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Issue: Wolverine 1 Date: Nov-88 Story: Sword Quest (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine (Logan, a.k.a. Patch) Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe Guest Stars: Villains: Banapur Khan and pirates including Roger, Cheong, Lal, Amram Singh, Hanrahan, Krause, Rohmer; black blade cultists including Mei Yin Other Characters: Capt. Lee Kwan Pen, Kojima Noburo Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Al Williamson Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Banapur Khan is the self-styled "prince of pirates," attacking vessels near Indonesia, killing men and raping women. Logan is there to investigate a missing plane and finds Mariko's secretary Kojima. He battles the pirates in a melee and kills them all, undaunted even by machine-gun fire. Banapur takes a hostage and gets to a boat; Logan smells that a stewardess with a gun was already on board and he lets her kill him. Kojima dies, murmuring that the Muramasa sword, due to arrive in Madripoor, must be kept from the Cult of the Black Blade. Logan stakes out the airport and finds Lindsay, whom he knows as Jessica Drew's partner. He trails her to her hotel, where people looking for the blade attack her, and he rescues her. She doesn't recognize him (the X-Men are all supposedly dead, UXM 227), and he explains he's a friend of Kojima's. She tells him Jessica has the sword. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 2 Date: Dec-88 Story: Possession Is the Law (23 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew Guest Stars: Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada) Villains: Banapur's pirates (in flashback); local thugs including Rufe, Roscoe Other Characters: Belle, Kojima Noburo (in flashback) Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Klaus Janson Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Lindsay takes Logan to the dive bar where she expects Jessica to be meeting her contact. To prove her mettle, she drinks iced tea, and the barmaid realizes they are both from Long Island. Logan goes upstairs looking for trouble, while Lindsay helps tend bar. Logan finds men slain by a katana, and the Silver Samurai. They battle, but Logan concentrates on not being recognized as Wolverine and is losing, when Jessica intervenes and attacks them both. She is possessed by the black blade and begins a murderous rampage through the bar. Logan goes outside and, unobserved, uses his claws to rip down the walls, saving the Samurai's life, but letting Jessica escape. He pursues her. Lindsay digs the Samurai out of the rubble, even though he once tried to kill her (Spider-Woman 42-44). She goes with him, to ensure Jessica is not killed. Logan finds Jessica in a warehouse; they battle sword to claw, and sparks fly, catching fire, so they fight onto the roof. Logan goes berserk and stops the sword with his bare hand. It immediately possesses him, having found a like spirit. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 3 Date: Jan-89 Story: ...the Black Blade (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew, O'Donnell, Chief of Police Tai Guest Stars: Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada) Villains: black blade cultists including Mei Yin Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Al Williamson Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Logan escapes through the burning warehouse with the sword and Jessica, unconscious. Lindsay takes the Samurai to O'Donnell's bar (while police chief is questioning him, but he causes no fuss), to interrogate three cultists held there. She pretends to beat one to death (acting!), and another quickly talks. Lindsay and the Samurai pause to shower and exercise, respectively. He explains to her that forging a blade is a spiritual exercise, and mad Muramasa's sword is very special. They repair to the cult temple. The Samurai makes O'Donnell stay as backup and tells Lindsay to shoot Logan before he sacrifices Jessica. She is conflicted but finally pulls the trigger. While the cult attacks the Samurai, she tries to get Jessica out, but Logan springs back up (it was only a shot in the head, after all). He duels with the Samurai, but just as he is about to kill him, he breaks free of the blade's control and tosses it aside. It has been permanently cowed, and the Samurai is able to walk off with it safely. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 4 Date: Feb-89 Story: Bloodsport (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew, Chief of Police Tai, Col. Archibald Corrigan Guest Stars: Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) Villains: Roughouse, Bloodsport; Tyger Tiger; Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Coy Other Characters: Chancellor Ranjamaryam Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Al Williamson Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: In lowtown Madripoor, Bloodsport chases and kills Ranjamaryam. Tai tells Logan it's gang warfare. Bloodsport puts his handprint on Archie's chest, warning him not to fly planes for Tyger. Logan tracks scents to the palace and learns Ranjamaryam had been entertaining Karma; he goes to the Sovereign Hotel and accosts her in bed, tells her the sad news, and warns her to be good. Shopping, Lindsay and Jessica bump into Roughouse and then find a blood-covered woman. They investigate, Jessica with her Spider-Woman powers, and find Tyger's gang dead. They compare notes with Logan, mentioning they dealt with Coy in San Francisco. Tyger gets Logan to accompany her to the palace, but en route Roughouse punches their car. He and Bloodsport attack and would have won, but Karma appears in her New Mutants uniform and possesses them, letting Logan get Tyger to medical attention. Logan makes Archie fly him away; Coy expects an attack on his opium plantations on the mainland and sends Roughouse and Bloodsport to stop him. Karma feels caught in the middle. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 5 Date: Mar-89 Story: Hunter's Moon (23 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew, Archie Corrigan Guest Stars: Karma Villains: Roughouse, Bloodsport; Hardcase (Sgt. Maj. Henry Malone, see iss. 139) and his Harriers including Shotgun, Battleaxe; Tyger Tiger Other Characters: Chang Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Al Williamson Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: In the hotel penthouse, Karma, distraught, breaks a glass and cuts herself. Bloodsport uses his power to sense there's something wrong; she's terrified, especially when he tastes her blood and says they're now intertwined. Archie is nervous, flying into the Golden Triangle by night, to help Logan get Coy's opium. He considers obeying Bloodsport and killing Logan but is too much of a straight shooter, and then a fighter shoots straight through their plane. Logan puts the transport into a climb, jumps out, slices off the fighter's wings, and lands in a pond. Lindsay takes Tyger to the Lowtown office of Landau, Luckman and Lake (LLL); Jessica has already scouted around. Chang welcomes them and says he can help. Hardcase has his Harriers search the jungle, fruitlessly, to find whoever crashed the fighter. Logan emerges from the mud, attacks them, and leaves them tied up in mid-air. Lindsay sees a 19th century tin type of Logan and Chang. Chang loans Jessica an armored costume of metal fabric. Roughouse and Bloodsport break into LLL. Logan jumps onto a moving jeep and commandeers it, driving into Hardcase's base. He snikts it to set it on fire, and, disguised, sneaks in, attacking the men by ones and twos. He doesn't kill anyone, because he wants them to be distracted by their own wounded. Hardcase gets the opium on a truck and crashes past the jeep, but stops when Logan is in the road. Logan says Tyger doesn't want drugs in Madripoor; they machine-gun him; Archie arrives and opens fire with the machine guns on the transport. A billion dollars in drugs explode, which will cripple Coy. Logan rises and beheads the man who shot him. "Gotta hand it to that l'il fella... he has style!" LLL's office is in ruins. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 6 Date: Apr-89 Story: Roughouse (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew, Archie Corrigan Guest Stars: Karma Villains: Gen. Coy, Roughouse, Bloodsport; Tyger Tiger; Prince Baran of Madripoor Other Characters: Chang (in flashback) Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Al Williamson Letters: Janice Chiang Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Karma fakes car trouble, shows some leg, and possesses the lieutenant of the guard to get into the palace. She loses concentration and lets him go, but Logan is there and knocks him out and introduces her to Archie. Karma says her uncle caught his rival Tyger and brought her to the palace because he's in cahoots with the prince. Karma works for her uncle, against her will (see New Mutants 54), trying to locate her siblings. Gen. Coy explains that Bloodsport easily tracked Tyger, since he had tasted her blood, killed Chang, and taken her, Jessica, and Lindsay captive. He considers death, torture, slavery, or great reward for them. Seems Tyger is in impenetrable armor and demands Linday's help; she refuses, and then Logan attacks Bloodsport. Roughouse goes down next, but Bloodsport is up again and bleeds Logan, till Karma takes control of him but then lets him slip. Coy goes for Jessica, so Archie holds Karma hostage. Coy knows he's bluffing; Bloodsport disarms him; Tyger attacks Bloodsport; Jessica helps Logan against Roughouse and the monster in the pool. Tyger's inhuman armor is able to put Bloodsport down, and Coy runs, but Baran arrives with armed guards. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 7 Date: May-89 Story: Mr. Fixit Comes to Town (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew, Archie Corrigan Guest Stars: Joseph Fixit (Robert Bruce Banner, a.k.a. Grey Hulk), Connie, Karma Villains: Gen. Coy, Roughouse, Bloodsport; Tyger Tiger; Prince Baran Other Characters: Chaz, Laurence, Dex, Muffy Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: John Buscema Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Mike Rockwitz Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: A crime lord in Tahoe hires Hulk to fix things in Madripoor. A punk scuffles with Hulk's driver, trying to pick her up. Hulk shows himself and destroys their motorcycles, but Chaz must be on something, because he keeps it up till Hulk threatens to squish his head. Baran recognizes Lindsay as an actress and invites her friends to stay: luxurious imprisonment. Tyger is stuck in her armor, till Logan frees her (he ordered it from Chang, iss. 5). He convinces her to make a deal with Baran and Coy, since he will control the drugs and slaves she won't touch, and the two rivals will balance each other. Baran shows Lindsay his gallery of statues of her various film roles, and she is flattered. Coy is returned to his residence in the Sovereign Hotel, where Roughouse propositions Karma and Logan punches him. Karma asks Logan to protect her uncle from the hit man; Logan sees him arrive at the airport and recognizes his scent (Hulk 180-181). Their scuffle with the locals over the skycap's tip ends with a hand grenade (!), and Hulk tells Logan to drive him to the hotel before dawn. Curious, Logan breaks into his room at that time and finds Banner self-sedated, in Hulk's oversized clothing. Issue: Wolverine 8 Date: Jun-89 Story: If It Ain't Broke--! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew, O'Donnell, Chief of Police Tai Guest Stars: Joseph Fixit (Grey Hulk), Karma Villains: Tiger Tyger, Gen. Coy; Liu, Kobe, manbots, Gen. Coy, Bloodsport, Roughouse Other Characters: Jasmine Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: John Buscema Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Logan plays a prank on Hulk, filling his suitcases with purple pants and leaving a note telling him to get out of town. Logan, wanting to be Rick in Casablanca, bought half of the Princess Bar in Lowtown from O'Donnell, and Lindsay is hired on. Hulk has a white suit made and busts in the front door looking for "Patch" (not recognizing him from yesterday?). Patrons take bets on who will win the fight, but Logan agrees to help him, instead, and rats out Coy. Hulk gets splashed with mud and, angry, pounces on an oil tanker. So much for the suit, and he's back in purple pants. Logan takes him to Mr. Max's Spa, a front for white slavery, and Hulk fights thugs and frees grateful girls. But Banner has all the fun that day, and when Hulk wakes at night in torn pajamas, the girls run scared. Logan leads the disgruntled Hulk to an abandoned villa and slices the balcony out from under him. He plummets into a cocaine processing plant; Kobe has his manbots attack; Hulk wins. Hulk is angry, but Logan says he took out two of the worst operations on the island. Coy arrives, angry that Hulk hurt his business instead of killing Tyger. Hulk, offended, says he's not a hit man, and Coy backs down. Logan tells Hulk to leave before dawn, since Banner isn't invulnerable, and Hulk punches him for making a fool of him but then leaves, via westbound flights so it will be night all the way. But it's Logan's final prank: the plane flies east into the sunrise. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 9 Date: Jul-89 Story: Promises to Keep (23 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Rollins, Malone, Van Slyke, Bruno, Needle; Schmidt, Shelly (in flashback) Other Characters: Trish (see iss. 10) Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils & Inks: Gene Colan Letters: Bill Oakley Colors: Mark Chiarello Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Gunmen rent a cabin for the night, wary, since they're being followed. Logan's claw bashes through the door; he kills Van Slyke, tells Malone he'll come for him later, and runs into the woods. Five years ago they had been mercenaries in Iraq and had tortured and raped civilians including a nun. Logan has already killed two of them and kills Rollins next, while he's supposed to be on guard. The last three take a canoe down the rapids, but Logan is in the water and grabs Needle. Bruno, panicked, tries to kill Malone, hoping Logan will let him live, but Malone shoots him first. Logan confronts him, saying he had been sent to Iraq as Weapon X by the Canadian government, and the nun asked him to avenge her (!). Malone shoots himself in the head. This has all been a flashback: Logan is in Madripoor, thinking back on the vicious days before he was an X-Man. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 10 Date: Aug-89 Story: 24 Hours (23 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Lindsay McCabe, Jessica Drew, Chief of Police Tai, Silver Fox (deceased, in flashback) Guest Stars: Villains: Sabretooth (Victor Creed), Daryl and Daryl Other Characters: Mme. Joy, Inga, Mavis, Inza Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: John Buscema, Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Mike Rockwitz Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Logan is in a dive in Madripoor, not wanting his friends to be at risk. Flashback: Logan goes to a saloon with the body of his love Silver Fox, killed by Creed, and so began an endless duel. Logan is half-heartedly involved in a bar fight and then takes to the roofs of Lowtown. He breaks up a mugging and takes the victim (an American sailor) to a brothel for medical help (the girlfriend is shocked!). Jessica takes Logan to her rooms, above; she and Lindsay set up an office in Madripoor, acting as the prince's snoops, who wants to balance Coy against Tyger, like his chancellor used to before he took sides and got killed (iss. 4). Logan visits Tai, who says the man he asked about is thought dead, and who wishes him a happy birthday. Logan is surprised he found out that much about him, and he remembers fighting Creed in the snow on a previous birthday, before they had adamantium, and losing. Logan nabs Jessica, who trailed him to the docks, concerned that he's been causing so much trouble in Lowtown. Two Daryls open fire on them, exploding a warehouse, and Jessica has to fish Logan out of the water. Creed took care of the Daryls, leaving their bodies in the Princess Bar, with a note saying nobody kills Logan but him. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up is on the back cover. Issue: Wolverine 11 Date: early Sep-89 Story: Brother's Keeper (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Archie Corrigan, Jessica Drew Guest Stars: Villains: "vampires" including Ernst, Jarocha Other Characters: Trish, Jakes, Burt Corrigan, Ruth, Tuttle, Schoenfeld, Judge Fenster (see next iss.) Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Bill Siekiewicz Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Mark Chiarello Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part 1 of the Gehenna Stone Affair. Fanged thieves break into a museum in San Francisco, but they trip the alarm, and the stone they wanted is a fake, anyway. Logan talks to Archie, who is bothered. His father disinherited him in favor of his crazy brother Burt, but their aunt Ruthie now wants to have him declared incompetent and take over the fortune. He asks Logan to return to San Francisco to help, and Jessica tags along. Logan is bothered: he became Patch to distance himself from the X-Men, and now he's getting entangled with new people. Archie flies them in past customs. They find Burt surprisingly sane; he has a fragment of the Gehenna Stone in his desk drawer. Jessica collects the mail piled up in her old office, and Tuttle from the museum hires her. When the vampires tried to steal the diamond, he realized it had been replaced by a fake. Burt is late for his competency hearing and crashes through the window on horseback, thinking he's Harrison Ford and saying the undead forces of Ba'al are trying to take over the world. Sure enough, they follow him in through the window. Issue: Wolverine 12 Date: late Sep-89 Story: Straits of San Francisco (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Archie Corrigan, Jessica Drew Guest Stars: Villains: Ba'al (see iss. 14) and "vampires" including Maroney Other Characters: Burt Corrigan, Ruth, Schoenfeld, Judge Fenster Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Bill Siekiewicz Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part 2 of the Gehenna Stone Affair. The courtroom erupts in melee, and Burt rides away with Jessica riding behind him and fake vampires following in a car. The police arrive, and Logan and Archie steal a cop car and give chase. Logan slashes the bad guys' tires, and they crash into a newly opened comics store. Ba'al has part of the Gehenna Stone at the airport and waits for his quarry to find him. More vampires in another cop car shoot Logan and try to ram him but get a cable car instead. Logan says they have to get Burt out of the country, so he steals another car. Issue: Wolverine 13 Date: early Oct-89 Story: Blood Ties (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Archie Corrigan, Jessica Drew, O'Donnell Guest Stars: Villains: Larry, Gar; Ba'al and "vampires" Other Characters: Burt Corrigan Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Bill Siekiewicz Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part 3 of the Gehenna Stone Affair. In Madripoor, O'Donnell deals with twin brothers who have part of the Gehenna Stone. Cops chase Logan and Archie, so Logan jumps onto their car and slices it. Burt explains that Gehenna was the charnel pit outside Jerusalem, where unholy things were done. Ba'al was the demon leader, slain by a man known as "the Hand of God," and whose soul went into a special diamond, which was smashed. The pieces have started showing up, and a descendant of Ba'al is reassembling it. Burt stole a fragment from the museum (iss. 11), and he won't let anyone touch it. They get to the airport, where vampires attack and get the fragment. Logan fights the evil leader but gets fried, and the bad guys get away. In Madripoor, the twins fight to the death over their fragment. O'Donnell finds their bodies and the stone. Issue: Wolverine 14 Date: late Oct-89 Story: Flying Wolves (23 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Archie Corrigan, Jessica Drew, Chief of Police Tai, O'Donnell, Lindsay McCabe Guest Stars: Villains: Ba'al and "vampires" Other Characters: Burt Corrigan, Johann Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Bill Siekiewicz Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Greg Wright Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part 4 of the Gehenna Stone Affair. Tai takes the bodies of the twins (last iss.) and lets O'Donnell keep the stone. That night, Lindsay seduces him to get a look at it. Logan and friends are in a plane to Madripoor. Jessica is secretly working for the prince and plans to get Burt's stone for him. Another plane comes alongside, and a vampire shoots at them with a machine gun; Jessica jumps out the plane to attack him, and Logan in his Wolverine costume goes after her; she knew Patch was Wolverine all along. Much fighting in both planes, especially when Ba'al superpowers one of his followers. Ba'al's plane goes up in flames. Johann interrupts O'Donnell, wanting the stone for the prince. Issue: Wolverine 15 Date: early Nov-89 Story: Homecoming (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Chief of Police Tai, O'Donnell, Lindsay McCabe, Archie Corrigan Guest Stars: Villains: Ba'al and "vampires", Prince Baran, Johann, Saloman Other Characters: Kwan, Burt Corrigan Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Bill Siekiewicz Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part 5 of the Gehenna Stone Affair. Back in Madripoor, Logan is shocked to find Tai harassing Lindsay, and later finds her squabbling with O'Donnell, too. He saves her both times. O'Donnell tells him everybody knew he was Wolverine, but aliases are common in Madripoor. When Johann wanted his stone (last iss.), he took Lindsay hostage, but he was bluffing. Burt goes to see the town, and vampires attack a prostitute and him; Jessica rescues them. Policemen enter the bar, and Logan, O'Donnell, and Archie fight them. Logan realizes the stone is causing all this nonsense. He goes to get O'Donnell's piece from the prince. Jessica goes to warn the prince about Ba'al, but he's his guest. Issue: Wolverine 16 Date: mid Nov-89 Story: Electric Warriors (24 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Chief of Police Tai, O'Donnell, Archie Corrigan, Jessica Drew Guest Stars: Villains: Ba'al and "vampires", Prince Baran, Johann Other Characters: Burt Corrigan Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: John Buscema Inks: Bill Siekiewicz Letters: Ken Bruzenak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part 6 of the Gehenna Stone Affair. Logan beats back the vampires that attack him en route to the prince's palace and goes into the woods as Wolverine. Jessica warns the prince not to sell Ba'al his part of the stone, but Ba'al is offering immortality. Baran wants time to decide, but Ba'al attacks his guards, ripping the stone out of Johann, who had swallowed it for safekeeping. Everybody winds up in the melee in the palace, and Ba'al is able to reassemble the whole stone. Evil energies surge, and Ba'al duels Logan as the Hand of God (iss. 13). Burt uses his Indiana Jones whip to knock the stone from Ba'al's hand, but he gets it back and blasts Logan. For the first time in years, Logan prays; the stone shatters; Logan impales Ba'al; they both fall into the sea. The vampires are freed, and the soul of Ba'al has nowhere to go. Logan washes up and goes back to the bar; Burt decides he's James Bond and breaks the bank in Monte Carlo. Issue: Wolverine 17 Date: late Nov-89 Story: Basics! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Mariko Yashida (in flashback), O'Donnell, Archie Corrigan, Chief of Police Tai Guest Stars: Daredevil (in flashback), Storm (Ororo Munroe), Gateway Villains: Lord Shingen, Hammer Cody (both in flashback), Gen. Coy, Bloodsport, Roughouse, Tyger Tiger, Prince Baran, Geist Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin Pencils: John Byrne Inks: Klaus Janson Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: The X-Men are in Australia, and Logan, hunts a wild boar and eats it raw. He is as savage as Mariko's father said he was. Storm finds him and says he's more than that, but he needs to let the beast out and has Gateway teleport him away. Logan fights Roughouse in the bar on a bet and barely restrains himself from using his claws. He wins, so Tyger gets the bar back from Coy and renews O'Donnell's lease. Coy sells Roughouse to Geist. Baran is angry at Coy, who wants to sell crack cocaine in Madripoor and was discovered by Logan. He has Tai return the confiscated drugs to Geist, who warns him to keep an eye on Logan. He, having pleasured a woman all night, smells the cocaine being trucked back, and he follows across the rooftops to the docks, where he sees Roughouse also loaded on a boat. Geist describes Cody, a drug addict and former boxer in Hell's Kitchen, who went on a rampage till Daredevil and a cop's bullet stopped him. He has made himself a cyborg and plans to experiment with the drugs on Roughouse. Logan grabs the anchor chain of the ship, a U.S. navy vessel, and hears Roughouse scream. Issue: Wolverine 18 Date: Dec-89 Story: All at Sea (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: O'Donnell, Archie Corrigan Guest Stars: Sister Salvation Villains: Geist, Roughouse, Pres. Felix Guillermo Caridad, Nuke, Gen. Coy, Prince Baran, Tyger Tiger Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin Pencils: John Byrne Inks: Klaus Janson Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Logan fights his way onto the ship. Geist confronts him, saying Wolverine is dead; Logan says he traded his patch for the costume and he wants to free Roughouse. Geist shows him the patient, whom he has drugged and shaved bald. He works for Caridad, president of Tierra Verde and a drug lord. He hired Geist to create a Central American super-soldier like Capt. America. Logan frees Roughouse, but he attacks him. Geist, using this as a test, hits Logan with tranquilizer darts to slow him down, and then does the same to Roughouse to prevent him killing Logan. Coy arrives by helicopter and buys a sample of the catalyst Geist developed. Baran arrives and pays Geist for Logan, whom he drops out of his plane. Caridad's ex-wife is a nun who can heal. He wants her in his new hospital, not out helping Indians. She dislikes his corruption, but he explodes her mission and takes her. Archie, O'Donnell, and Tyger fish Logan out of the sea and are amazed he's not dead. He plans to invade Tierra Verde. Issue: Wolverine 19 Date: mid Dec-89 Story: Heroes & Villains (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Guest Stars: La Bandera, Sister Salvation Villains: Tiger Shark, Pres. Caridad, Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), Dr. Victor von Doom, Magneto, Red Skull, Geist, Roughouse; Adolph Hitler (in flashback) Other Characters: Jack Bascomb Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin Pencils: John Byrne Inks: Klaus Janson Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Mike Rockwitz Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Acts of Vengeance crossover. Logan has Gateway send him to Puerto Verde, Caridad's capital. He finds La Bandera battling Tiger Shark, who works for a drug lord that supplies Miami, her home. Logan helps, slicing the villain's suit and causing vital water to drain out, so he dives into the sea. La Bandera thanks Logan with a kiss. Her mutant power is to inspire others to fight and to use transform their inspiration into physical force through her staff. Logan says that's dangerous and sends her home. Bascomb offers him a beer. He's a CIA contact from his days in Canadian intelligence and warns him the situation here is complicated. Caridad complains to Kingpin, who sent Tiger Shark to kill La Bandera. Caridad has migraines only his ex-wife can heal, but they're not on speaking terms. Geist has scientists tell him they isolated the miracle cocaine that can make a super-soldier, but the land, El Jardin del Rey, is now barren. It is the site of legends: falling stars and ancient gods. Logan catches Geist alone and attacks, wanting to find Roughouse. He is captive, undergoing multiple doses of magic cocaine, kept alive only by Sister Salvation's power. La Bandera leads a revolution to the lab. Geist, ever the survivor, takes Logan to Roughouse, but Tiger Shark attacks on the way, dragging Logan underwater and into an undertow, through a pipe, and into the ocean. Issue: Wolverine 20 Date: Jan-90 Story: Miracles (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Guest Stars: La Bandera, Sister Salvation Villains: Tiger Shark, Geist, Pres. Caridad, Roughouse, Enrique Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin Pencils: John Byrne Inks: Klaus Janson Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Mike Rockwitz Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this is part of the Acts of Vengeance crossover. Logan fights to the surface, but Tiger Shark drags him under again and sticks his claws in a coral reef. Logan can't pull them out or slash and is stranded. La Bandera fights her way into the medical lab, but Geist has moved all the captives. Her inspiration fades, and Tiger Shark attacks her, but she gets away. Caridad offers to let his ex see their son, and she agrees to keep Roughouse sane. Logan rescues La Bandera from Tiger Shark (the coral shelf broke loose) and tosses him in the water. He frees Roughouse, but Caridad warns him he will go berserk when his ex-wife's touch wears off. Geist holds political prisoners hostage, but they start to fight back, and Logan gets La Bandera, Roughouse, and Sister Salvation away in a helicopter. It dips low, and Tiger Shark attacks from the water. Logan knocks him back in, and real sharks feed on him. Note: a "Wolverine Gallery" pin-up follows. Issue: Wolverine 21 Date: Feb-90 Story: Battleground (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Havok, Dazzler, Colossus, Psylocke, La Bandera, Sister Salvation; Eternals, a Celestial, Daredevil (in flashback) Villains: Geist, Spore, Pres. Caridad, Roughouse; Adolph Hitler, Deviants, Hammer Cody (in flashback) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin Pencils: John Byrne Inks: Klaus Janson Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this occurs after UXM 248. Psylocke can sense Logan in Central America but can't contact him. Logan didn't realize Geist shot him with the magic cocaine, and now he goes mad. Roughouse holds him still and gets the nun to heal him, but she can only slow the process. They trek through the jungle, till Logan is overcome again. Caridad and Geist ignore La Bandera and the rebels and impatiently search the jungle. Logan has a delusion or memory of hand-to-claw combat against Nazi soldiers and destroying a tank. The nun appears and tells him to use his own healing factor, and they kiss. Logan finds Geist shaving Hitler and suggesting the Final Solution. Logan attacks, but Hitler turns to snow, and Geist turns into Spore and starts to consume him. Spore is a living and ancient disease, created by the Deviants to fight the Eternals. He succeeded till a Celestial returned and blasted him to slime, and he seeped into the soil. Recently he came up in a crop of cocaine, but he killed all his hosts until Logan, because of the healing factor. Logan fights back. He regains consciousness and knows the nun had held him. She also put Geist on their trail because Caridad has their son captive, and he catches them. Issue: Wolverine 22 Date: Mar-90 Story: Outburst! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Mariko Yashida (in a vision), Roughouse Guest Stars: Sister Salvation, La Bandera Villains: Geist, Pres. Caridad, Spore Other Characters: Palo Caridad, Enrique, Chubasco, Luis Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin Pencils: John Byrne Inks: Klaus Janson Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Logan has a vision of Mariko slaying a wolf; and then it is Sister Salvation beheading him. Geist has been electroshocking him, until Caridad is convinced he's told the truth. He has him shackled in a cell with Roughouse, who was beaten with sticks, like his father used to. Salvation's power has cleansed him of madness. Logan explains the threat of Spore and urges him to break them free. They find the guards dead with arrows through them: the camp is under attack. Caridad shows Salvation their son Palo, training as a soldier. He gets Palo to volunteer as a test subject, and Geist readies the Spore-carrying cocaine. Logan intervenes, deflecting the darts into Caridad, whom Salvation refuses to heal. Geist tries to escape but finds La Bandera leading the rebel attack, now allied with native Indians. Caridad shoots himself with the rest of the cocaine, and Spore erupts from him. La Bandera's followers flee, and Logan has to rescue her. He tries a flamethrower, but Spore just engulfs him. Issue: Wolverine 23 Date: Apr-90 Story: Endings (22 pages) Feature Characters: Wolverine Regular Characters: Roughouse Guest Stars: Sister Salvation, La Bandera, Magneto Villains: Spore, Geist, Gen. Coy, Prince Baran, Geist Other Characters: Palo Caridad, Enrique, Jack Bascomb Credits: Writer: Archie Goodwin Pencils, Inks: John Byrne Letters: Jim Novak Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: this occurs before UXM 251 (Logan crucified by Pierce). Logan erupts from within Spore: his healing factor saved him from digestion. La Bandera's followers take heart, so she has power to blast Spore as Logan slashes. Doesn't work, and they retreat. Salvation says she can cure it, since it is a disease. La Bandera and Logan attack again, felling the monster, so Salvation can get close. Her touch sears it to ashes, but her hands are burnt, as well. Is her power of faith, of mutants, or from the Celestials? La Bandera leads the revolution toward the capital; Salvation and Roughouse plan to rebuild the medical mission (iss. 18); Logan hunts Geist and shreds his cybernetics, which is his only life support, telling La Bandera to get him medical attention and then try him for war crimes. He later learns Geist has been extradited. Disgusted, he says farewell to La Bandera and runs into Bascomb (iss. 19), who says Geist was his mole all along. Disgusted again, he returns to Madripoor. He finds Coy's sample of the Spore cocaine, so he kidnaps him and Baran and chases them through the sewers to scare and humiliate them. Then he returns to Australia. Geist is in Washington, where Magneto finds him, remembering him from the Nazi death camp where his wife was killed. He wants to chat, and one would suppose a cybernetic man would not fare well against him.
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