Weapon X trade; Wolverine # 48-50
Similair to the "Rise of Apocalypse" entry, I decided to go ahead and backstep to the limited series that preludes to the story at hand. In this case, it's "Weapon X" by Brain Windsor Smith to "Shiva Scenario" by Larry Hama and Marc Silverstri.
"Weapon X" made me a Wolverine fan when I first read it. I'm not the biggest Wolverine fan, simply because a lot of writers don't write Wolverine in a way that I can relate to him. Claremont may have made him interesting, but I never really felt the character was all he's cracked up to be.
However, "Weapon X" changes all that. In this story, we learn the secret origin of Wolverine (well, part of it anyway). It turns out that he was captured years by a shady organization and is physically and mentally transformed into a living, breathing weapon.
We see Logan stripped down from being a human being into, really, an animal. It really puts Wolverine in a new light for me, making all of the stories that have come before hand stand on more solid ground. Within the context of the big picture, this story makes Wolverine into a better character. We now know that him being a jackass is for a good reason.
The art is amazing and the way that it flows with the writing is great synchorization. It's a brutal story. The POV of the Weapon X heads (the sympathetic Hines; Doctor Cornelius; and the Professor) make it even darker, given us an insight as to what is happening beyond Wolverine's prespective.
Logan eventually busts out of the programming and goes off into the woods.
So, with "Wolverine" # 48-50, we jump ahead a number of years. Wolverine and Jubilee return to the Weapon X project sight and Logan finds certain memories triggered by the sight of the place. However, as he continues to look around - and eventually as Jean and Xavier enter his mind - Wolverine finds that some of his memories aren't even real.
Eventually, it's revealed that Logan had memories implanted into his mind thanks to the Weapon X project. As he gets closer to discovering this, he's attacked by Weapon X's Shiva robot, which is a safety to keep the secrets of the project from getting out.
The "Shiva Scenario" is okay and adds some interesting elements to Wolverine's mythos, but it's not nearly as good as "Weapon X."
~W~
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