gadzukes Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 (edited) I was just looking thru some of my Hulks and noticed in Hulk 185 the "Letters page" discussion is about Hulk 181 (which is kind of fun to read fans first reactions to what would become such a major Marvel Character). In the midst of the letters page are 2 panels with Wolvie. Is this something that fandom has overlooked? Possibly 4th appearance of Wolverine??? The bigger panel is the famous Splash page from 181 without the word balloons. Does 184 get any extra love because of this? Is it even worth discussing? Edited September 4 by gadzukes jcjames, grendelbo, ADAMANTIUM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I think it is cool even if none of that "other stuff" and thanks for posting! On 9/4/2024 at 12:39 PM, gadzukes said: I was just looking thru some of my Hulks and noticed in Hulk 185 the "Letters page" discussion is about Hulk 181 (which is kind of fun to read fans first reactions to what would become such a major Marvel Character). In the midst of the letters page are 2 panels with Wolvie. Is this something that fandom has overlooked? Possibly 4th appearance of Wolverine??? The bigger panel is the famous Splash page from 181 without the word balloons. Does 184 get any extra love because of this? Is it even worth discussing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I doubt anyone would count this as an appearance, but if you're a fan of Wolverine then it's something to have in your collection, much like the in-house ads for 181 found in Daredevil 115, Thor 229 & Marvel Premiere 119. Microchip, gadzukes and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 On 9/4/2024 at 1:00 PM, grendelbo said: I doubt anyone would count this as an appearance, but if you're a fan of Wolverine then it's something to have in your collection, much like the in-house ads for 181 found in Daredevil 115, Thor 229 & Marvel Premiere 119. Should be big enough print within the pic, to read, especially if you're on a handheld to zoom, zoom, zoom grendelbo and Microchip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Personally, I wouldn't count reprints as "appearances." MAY1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Always worth exploring. Stopping to focus on the minutiae of individual comics is great fun! There's often more to mine from a book than the 17 or 20 pages of story! Lots of the action happens in the letters pages. grendel013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 On 9/4/2024 at 2:58 PM, LowGradeBronze said: Always worth exploring. Stopping to focus on the minutiae of individual comics is great fun! There's often more to mine from a book than the 17 or 20 pages of story! Lots of the action happens in the letters pages. George R R Martin agrees with you. MAY1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel013 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 On 9/4/2024 at 2:58 PM, LowGradeBronze said: Lots of the action happens in the letters pages. Agreed! I recently posted about a letter from a young Frank Miller published in (Beware) The Cat #3 (I think) regarding the premier issue. While I agree that these pix in the Hulk letter page don't count as an "appearance", I'm a fan of collecting early advertisement or in-house ads. Heck! My profile pic is an early in-house ad for the B&W Comico Grendel series. It was never published anywhere else and I consider that part of the original Grendels that I hold so dear. Same goes for Starslayer 1, as it had the advertisement for the Rocketeer who debuted the following issue. The registry even includes issue 1 as part of the Rocketeer Set. I personally have two things I now need to do: 1) Thank @gadzukes for sharing this info. Thank you @gadzukes! 2) Purchase a nice copy of Hulk 184. Because now I want one. KirbyJack and gadzukes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrisonJohn Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 Last page of Hulk 179 has a next issue blurb mentioning Wendigo and "a startling guest star". gadzukes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
