Wolverine #1
Legacy #393 · John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Virgin Variant · original first printing · followed by confirmed second printing
11 September 2024
Original first-print John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Virgin edition of Wolverine #1, the 2024 relaunch of Logan's solo ongoing series and legacy issue #393. Christopher isolates Wolverine against a saturated yellow field in the visual language of his long-running Negative Space cover programme.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1 (legacy #393)
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance, provisional and ungraded inside Collect Forever Soft Slab.
- Completeness
- Complete under standing TMR accession rule. No missing issued component is reported; the comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab, so interior completeness cannot be independently page-counted from the supplied photographs.
- Rarity
- Open-order variant; not demonstrated rare
Catalogue note
Original first-print John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Virgin edition of Wolverine #1, the 2024 relaunch of Logan's solo ongoing series and legacy issue #393. Christopher isolates Wolverine against a saturated yellow field in the visual language of his long-running Negative Space cover programme. The story 'In the Bones' begins Saladin Ahmed and Martín Cóccolo's run and introduces the mystery that develops into the Adamantine storyline. A confirmed second printing with a Patrick Gleason cover followed on 23 October 2024, making this copy bibliographically important as an original-release state before the issue entered reprint history.
Writer: Saladin Ahmed
Artist: Martín Cóccolo; Bryan Valenza (colors); VC's Cory Petit (letters)
Cover: John Tyler Christopher
Edition: John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Virgin Variant · original first printing · Collect Forever label #1F; exact UPC catalogued as Cover E by specialist retailers
Why this object matters
Christopher’s yellow-field Wolverine cover is a strong example of the held negative-space design programme attached to the Ahmed/Cóccolo relaunch. A later reprint distinguishes the first edition but does not establish 8.9-level historical importance.
Evidence limits: Complete under standing TMR accession rule. No missing issued component is reported; the comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab, so interior completeness cannot be independently page-counted from the supplied photographs.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- Saladin AhmedWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Saladin Ahmed Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Martín Cóccolo; Bryan Valenza (colors); VC's Cory Petit (letters) Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: John Tyler Christopher Original catalogue credit
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