The Incredible Hulk #181 — First Full Appearance of Wolverine, CGC 9.0

The Incredible Hulk #181, published on 10 November 1974, is the book in which Wolverine appears in full for the first time. After a single panel cameo in the preceding issue, the character stepped into a complete story — a three-way confrontation with Hulk and Wendigo — and the industry never quite returned to what it was before.

Written by Len Wein and drawn by Herb Trimpe, with Glynis Wein on colour, Artie Simek and Gaspar Saladino on lettering and Roy Thomas editing, the issue belongs to one of the strongest creative teams of the Bronze Age. Its importance is not only historical: Wolverine went on to become the spine of the X-Men franchise, and first appearances of that order underpin the most durable segment of the comic market. This copy is graded CGC Universal 9.0, a condition level that is scarce on a 1974 book and that keeps the piece firmly inside the collectible-grade bracket where serious buying happens.