One of the runners up was Andy Olsen and his creation "The Wolverine".
Six months later, Incredible Hulk #180 with the first appearance of Wolverine, was published by Marvel The rest is history Bleeding Cool managed to track down Andy Olson and asked him what he remembered of that time He didn't hold back.
Funny how some[...]
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A couple of weeks ago, Bleeding Cool pointed out how there appeared to be an earlier version of Wolverine published by Marvel in 1973, sent in as a competition entry to their Friends Of Ol' Marvel magazine, from a young fellow called Andy Olsen Six months later, Marvel had published a new character, Wolverine, in[...]
Even an entry from Steve Rude! But also one from Andy Olsen…
The Wolverine A character who appears to have some kind of healing ability, or maybe a metal skeleton under his skin, being injected with something, and a tiger stripe on his face mask… oh you can read into it what you want[...]