Comic Legends: The Racy Wolverine Cover That Got Past Marvel Editorial
Todayās CBR article byĀ Brian Cronin
āThe sixth issue of the Wolverine ongoing that launched in 2003 was a great issue. Written by Greg Rucka and drawn by Darick Robertson and Tom Palmer, it showed Wolverine sharing a drink with his old friend, Nightcrawler, in the wake of the traumatic experience that Wolverine went through in the opening arc of Rucka and Robertsonās series.Ā
Itās a touching examination of the power of friendship. Top notch work from Rucka and Robertson.
Hereās the funny thing, though. Check out the cover by superstar comic book painter Esab Ribic (who drew Secret Wars in 2015), who had only begun to work for Marvel in 2001 when he filled in for Paul Smith on the back-end of Joe Caseyās X-Men: Children of the Atom.ā
āRecently, I did a list about 15 comic book covers that surprisingly made it past the censors. This cover would definitely belong along those other covers featured.
Now, you might say, āOkay, Brian, I get it, the beer bottle is an erection. However, are you sure youāre not just reading into this cover?ā
Thatās a fair question to ask. A couple of years back, Allie from Maxmioffed posted the cover image in question and wrote,Ā
āKurtās clearly naked
Loganās glaring at his dick
Classic porn cover poses
@Esad Ribic explain yourself pleaseā
The great Jill Pantozzi then re-posted it and added,
Greg Rucka then re-posted Jillās re-post and added the following,
Ā āAlso please note the placement of the beer bottle.
I once was at a show where I asked Esad about this cover.
Esad is a big, cheerful, man with a wicked sense of humor.
He just looked at me.
And then he smiled.
And the smile got bigger.
And bigger.
And he said, āAnd nobody at Marvel noticed!ā
And then he couldnāt stop laughing.ā
Thatās hilarious.
So, yeah, it was intentional. Thatās awesome. I love that Axel Alonso (editor on the series) approved the cover.
Thanks to my pal Jude D. for suggesting this one! Rich Johnston wrote about this in the past. (BleedingCool: Esad Ribicās Gay Porn Wolverine Cover That Marvel Never Noticed)ā
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@maxximoffed your post is still famous :D
And I canāt believe that the writer himself confirmed it! :āDDD
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