The First Appearance Of Wolverine

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

OK, this is kind of interesting.

All credit to Bleeding Cool for finding this...



FOOM, the Marvel fanzine, had an art contest in its second issue in 1973.

The runner up was a guy named Andy Olsen, whose entry was Wolverine. A Guy without claws but iwth a metal skeleton.

Six months later, the Wolverine we all know appeared for the first time in The Incredible Hulk.

The similarities are not that striking as you can see...



...but it's still interesting, made even more so by the fact that Bleeding Cool found the guy and interviewed him here.

Since this came out, what used to be a $5 book is now going for over $200.

[Scott Intellectual Carrot Find all posts View Profile Close Scott]

When Len Wein created Wolverine he didn't have a metal skeleton.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Yeah, like I said, the similarities aren't particularly damning, but it's an interesting footnote in Marvel history.

[Travis Sheldon Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Travis Sheldon]

The most shocking thing to me is an issue of FOOM going for $200!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

That Steranko cover is pretty fuggen' boss though, you have to admit.

[Scott Intellectual Carrot Find all posts View Profile Close Scott]

The cover is easily worth at least 3 or 4 dollars.