Lot #40: Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #4 (Marvel, 1984) Good-Very Good

- Title/Series: Kitty Pryde and Wolverine - Issue Number: #4 - Publisher: Marvel - Publication Date/Year: 1984 - Cover Price/Month: 1.00 / Feb - Format: Single issue (comic book) - Condition (surface & edges): Visible edge wear / corner wear; Good - Very Good - Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #4, a landmark issue in a six-issue limited series published by Marvel Comics with a cover date of February 1985. Key Details & Significance Creative Team: The series was written by the legendary Chris Claremont and featured pencils, inks, and cover art by Al Milgrom. The Cover Art: The cover dynamically illustrates a core training sequence from this chapter, depicting Wolverine standing behind a kneeling Kitty Pryde as she struggles to hold up the heavy honor sword of Clan Yoshida. The Plot ("Rebirth"): After being kidnapped and brutally brainwashed into a deadly assassin by the rogue ninja master Ogun, Kitty is rescued by Logan and his ally, Yukio. In this issue, Wolverine pushes Kitty through intensive physical and psychological martial arts training in Japan to help her break Ogun's mental conditioning. Character Evolution: This limited series is widely celebrated as the definitive turning point where Kitty Pryde transitions from her more naive teenage "Ariel" persona into a hardened, independent warrior, eventually adopting her iconic superhero codename, Shadowcat Pickup category timeslot {A}