*Marvel: Hulk #180 featured the first appearance of Wolverine, the Canadian super-hero who, outstripping everyone’s expectations, became the most popular Marvel character since the dawn of the Marvel Age. Co-created by Len Wein, Wolvy was revived by Wein when he put together the New X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1; subsequently Wolverine became the star of the X-Men and a media darling in his own right. Having said that, it wasn’t a lengthy first appearance – in the final panel of #180, Wolverine popped up to make dire threats to both Jade-Jaws and guest-monster the winsome Wendigo – but it’s still the first on-panel appearance of the decade’s mega-hot star. Wolvy’s first major appearance was in #181, of course, but in #182, he appeared on most of the first page, being extracted by his mysterious handlers before the story rolled along without him. Neither of these issues was ever distributed in the UK, but these gaps in your Wolverine history can now be filled! Our new copy of #180 is a shiny VF+, with excellent cover colour and gloss, tight corners, firm staples and only very light, almost imperceptible creasing in the upper right cover corner. The #182 is still nicer at VF/NM, sharp corners and deep unfaded cover colour. Most crucially, both Marvel Value Stamps (the cut-’em-out curse of 1970s Marvels) are firmly in place! Both cents copies (no pence variants on these)), #180 is VF+ £575 and #182 is VF/NM £150. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD