| Issue | #40 |
| Published | December 1989 |
| Cover Price | 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Terry Kavanagh; Kelly Corvese (Assistant); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief) |
| Characters | Wolverine; Mai; Wonder Man; Hercules; Overmind |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Marshall Rogers |
| Inks | Marshall Rogers |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Wraparound cover |
| Characters | Wolverine; Mai; H'siao; Ch'un; Black Shadow; White Shadow |
| Synopsis | After recovering from a battle between Black Shadow and White Shadow, Wolvie decides to stay and help Mai against the monsters. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Marv Wolfman |
| Pencils | John Buscema |
| Inks | John Buscema |
| Colors | Nel Yomtov |
| Letters | Phil Felix |
| Characters | Wonder Man; Enchantress; Johnny Carson; Ed McMahon; Beast |
| Synopsis | The Beast battles Wondy on the set of the Tonight Show and Simon brutally cuts down his old friend; Simon's new gal pal is revealed to be the Enchantress. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Michael Higgins |
| Pencils | Javier Saltares |
| Inks | Jose Marzan |
| Colors | Tom Vincent |
| Letters | Ken Lopez |
| Characters | Hercules; Arimathes; Skyppi; Recorder; Layana; Akooti; Malicon; Viperus; 2 More Assassins |
| Synopsis | Replacing her son with Skyppi the Skrull, Layana sends assassins to take down Herc and Arimathes. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bob Layton |
| Pencils | Bob Layton |
| Inks | Bob Layton |
| Colors | Brad Vancata |
| Letters | John Workman |
| Characters | the Overmind |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Scott Lobdell |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Jeff Albrecht |
| Colors | Cheryl Van Valkenberg |
| Letters | Diana Albers |
| Characters | Wolverine; Hercules; Wonder Man; Mystique; Destiny; Blob; Pyro; Avalanche |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Steve Purcell |
| Inks | Steve Purcell |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Presents cover art for next issue; The Wolverine "front cover" published on issue #41 is significantly different from the image that appears here. |