Weapon X-Men: The Real Thing

Weapon X-Men (2025) #1-5

by Joe Casey, ChrisCross (Illustrator), Mark Morales (Illustrator)

Wolverine, Deadpool, Cable, Chamber, and Thunderbird come together to form the most ruthless team of mutant anti-heroes the Marvel Universe has ever seen!

When a high-stakes mutant-rescue mission from the ultimate global hot spot exposes the true enemy — possibly from within — the members of an all-new team of all-action icons suddenly find themselves forged in fire. And the official membership policy is...no mercy allowed! But they’ll face a trial by fire when Baron Strucker and his new super-army set out to conquer the world! The threats only get bigger from there — and we mean big! Because when New York City finds itself under siege from the titanic technological terror known as Red Ronin — built to take on giant monsters to the death — the only heroes who stand in its way are the Weapon X-Men! But will they be able to work together without tearing each other apart first? And which member has already gone AWOL?

COLLECTING: Weapon X-Men (2025) 1-5

Genres: X Men, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Comics

120 pages, Paperback

Published October 14, 2025

About the author

Librarian note: there is more than one author with this name

Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a lot of fun with decent art. Kinda gutted it was only five issues, to be honest.

For those who care: this book contains a fairly major spoiler for One World Under Doom.

[Anna Quilter · Rating 3 out of 5]

trying to be something it's not..
but interesting for Chamber and Proudstars inclusion.

[Adam Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was very fun read! Action packed and though it has some effect on the continuity, it's not crazy important. Just a good read cover to cover.
Story: Weapon X-Men (Cable, Wolverine, Deadpool, Chamber, and Thunderbird) go on three adventures:
1) vs Baron von Strucker; who has been amassing adamantium to make robots to help him conquer the world. The team stops him and all robots but one, Weapon Exile, who contains the consciousness of Strucker. Definitely a future villain.
2) vs War-Devil; a giant mech piloted by a rogue O.N.E. officer. Easily defeated.
3) vs Thunderbird; their teammate has used Trevor Fitzroy to go back in time to where he died originally. The team uses a device borrowed from now-human Ben Grimm (guess I need to catch up on non-X-Titles!) and stops him from doing it, showing him it would have caused many problems.

Overall, a fun read. Hope this team sticks around for brief series like this every once in a while.
Recommend.

[Tor · Rating 1 out of 5]

I only picked this up for my boy Chamber. What an otherwise pointless read.

[Shivesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A perfectly serviceable and enjoyable read, not too simple and not convoluted. Too bad the title was abruptly canceled halfway through, otherwise I thought the second story arc was going somewhere interesting. This title is a victim of poor editorial, not the writing or art.

[Alex Sarll]

Obviously the subtitle The Real Thing is because, with excellent timing, this sees Wolverine, Deadpool, Cable, Chamber and Thunderbird star in a unique version of Tom Stoppard's 1982 play about love. Yes, that was a lie, but would it really be any sillier than a series which finished at #5 simply because editorial thought the writer only wanted to do a miniseries and nobody thought to check? Which is Joe Casey's version of the behind-the-scenes on this, and given the clusterfuck of the post-Krakoa X-books, I incline to believe him. So to some extent we're dealing with a fragment here, but a fun one, three issues of the mismatched team dealing with Strucker's latest insane plan for world domination, followed by two one-shots which could clearly have used more space and set up an enigmatic purpose for the group that will likely never be mentioned again. Still, Cross makes the carnage look good, and Casey remembers how much fun Wade's breaking the fourth wall can be, something a lot of team books in particular have tended to be shy of lately. Plus, pet character Chamber means Casey can cut loose with the UK English, and if some of it doesn't quite land right, it's worth it for the scene where a rampaging giant mech gets called a pillock.

[Joey Nardinelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was…fine? Felt like they were really grasping at straws for enemies here (a brother of a former one-off villain, and Baron Von Strucker? It’s definitely a weird team to bring in the Deadpool/Cable/Wolverine trio with Chamber and Thunderbird, but that seems to be the “throw spaghetti at the wall” approach of most Marvel lines right now. The problem is a lack of chemistry, a Cable who doesn’t have a lot to do, a Chamber sorely lacking motivation, and a very one-note “I am angry about my destiny” Thunderbird. I like that it’s aware of the current continuity just enough, but it also feels a bit isolated as a narrative. I’ll come back for the next issues if there are any, but the prospect of a nebulous threat + Strucker still running around isn’t exactly the cliffhanger ending to bring most readers back.

[Derek · Rating 3 out of 5]

A prime example of a series that was ended before its time. The first few issues do feel rather rote and unremarkable, it's true. But you can feel things beginning to coalesce in the second half of the collection -- and then it's over, with no second volume to come. It's a shame that the editorial brain trust at Marvel had so little faith in the concept or the creators.

[Jonathan Waugh · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s fine. Feels less like a new team and more like a Wolverine/Deadpool/Cable team up with two other characters added in. Chamber is an afterthought and the script is confusing. But the art looks nice!

[Omar Gómez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weapon X-Men: The Real Thing by Joe Casey
Calificación 2.8/5
Weapon X-Men #1 Calificación 3/5
Weapon X-Men #2 Calificación 2.5/5
Weapon X-Men #3 Calificación 2.5/5
Weapon X-Men #4 Calificación 2.5/5
Weapon X-Men #5 Calificación 3.5/5

[Nico Meyering · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’d love to read a Chamber and Proudstar book, but they’re drowned out by Wolverine and Deadpool teaming up for the billionth time.

Cable is here too, having only a slightly larger role than John and Jono.

[Jason · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.75
A couple ok issues. The rest was terrible. But the ending was the worst.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I often wonder if any of the other characters can hear or even pick up on when Deadpool starts going off on some fourth-wall-breaking shenanigans.

[Daniela Gomez · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not absolutely terrible, but ultimately rather pointless, since the plotlines set up here go nowhere (book was canceled after 5 issues). I wasn't a huge fan of the art, either.

[Paola Melendez · Rating 2 out of 5]

The artwork was great but the story left a lot to be desired.

[Rafael Suleiman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good graphic novel.

[Rickey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is just a fun, throwaway comic. Nothing epic happens, but it's still a lot of fun.

[Nate Deprey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why would Deadpool do what he did? When a series is based on a nonsensical character choice the whole thing gets off on the wrong foot and never rights itself.