I mentioned Madripoor in the earlier Wolverine thread, but there's more going on in those first solo stories than Logan putting on an eyepatch and hanging around a bar.

I mentioned Madripoor in the earlier Wolverine thread, but there's more going on in those first solo stories than Logan putting on an eyepatch and hanging around a bar. Marvel Comics Presents #1–10, "Save the Tiger," gives him an ongoing problem with the people running the place. Then Wolverine #1–8 keeps adding people who have their own reasons to be there. Some are friends, some are useful, and some will hurt him if it gets them what they want. It also puts him in a position where winning a fight doesn't settle who is going to be in charge afterward. He's getting involved in local business, and that business is still there when the fight ends.