverine

Wolverine is a number of Marvel Comics comic book series starring the X-Men member Wolverine. As of April 2013, 323 issues and 11 annuals have been published. It is the original flagship title created for the character.

The first Wolverine was a limited series written by Chris Claremont with pencils by Frank Miller, inks by Joe Rubinstein, letters by Tom Orzechowski, and colors by Glynis Wein. Marvel Comics published the series from September to December 1982. This story arc covers the events leading up to Wolverine's engagement to Mariko Yashida.

An ongoing series started publication in 1988 and lasted until 2003 when it was relaunched after issue 189. The original creative team consisted of writer Chris Claremont and penciler John Buscema. Claremont described the series as "high adventure rather than super heroics, sort of a combination of Conan meets Terry and the Pirates." As a visual manifestation of the series' break from the traditional superhero genre, throughout Claremont's run Wolverine wears either civilian clothes or a mask-less, all black outfit instead of his superhero costume, and costumed characters in general were few and far between. Nearly half of the series's run was written by Larry Hama.

Other writers on the series included Peter David, Archie Goodwin, Jo Duffy, Warren Ellis, Todd Dezago, Erik Larsen, Steve Skroce, Rob Liefeld, Frank Tieri, Matt Nixon and Daniel Way.