WOLVERINE ’96 #1 – ANNUAL – 1ST APPEARANCE – THE LAST RONIN – MICHAEL GOLDEN COVER – 1996

WOLVERINE ’96 #1 – ANNUAL – 1^ST APPEARANCE – THE LAST RONIN – MICHAEL GOLDEN COVER

OCTOBER 1996 – DIRECT EDITION

1^ST APPEARANCES – GENERAL HIRITO

CHARACTERS – Wolverine, Sunfire, Bastion, Kingpin, Red Ronin, Yukio, General Hirito, Amiko Kobayashi, Mariko Yashida, Silver Samurai

STORYLINE – The Last Ronin; The Golden Temple

THE LAST RONIN Location: Japan

Wolverine is sitting before the grave of his beloved Mariko Yashida and contemplating his past. He is lost in his thoughts, when suddenly he picks up a familiar scent. He whirls ’round to see the Silver Samurai. Wolverine gets ready to attack but Silver Samurai stops him by saying that he is not here to fight. He says that the Japanese Government has captured Sunfire, after he recently lost control over his powers, almost blowing up Manhattan.

PUBLISHER – MARVEL COMICS

WRITER – Jeph Loeb, Ralph Macchio, Joe Kelly

INTERIOR ART – Ed McGuinness, Nathan Massengill, Norman Lee, Tommy Lee Edwards, Richard Case

COVER ART – Michael Golden