Over the years, there are a few titles bearing the wordings of Weapon X but honestly, this is the main one that while featuring Wolverine, is still totally different because it was during the original Age of Apocalypse run ... where after the nightmare that happened and the world changed selected X-Men titles at that time was cancelled and replaced with these where the X-characters are now living in an alternate world with no idea of what happened ... and as readers at that time, this was an unprecendented stunt where we had no idea how long this mode was going to run for ... so it was an exciting time to be a reader ...
Adam Kubert delivers some awesome covers ... while his interiors ain't sloppy either ... hahaha!
Anyway, this issue opens right smack in the thick of matters with no background story and all you need to know is that the world has gone over to Apocalypse and his horsemen and they have been slowly taking over the entire globe with pockets of human resistance fleeing to some free zones in Europe
In this issue, Wolverine has already lost a hand that never re-grow for whatever reason and he and Jean are part of a tag-team duo that goes out to be saboteurs and agents etc for the human faction. So we see the opening sequences of them in the midst of action before flying on the backs of Sentinels back to their own base. Unfortunately, the bad guys here are not like the 616 and they do not hold back punches. So when they strike back, casualties abound
We also see the Summers brothers being loyal to Apocalypse being magistrates i.e. officers in the enforcement of the will of Apocalypse
So where will this tale lead? It is a good enough opener that makes you wonder and come back for the next instalment, that's for sure
Ratings: 7/10
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