* INCREDIBLE HULK #181 (1974)First appearance of Wolverine... ok, technically 180 is, but its only the last page. This is him tearing it up with the Rampaging Hulk and Wendigo. See where he first started, before he was an X-Man!
* CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #8 (1986)You really can judge a book by its cover.... when its a Mike Zeck cover!
(collected in "Wolverine: Best of Vol 1 HC" and "Wolverine Omnibus Vol 1)
* INCREDIBLE HULK #340 (1988)Wolverine vs Gray Hulk, by Peter David & Todd McFarlane.
(collected in Hulk: Ground Zero)
* SPIDER-MAN VERSUS WOLVERINE (one-shot/1987)
* DAREDEVIL #196 (1983) and #248-249 (1987)Apart from Frank Miller's run, these were pretty much the only Daredevil issues I picked up.... that is, until Romita Jr came onboard, but I digress.
* HAVOK/WOLVERINE: MELTDOWN (1988)Walt & Louise Simonson, Jon Jay Muth, Kent Williams & Sherilyn VanValkenburgh! 'nuff said.
(available in collected form)
* UNCANNY X-MEN #235-238 (1988)Genosha! Wolverine w/o his powers... dying from all the abuse he's endured over the years! Carol Danvers taking over Rogue!
* UNCANNY X-MEN #268 (1990)Jim Lee art. Flashback WWII-era tale with Wolverine, Captain America and a young Natasha Romanoff (aka Black Widow).
(collected in X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee)
UNCANNY X-MEN #256-257 (1989/90)Jim Lee with Wolverine travelling to Madripoor. Psyclocke is transformed into a Ninja.
* UNCANNY X-MEN #275-277 (1991)Jim Lee again. Shi'Ar rumblin' with the X-Men wearing classic uniforms!
(collected in X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee)
* X-MEN VOL 2 #4-7 (1992)Jim Lee draws Wolverine fighting Omega Red! Plus Sabretooth debuts his new costume.
(collected in X-Men: Mutant Genesis)
* X-MEN #25 (1993)Magneto pulls all the adamantium out of Wolverine's body.
(collected in X-Men: Fatal Attractions)
*ASTONISHING X-MEN #1-24 & Giant Sized ASTON. X-Men #1 (2004)Joss Whedon & John Cassaday's love letter to the Claremont Era X-Men. Wolverine is done "right" for the first time in 15 years. This series is oodled with yummy goosebump moments of glee. Stop after #24 and Giant Size.... #25 is new creative team and is dreadful.
* X-FORCE (v02) #1-14+ (2008-present)Wolverine in Black/Silver costume, slicin' and dicin' through villains. Writers Chris Yost and Craig Kyle are definitely desciples of Claremont, but for Today's audience.
(available in collected form)
* WOLVERINE #119-122 (1997)Warren Ellis and Leinil Francis Yu.
(collected in Wolverine: Not Dead Yet)
* WOLVERINE #150-153 (2000)By Steve "The Matrix" Skroce. Fun, action-packed adventure. Plus you see Logan with narly arrow and bullet wounds.
(collected in Wolverine: Blood Debt)
* WILDCATS/X-MEN: THE GOLDEN AGE (1997)Gorgeous, kickass art by Travis Charest. This is a black/white WWII tale with Logan (pre-costume days) vs Nazis!
(collected in Wildcats/X-Men)
* WOLVERINE #90 (1995)Wolverine Vs Sabretooth, ending with Wolverine popping his claws up through Sabretooth's brain. This one may be 'meh', but I thought I'd include it anyway - it's been 14 years since I read it.
* SOME WHAT IF...?sMost are silly fun at best, but worth a read. In the "INFERNO" one, Wolverine eats a baby. That's fucked up. And come on... Wolverine vs Conan!!!
* ULTIMATE X-MEN #41 (2003)I put this one on the list just to razz a few friends. But actually, it's a pretty decent self-contained Wolverine issue about a kid with the unfortunate mutant power to kill everyone near him - whether he likes it or not. Thanks to his healing factor, Wolverine is immune, and gets the happy task of breaking the good news to him: not only is he not joining the X-Men, he's simply too dangerous to live. SNIKT!
aaaaaaand I'm going to stop there. I'm sure there's others, so why not share yours in the comments section back at "Must Reads"!
