WOLVERINE ’97 #1 – ANNUAL – 1ST VOLK – LEONARDO MANCO COVER – DIRECT – 1997

WOLVERINE ’97 #1 – ANNUAL – 1^ST VOLK – LEONARDO MANCO COVER – DIRECT

JANUARY 1997 – DIRECT EDITION

1^ST APPEARANCES – VOLK

CHARACTERS – Wolverine, Volk

STORYLINE – Heart of the Beast

During the Cold War, Logan took on an assignment to aid nuclear scientist Dimitri Suhkarov and his daughter Viktoria in their escape from the Soviet Union. At one point, Logan sent them ahead across a stone bridge while he lay in wait for their pursuers, Ilya Dubromovitch Skorzorki (code-named Volk) and three Russian soldiers.

Logan dispatched the soldiers, but was shot by the third before he killed him. Although his accelerated healing was repairing his wounds, he still wasn’t fully recovered when he caught up with Volk, and could not prevent him from killing Suhkarov. Volk’s mission completed, he allowed Logan and Viktoria to continue their escape.

PUBLISHER – MARVEL COMICS

WRITER – John Ostrander, Joe Edkin

INTERIOR ART – Leonardo Manco

COVER ART – Leonardo Manco