Wolverine goes claw-to-tendril with Omega Red while flashing back to his old covert missions alongside Sabretooth and Maverick. Jim Lee art throughout, and the first appearance of Maverick (in flashback).
This listing is for X-MEN #5, “Blowback”, released December 17, 1991 (February 1992 cover date), in Good condition.
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Series: X-Men (Marvel, 1991 series)
Writers: John Byrne and Jim Lee
Pencils: Jim Lee
Inks: Joe Rubinstein, Art Thibert, Bob Wiacek and Scott Williams
Colors: Joe Rosas
Letters: Lois Buhalis and Tom Orzechowski
Cover artists: Jim Lee and Scott Williams
Format: Single-issue comic
Release date: December 17, 1991
Cover date: February 1992
Original cover price: $1.25 USD
Condition: Good (raw, ungraded back issue; not professionally graded)
Packing: Ships in a Gemini comic book mailer inside a poly bag.
Cover scan shown for reference; it is not a photograph of the individual copy.