The costume Wolverine first wore to clash with Hulk was different than the one he wore when joining the X-Men. That change is finally being explained.

After Wolverine faced off with Hulk for the first time in Logan’s very first appearance, the fan-favorite X-Man’s costume changed significantly in his following appearance. Well now one of Wolverine’s co-creators has returned to address the reason for this change.

Although they are two completely different types of characters, Wolverine and Hulk have had a longstanding feud and series of battles throughout Marvel’s history. Of course, Wolverine has his own foes similar in style to himself such as Sabretooth and Lady Deathstrike. Meanwhile, the Hulk has enemies centered around his gamma theme like the Leader and the Abomination. But since Wolverine made his first appearance in comics by fighting the Hulk, the two are inextricably linked to battle it out from time to time, and it is always a good showing.

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Their first fight in The Incredible Hulk #181 by Len Wein and Herb Trimpe concludes with Wolverine knocked out, but the Hulk and Wolverine are seen standing next to each other at the start of issue #182. The gap between these issues has never been explained, so Wolverine co-creator Roy Thomas is returning alongside artist Dave Wachter to tell the story in X-Men Legends #1. According to an interview with AIPT, Roy Thomas is also using this as an opportunity to explain how Wolverine showed up with a different costume in his next appearance in the landmark Giant Sized X-Men #1, which completely changed the legendary team’s original roster.

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