John Buscema and his meeting with Wolverine.
First seeing the light of day in Adventure and the Wind Howling… Wendigo!, published in Incredible Hulk #180 (1974) by Lane Wayne and Herb Trimpe, which is the prelude to another comic we already had. Speaking of which, there are many screenwriters and artists who have been in charge of Wolverine’s adventures.
However, long-time readers will have no trouble knowing that John Buscema’s drawings, along with Cheers Claremont’s scripts, make this character’s adventures one of the best levels of the excellent Claw Mutant. But how did this artist manage the Wolverine graphic department? Keep reading this article to find out.
John Buscema has announced that he doesn’t like drawing Spider-Man, but the same hasn’t happened with Marvel’s First Family, the group he’s been in constant charge of since Adventures Homecoming, in Fantastic Four no. 296 (1986), ed. Jim Shooter and Stan Lee helmed the scripts, along with several artists until Crash in the Air, released in The Fantastic Four #309 (1987), written by Steve Englehart, who would have had the cover. Seen under this article, at which point John Buscema decided to leave the set.
This issue’s cover is a clear example of why John Buscema didn’t want to continue drawing The Fantastic Four. In his view, this team cannot exist without the original members, so the Human Torch and the thing continues, the Invisible Woman and above all Mr. Fantastic, replacing those who thought they were untouchable, with Crystal and Miss. Marvel has nothing to do with it. Although it is expected that over time, the water will return to normal, John Buscema did not expect the screenwriter at work to bring Reed and Susan Richard.
He also thought that the only Marvel woman worth paying attention to was Red Sonja, as he thought the rest were too bland, so it shouldn’t surprise us that he drew a team with half of its members. The most wanted.
However, John Buscema’s departure from the Fantastic Four collection made it necessary to maintain the drawings for another issue in order to meet the monthly quota of pages. Fortunately, at that time, considering the possibility of giving Wolverine his own collection, although they do not have a personal head for a while, although they have not been assigned an artist, so there is an option to entrust his work. Although John Buscema seems to be very effective, although at first, he is not too sure to admit it, in addition to not knowing the character very well, he does not know that he is loved by many Marvel fans.
However, when he found out that Chris Claremont would be the screenwriter, John Buscema thought the arguments were too good and became more interested in the project. Additionally, he wanted to draw a title that was a little removed from Marvel’s usual superhero maelstrom. To finish convincing him, the screenwriter decided to draw parallels between Wolverine and Conan, a detail that made John Buscema feel more comfortable.
Therefore, in 1988, the writer and artist released the Wolverine No. 1, in which you can read the adventure Sword Mission, as well as a second comic, without any title, completely carried out by John Byrne. You can see the cover of the mentioned issue below.
As an interesting fact, it should be noted that the paths of John Buscema and the marriage of Reed and Sue Richards crossed again in the adventure Inferno Squared, published in Avengers #299 (1989), as shown in the picture. Below, why screenwriter Walter Simonson decided to throw the likes of the Captain, Thor, and Gilgamesh into his version of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes with great swords. Even though John Buscema would love the chance to work with those pair of characters again, he still doesn’t seem to mind the publisher’s willingness to screw things up that way.
Still curious, John Buscema probably never would have taken to painting Wolverine’s head if he hadn’t come raging on the Fantastic Four set. It’s impossible to know whether we’ll win or lose with another artist, although we didn’t care at the time, and with John Buscema’s busy schedule, we didn’t consider the possibility of him falling through that set.