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Weapon x # 23: War of the programs...

ciarconn

12:10 / 14.05.04

Tieri tries to explain the connection between the different weapon X programs, the weapon plus program, John Sublime, the First super soldier and Mr Sinister. With a bit of retconning. Capitalizing or extrapolating from Morrison´s ideas...
Just thought some of you would be interested...
The story is a bit plain, but might get better, knowing Tieri... Mandrake´s pencils are good, particularly because they were directly scanned, not inked over.

FinderWolf

14:51 / 14.05.04

I skimmed this in the store out of curiosity to see Fantomex and what they did with him -- the whole "Roakoke" scrawled on the wall was weird - are they trying to tie this into 1602's Roanoke colony with Virginia??

But Tieri is pretty lame and I'm sure this story will not be worth really noticing.

Ed Mann

17:16 / 14.05.04

I picked this up because it looked interesting. Then I read it and didn't understand it at all! Maybe I need to be more familiar with a lot of these characters lurking around the history of the Marvel Universe. If anyone is willing to explain this story I would really appreciate it!

Jack Denfeld

07:12 / 15.05.04

I think it would be way too hard to explain. From reading issues at the bookstore, I see that this series is for continuity fans who kinda get all these easter eggs by seeing mutant hasbeens and throwaways from the days when there were 1,234 different X-Titles.

ciarconn

11:44 / 15.05.04

It's several long stories... but for starters try

here

and here (man has that gentlemutant lived...)

(look for weapon x program I)

hope it helps...

petar_g

00:16 / 02.06.04

Just read the first part, #23, with the second part soon to follow.

I loved it. Really, really enjoyed #23. Yes, it was a little convoluted at first as to who was who early on, but once you've grasped Sublime, the Professor and the Director, a second reading makes it even clearer.

As for the ending with the three former Weaponeers all finding "Roanoke"....that was excellent. Congrats to Frank Tieri.

Petar

FinderWolf

13:46 / 03.06.04

Yeah, I skimmed this in the store, what was up with the "Roanoke" reference? Tied into the Gaiman's 1602 or what?

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