You see, Claremont and John Byrne, back when they were working ... in the middle of two major storylines for both the Hulk ...

As Deadpool notes, the Wolverine he encounters in the woods is sporting the John Byrne-inspired brown costume. Wolverine's first appearance in Marvel Comics came briefly in The Incredible Hulk ...

The shirtless, feral Incredible Hulk paused his fight with the “John Byrne Wolverine” so he could throw Deadpool back through the TVA doorway. Hulk not smash. Hulk evict. Paradox and his team ...

Use your judgment on what constitutes a single issue or multi-issue story, and a "Wolverine" story versus an "X-Men" story.

Creativity collaboration can be tough, like in the clashes between artist and writer on X-Men, changing Wolverine's skeleton backstory. One legendary squabble saw John Byrne use Wolverine's death ...

Mike Washburn notes that the original comic said Wolverine VS. Hercules... That definitely does make a much better case for this one. The next option is 1980's X-Men #133 (by John Byrne ...