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Wolverine #1
#1
Key Issue
November 1, 1988

Wolverine #1

Key Issue
First Wolverine on-going comic series; First appearance Cult of the Black Blade; First appearance of Muramasa; First Wolverine as Patch
Artist
Glynis Oliver
John Buscema
John Byrne
Tom Orzechowski
Editor
Bob Harras
Script Writer
Chris Claremont
Publisher
Marvel
Publication Date
Nov 1, 1988
Cover Price
$1.50
Page Count
36 pages

What's it Worth?

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Graded Population

CGC Title
Publisher
Date
Verify
Wolverine #1
Marvel Comics
11/88
Verify
All Grades
19,048
Population Share
Universal
17,072
89.6% of pop
Signature
1,892
9.9% of pop
Restored
37
0.2% of pop
Qualified
47
0.2% of pop
Conserved
0
0% of pop
10.0
1
top 0%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
9.9
13
top 0.1%
2
top 0.1%
0
--
0
--
0
--
9.8
3,147
top 18.5%
362
top 19.2%
0
--
4
top 8.5%
0
--
9.6
3,748
top 40.5%
417
top 41.3%
1
top 2.7%
7
top 23.4%
0
--
9.4
2,963
top 57.8%
310
top 57.7%
4
top 13.5%
5
top 34%
0
--
9.2
2,023
top 69.7%
205
top 68.5%
6
top 29.7%
8
top 51.1%
0
--
9.0
1,614
top 79.1%
180
top 78%
8
top 51.4%
7
top 66%
0
--
8.5
1,262
top 86.5%
138
top 85.3%
6
top 67.6%
4
top 74.5%
0
--
8.0
861
top 91.6%
102
top 90.7%
3
top 75.7%
3
top 80.9%
0
--
7.5
545
top 94.8%
67
top 94.2%
6
top 91.9%
3
top 87.2%
0
--
7.0
379
top 97%
50
top 96.9%
1
top 94.6%
4
top 95.7%
0
--
6.5
216
top 98.2%
21
top 98%
0
--
1
top 97.9%
0
--
6.0
128
top 99%
19
top 99%
1
top 97.3%
1
top 100%
0
--
5.5
62
top 99.4%
9
top 99.5%
0
--
0
--
0
--
5.0
61
top 99.7%
3
top 99.6%
1
top 100%
0
--
0
--
4.5
23
top 99.8%
2
top 99.7%
0
--
0
--
0
--
4.0
17
top 99.9%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
3.5
2
top 100%
2
top 99.8%
0
--
0
--
0
--
3.0
4
top 100%
1
top 99.9%
0
--
0
--
0
--
2.5
2
top 100%
1
top 99.9%
0
--
0
--
0
--
1.0
1
top 100%
0
--
0
--
0
--
0
--
0.5
0
--
1
top 100%
0
--
0
--
0
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