X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse: Weapon X

Weapon X (1995) #1-4

by Larry Hama, Adam Kubert (Artist), Karl Kesel (Artist)

Gold Edition TPB. Collects Weapon X (1995 1st Series) #1-4. Written by Larry Hama. Art by Adam Kubert. Wolverine's story during the Age of Apocalypse... co-starring Jean Grey! Softcover, 96 pages, full color.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, X Men, Marvel, Fiction

Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

Larry Hama is an American writer, artist, actor and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s.

During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live, and appeared on Broadway in two roles in the original 1976 production of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.

He is best known to American comic book readers as a writer and editor for Marvel Comics, where he wrote the licensed comic book series G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero, based on the Hasbro action figures. He has also written for the series Wolverine, Nth Man: the Ultimate Ninja, and Elektra. He created the character Bucky O'Hare, which was developed into a comic book, a toy line and television cartoon.

Reviews

[Tim B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was close to giving this one a three, but decided it was better than that. Wolverine is a lot like his 616 counterpart, except with a required love of Jean Grey. Then Jean runs off and you don’t really see her again. The action sequences were alright, and did not distract from the emotion of the plot. Brian Braddock plays a big role, which is great to see, except he is nothing like his 616 counterpart. He is basically all the negative elements of Tony Stark’s personality. A lot is going on in this one and it is good at painting a dismal world.

[Timo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Olipas se huomattavasti parempi kuin muistinkaan. Todella fast-action-speed-metal-meininkiä ja vähemmän järkeilyä, tunteilua ja selittelyä kuin X-sarjakuvissa yleensä. Oikein mainio.

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's no doubt.
Wolverine is the best..

[Pete Lacrosse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably the best ever marvel mini series

[Jeff Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

He's the best there is at what he does, and what he does isn't very nice, bub. However, in the Age of Apocalypse, where the Darwinian despot has taken over much of the planet in the dead Charles Xavier's absence (he was killed twenty years in the past by his time-traveling, misguided son, Legion), Wolverine is known as Weapon X, and he's a rebel and a freedom fighter who only feels true loyalty to the love of his life, Jean Grey. This is a different take on Wolverine in this four-issue departure from his regular series during the AoA storyline, but with Larry Hama as writer and Adam Kubert as spectacular penciler, they reveal that this Logan is every bit the haunted hunter of a hero that our Wolverine has always been, even with one less hand than his main universe counterpart. Logan and Jean have been aiding the Human High Council in London, as they prepare to launch one last, desperate strike on New York City, the heart of Apocalypse's empire, and along the way, Weapon X must deal with the departure of his love as she strikes out on her own, a search of the bleak Wundagore Mountain (former home to the X-Men), and being stalked by Donald Pierce and his fellow murderous cyborgs! I may not have enjoyed it QUITE as much as Astonishing & Amazing X-Men, but this was still a great part of the Age of Apocalypse saga.

[Erik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although it's been done countless times in superhero comics, the idea for the Age of Apocalypse is a pretty good one. Familiar characters that are a little different to what we're used to in a setting that's completely differenet to the normal one. It gives writers a chance to do things with the characters they'd otherwise never be allowed to do and artists get a chance to redesign everything. Of course the problem with all of the Age of Apocalypse stories is they're about as 90's as comics get in both story and art. Putting Jean and Logan together is the most obvious change for the new world. Like the other series though, characters and relationships take a backseat to the action, which is only mildly interesting.

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolverine's solo comic turns into Weapon X for the Age of Apocalypse event. Larry Hama still writing and Adam Kubert still drawing. I always prefer Adam over Andy, so the art's pretty good here.

So this title of course follows Weapon X (normally Wolverine) as he helps the United Europe in trying to fight (nuke) Apocalypse over in the US. In this universe he did get Jean, so she's around for some of the book. Overall this didn't feel like a complete story compared to some of the other books. It is entertaining in what it does, but you don't feel you get the proper conclusions to your story.

[Keeno · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite stories for Logan. I don't personally have the Gold Deluxe but I have the individual issues of this arc.I think that both the story and the art are amazing.