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Issue: Wolverine Epic Collection #2
Publication Date: January 2002
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Issues: #2 of 10 Issues (13 Printings)
Title: Back to Basics
Is Variant Variant: Second Edition
Rating: T+
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/2022
Volume: 2
Pages: 468
ISBN: 9781302946937
UPC/EAN: 978130294693753999
Price: $50.00 CAD
$39.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T+
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
53 (16 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Collects Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #17-30, Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection (Marvel, 1989 series), and Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure (Marvel, 1990 series).
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; glossy interiors
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Back to Basics

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Image taken from the cover of Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #17.
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Wolverine

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Back to Basics

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The Scorpio Connection

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; Nick Fury; Scorpio II
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Feature(s): Nick Fury
Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; Nick Fury; GUESTS: Dum Dum Dugan; Val De Fontaine; SHIELD; VILLAINS: Scorpio II [Mikel Fury]; Amber D'Alexis (Death); Arcade; Miss Locke; CAMEOS: Colossus; Dazzler; Rogue; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Jacob Fury [Scorpio I]
First Line: Dreamtime, David Nanjiwarra thought as he began the final ten minutes of his life.
Synopsis: Someone dressed as Scorpio and using the powerful Scorpio Key is knocking off SHIELD operations and Wolvie and Fury try to get to the bottom of who is impersonating Fury's long dead brother.
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The Jungle Adventure

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; Apocalypse
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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: Tribe of Savage Land People; VILLAINS: Apocalypse; Apocalypse Robot; Honker of Doom (a dinosaur); CAMEO: Baby Logan
First Line: Listen, O people of the tribe of fire
Synopsis: Wolverine is in the Savage Land chasing down a lost lighter given to him by Nick Fury when he runs smack into a secret lair of Apocalypse protected by a robotic dinosaur. He takes a little time off from bringing down the villain to father a son with one of the natives of the Savage Land.
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Disclose Notes: Signed John "Never Say Never Again" Byrne
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Basics!

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: Daredevil (flashback); Storm; Gateway; Tyger Tiger; Archie Corrigan; O'Donnell; Tai; VILLAINS: Roughouse; Geist; General Coy; The Prince; Bloodscream; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Lord Shingen; Mariko Yashida
Synopsis: Geist kidnaps Roughouse to perform drug experiments on him. Wolverine decides to help out an old foe.
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The Wrath of Roughouse!

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All at Sea

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: Sister Salvation; Archie Corrigan; Tyger Tiger; O'Donnell; VILLAINS: Roughouse; Geist; Felix Caridad; General Coy; The Prince; CAMEOS: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Nuke
Synopsis: Wolverine tries to save Roughouse from the clutches of Geist but fails.
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Death Is a Man Called Tiger Shark!

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Heroes & Villains

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; La Bandera; Sister Salvation; VILLAINS: Roughouse; Tiger Shark; Geist; Felix Caridad; CAMEOS: Kingpin; Dr. Doom; Red Skull; Magneto; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Tiger Shark is hired to take on Wolverine. On the trail of Roughouse, Wolverine stumbles across a revolution in Tierra Verde.
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Miracles

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: La Bandera; Sister Salvation; VILLAINS: Roughouse; Tiger Shark; Geist; Felix Caridad
Synopsis: Wolverine tussles with Tiger Shark. Roughouse is freed but has been injected with drugs that are killing him.
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Disclose Notes: Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight #26.
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A Wolverine Gallery

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Battleground

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: La Bandera; Sister Salvation; VILLAINS: Roughouse; Geist; Spore; Felix Caridad; CAMEOS: Havok; Colossus; Psylocke; Dazzler; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Daredevil; Eternals; Deviants; Celestial; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Wolvie has been injected by Caridad's cocaine and it takes all of the strength of Roughouse and all of the healing powers of Sister Salvation to snap him out of it. During his fever dreams, Wolverine discovers that the cocaine is powered by the Deviant creation known as Spore.
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This Time It's Real... Spore!

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Outburst!

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: La Bandera; Sister Salvation; VILLAINS: Roughouse; Geist; Spore; Felix Caridad; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Mariko Yashida; Deviants
Synopsis: Caridad is transformed into Spore and Wolverine has to defeat him.
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Disclose Notes: Signed "Byrne and Mac" (for Macintosh)
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Endings

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: La Bandera; Sister Salvation; VILLAINS: Roughouse; Geist; Spore (Death); CAMEOS: General Coy; The Prince; Magneto
Synopsis: After Spore is defeated and the revolution is complete in Tierra Verde, Wolverine heads back to Madripoor before he gets pulled into the politics of peace. Wolvie has a little talk with General Coy and the Prince. Magneto has a little talk with the Nazi criminal Geist.
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Snow Blind

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; VILLAIN: Snow Queen
Synopsis: Wolverine helps a street kid who has stolen a bomb from the assassin who is trying to get it back.
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Heir Aid

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: Mr. Morrow; Gabriel Morrow; Mr. Piggot
Synopsis: Wolverine tells Gabriel a bedtime story of a boy raised by wolverines.
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A Memory of Peace-- A Taste of Death!

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Memory of Peace

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: Bando Saburo; VILLAINS: Gene Claymore; Masaki Weston
Synopsis: Wolverine recovers a valuable family heirloom in honor of an old friend who was killed because of it.
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A Wolverine Gallery

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The Lazarus Project Part One

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The Lazarus Project Part 1: Predators and Prey!

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Character(s): Wolverine [Logan]; GUESTS: Jessica Drew; Lindsay McCabe; Tyger Tiger; Karma; VILLAINS: General Coy; The Prince; Pinocchio Robot; CAMEO FLASHBACK: New Mutants [Cannonball; Sunspot; Rahne Sinclair [Wolfsbane]; Dani Moonstar]
Synopsis: Jessica gets beaten up in a fight with a robot. She and Lindsay return to the USA. Wolvie tracks down the robot and during a brutal fight, gets acid thrown in his face. He leaps out a window and into the sea, barely escaping with his life.
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The Lazarus Project Part Two

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The Lazarus Project The Stranger

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; GUEST: Karma; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Pinocchio Robot
Synopsis: Wolverine washes up on the shores of Rumika with no memory of who he is. He befriends the villagers but cannot stop them from being slaughtered by soldiers who have come to take the Master Form, a mysterious artifact the villagers have been protecting. Wolvie is shot in the head and his memory returns.
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The Lazarus Project Part Three

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The Lazarus Project The Road Back

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; GUEST: Karma; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Tyger Tiger; The Prince; Jessica Drew [Spider-Woman]; Lindsay McCabe; General Coy; Pinocchio Robot
Synopsis: Wolvie and Karma try to figure out why the people of Rumika were slaughtered for an artifact called the Master Form and all roads lead back to Madripoor.
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The Lazarus Project Part Four

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The Lazarus Project - Conclusion Family Matters

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Character(s): FEATURE: Wolverine [Logan]; GUEST: Karma; VILLAINS: General Coy; Pinocchio Robot
Synopsis: Wolvie and Karma return to Madripoor to get to the bottom of the mystery of the Master Form. Wolverine once again battles the Pinocchio Robot but finds that there is an innocent young man trapped inside of it. Karma has it out with her uncle.
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The Mutant Report

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The Mutant Report

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The Many Faces of Wolverine!

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Disclose Notes: Essential Wolverine (Marvel, 1996 series) vol.1 TPB (2nd Edition) cover sans text and logo.
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Disclose Notes: Original art from Wolverine (Marvel, 1988 series) #17 page 4, #18 page 10, and cover of #22.

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