Wolverine
​ Wolverine first appeared in the last panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 (his first full appearance is in issue #181, November 1974) and was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita, Sr., who designed the character, and was first drawn for publication by Herb Trimpe. Wolverine later joined the X-Men's "All New, All Different" roster in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). X-Men writer Chris Claremont played a significant role in the character's subsequent development, [2] along with artist/writer John Byrne, who insisted on making the character older than the other X-Men. Artist Frank Miller collaborated with Claremont and helped to revise the character with a four-part eponymous limited series from September to December 1982 in which Wolverine's catchphrase, "I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice,".
Meltdown was a four issue miniseries. Planet created a logo pin. Why they made one for such an obscure series, I don't know.
This is to show the size difference between the pin and the ear-ring. There is a badge version as well, which is about twice the size of the pin.
An example where Planet Studio's have used a cover as a basis for two pin designs. The title pin is to be found in X-Men.
Made in 1988. Planet pin #035
Made in 1991. Planet pin #153
Made in 1988. Planet pin #050. Meltdown was a four issue mini series staring Wolverine and Havok.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #025. Snikt is the sound Wolverine's claws make as they pop out.
Made in 1988. Planet pin #031
Made in 1993. Planet pin #199.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #292
Made in 1990. Planet pin #110
Made in 1994. Planet pin #336 This image is in the style of the top left corner logo of the front page. I can't find any examples of this image being used though. Planet Made two other examples like this of the Hulk and Spider-Man.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #225
Made in 1993. Planet pin #265a - not on inventory list but Planet, if they made an ear ring version of a larger pin, used that inventory number and added an "a".
Made in 1993. Planet pin #265. This image appeared sometimes in the Uncanny X-men on the first page as a sort character rotas as to whom would be in that issue. I've seen this in three sizes, large badge, pin and ear-ring.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #368
Made in 1995. Planet pin #302
Made in 1993. Planet pin #304
Made in 1995. Planet pin #373
Made in 1988. Planet pin #252
Made in 1990. Planet pin #105
Made in 1991. Planet pin #187
Made in 1994. Planet pin #M1-16 Another example where Planet have used the basic figure of a earlier pin to create a new one. Unfortunately this isn't a nice pin, a soft enamel type with a very thick border and a cheap yellow pin clasp.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #282
Made in 1993. Planet pin #M16 wolverine panel. Cheap and nasty - a soft enamel type pin on very thin metal and even the pin clasp is cheap, a yellow rubber type instead the normal metal one.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #M1-1 wolverine badge. Cheap and nasty - a painted type pin on very thin metal and even the pin clasp is cheap, a yellow rubber type instead the normal metal one. Go to the bottom of the Marvel Comics Pins for more about series #1 pins.
Made in 1993. Planet pin # Xbox2a Wolverine on X number two. Part of the X-Men Collector Pin Set #1. Painted type pin.
Made in 1993. Planet pin #Xbox3a Wolverine on X number three. Part of the X-Men Collector Pin Set #2. Painted type pin.
Not a pin I own, so unsure of the date. Ithink this is pin #A007, a photo etched pin, but it could also be pin #BP15. The image is swiped from the cover of the X-Men issue #11.
Made in 1992. Planet pin #197
Made in 1992. Planet pin #242. Several characters appeared in Santa hat's - the Thing, Punisher, Spider-Man, Venom and the Incredible Hulk.
Made in 1987. Planet pin #004. This is one of the very first pins Planet produced.
Made in 1990. Planet pin # 098
Made in 1991. Planet pin #148. Swiped from the cover of Wolverine #27.
Made in 1987. Planet pin #006
Made in 1992. Planet pin #005. I always like how Planet re-use an image, adding something extra each time.
Made in 1991. Planet pin #155
Made in 1990. Planet pin #A007 Wolverine
Made in 1989. Planet pin #075
Made in 1995. Planet pin #369. This image is taken from the cover of "X-men : Alpha" issue #1 - which marked the start of the Age of Apocalypse storyline (Mutant time traveler goes back and kill Professor X leaving Apocalypse to take over - old heroes have been changed.)
Made in 1995. Planet pin #MPG2A wolverine for watch box. Sold only in a Wolverine box set.
Made in 1989. Planet pin #052. There are three versions of this pin - zinc base, copper base... and this one, Wolverine smoking. Ibelieve this is the rarest of the three varients. The full quote is " I'm the best there is at what I do. But what I do best isn't very nice", from the X-Men issue #162. The image is of Wolverine as Patch, an alias he used while in Madripoor.
Made in 1991. Planet pin #052. There are three versions of this pin - zinc base, copper base... and smoking. The full quote is " I'm the best there is at what I do. But what I do best isn't very nice", from the X-Men issue #162. The image is of Wolverine as Patch, an alias he used while in Madripoor.
Made in 1994. Planet pin #347
Made in 1990. Planet pin #112. Interestingly this has "Hero vs Hero 81" printed on the back with the date and copyright - I brought some pins from eBay and the seller quoted the pin number - when I asked about it he said it was the on a list of the pin designs produced i.e. this is the 81 pin design Planet made. He wasn't able to give much more information than that.
Made in 1990. Planet pin #125. Interestingly this has "Hero vs Hero 82" printed on the back with the date and copyright - I brought some pins from eBay and the seller quoted the pin number - when I asked about it he said it was the on a list of the pin designs produced i.e. this is the 81 pin design Planet made. He wasn't able to give much more information than that.
There are three types of this pin - Smoking (1992), zinc (1994) and copper (1995) Many thanks to Adam Konkle for this information.