Wolverine #112 - Marvel Comics Apr 1997, Agent of Evil — Black Costume, X-Men Banner, Newsstand (Single Issue)

He's not the hero right now. Wolverine #112 from Marvel Comics puts Logan in the black costume mid-lunge — a massive golden spiked villain erupting behind him, a grinning clown-faced antagonist leering from the lower right, the whole composition burning in purple, blue, red, and gold against a cover that commits fully to the chaos. Published April 1997 at $1.95 US, this Newsstand edition carries the Marvel Comics logo, the X-Men banner, the blue X-Men medallion logo, and the Comics Code Authority stamp. "Agent of Evil" — late-'90s Wolverine at its most visually unhinged.

What's Included:

• 📚 Wolverine #112 — Marvel Comics, April 1997 — Newsstand Edition — X-Men banner
• 🎨 $1.95 US / $2.70 CAN — Newsstand Edition with UPC barcode — Comics Code Authority stamp
• 🤖 Back cover: Carnage Heart — PlayStation / Sony / Atlus — "Build It. Program It. Unleash It." — design your own mechanized warrior, four body types, nine weapon systems — a mech-building PS1 strategy game ad on the back of a Wolverine comic, which is peak 1997 back cover energy

Issue Details:

• 🔪 Marvel Comics — Wolverine #112 — April 1997 — $1.95 US — Newsstand Edition
• 💥 Story: Agent of Evil — Wolverine in black costume, operating outside the X-Men's moral framework
• 🔥 Single issue — bagged for protection.

Why Collectors Love It:

The late-'90s Wolverine run leaned hard into Logan operating in moral grey zones, and "Agent of Evil" is the arc title that says the quiet part loud. The black costume cover is a visual statement — no yellow-and-blue, no X-Men branding on the suit, just claws and chaos and a golden villain that takes up half the frame. The UCI Comics Club interior spread is the time capsule: gocomics.com, signed variant comics, a Hellspace #1 signing in Long Island, Zen Intergalactic Ninja, May 3rd 1997 — the full texture of mid-'90s indie comics culture printed inside a Marvel newsstand book. The Carnage Heart back cover closes it out: "Not a place for the faint-of-heart, nor the weak-of-mind." Neither is this issue.

Condition Notes:

Shows wear consistent with age and storage — expect spine stress, corner wear, and cover scuffing as shown in photos. Interior pages bright with solid color retention. Bagged for protection.

Perfect For:

Wolverine run completists, black costume era collectors, Agent of Evil arc hunters, late-'90s Marvel X-Men series enthusiasts, Carnage Heart and PS1 gaming ephemera fans, and anyone who has ever wanted to be an agent of evil and found the job description surprisingly detailed.