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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Late September 1988
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Terry Kavanagh; Michael Rockwitz (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Wolverine; Tyger Tiger; Man-Thing; Shang-Chi; The Thing
Genre superhero; kung fu; monsters
Pencils John Romita Jr. (signed)
Inks Bob Wiacek (signed)
Letters Typeset
Notes Wraparound cover.

8 page Wolverine story "Save the Tiger Part 3: The Gals"

Characters Wolverine; Tyger Tiger [Jessan Hoan]; Sapphire Styx; Razorfist; the Reavers (flashback); Roma (flashback); Storm; (flashback); Colossus (flashback)
Synopsis Wolvie learns how Jessan Hoan ended up in Madripoor; Sapphire and Razorfist knock Wolive out to deliver him to Roche.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes Flashback sequence in this story happened in Uncanny X-Men #229.
Reprinted in Wolverine: Save the Tiger (Marvel, 1992 series) #1 (May 1992).

8 page Man-Thing story "Elements of Terror Part 3: Ritual and Belief"

Characters Man-Thing
Genre monsters; occult
Script Steve Gerber
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks Tom Sutton
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters Agustin Mas
Reprinted in Nuovi Mutanti, I (Play Press, 1989 series) #3

8 page Master of Kung Fu story "Crossing Lines Part 3: Fish"

Characters Shang-Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston
Synopsis Shang-Chi travels to Hong Kong hunting for Leiko but ends up finding Tarr and Reston who want him to help them fight terrorists; Her captors send Shang-Chi Leiko's severed hand in a box.
Genre kung fu
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Tom Grindberg
Inks Dave Cockrum
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters Agustin Mas

8 page The Thing story "The Measure of a Man!"

Characters The Thing; Fear Eater; Cameo flashbacks of Silver Surfer; The Captain [Steve Rogers]; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Human Torch; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Alicia Masters; Dr. Doom; Galactus
Synopsis The Fear Eater tries to feed off of The Thing.
Genre superhero
Script Al Milgrom
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom
Colors Greg Wright
Letters Jim Novak

1 page Wolverine; Master of Kung Fu; Man-Thing; Thor illustration "In Two Weeks..."

Characters Wolverine; Razorfist; Shang-Chi; Man-Thing; Thor
Genre superhero; kung fu; monster
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks P. Craig Russell
Letters Typeset
Notes Presents cover art for next issue.