The pick is officially announced.
Weapon X by writer/artist Barry Windsor-Smith.
Since there are a lot of books w/ the "Weapon X" branding on it this is the trade I am referring to.
http://www.instocktrades.com/TP/Marvel/WOLVERINE-WEAPON-X-TP-NEW-PTG/JAN092592It sales for $10.53
If you have orders over $50.00 it is free shipping.
The book will be discussed in depth so if you have not read said book it could likely be spoiled for you. Please read the book in question ie Weapon X first. Thank you.Thanks everyone.
Matthew
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Matthew
Talk about confusing...
Matthew
On re-reading, I found myself being intrigued by Windsor Smith's delivery of word boxes on the page. they would often swoop around the page in an arc, so sometimes you'd have to read the word box below the one above to make sense of the dialogue, even now I think that's quite unique, but it flowed well with the action. I'd love to see this recolored now, as that's the only thing that feels 'dated' about it reading it today.
I'm only a few chapters in, but am impressed with how much Windsor-Smith is putting into the story, particularly that prologue chapter. I'm not sure when I read this last (possibly I've only read it once or twice back when it was originally published), but I certainly don't remember taking the time to read all of the background information BWS put into the imagery with the computer screens and police reports. I know I didn't read that stuff when I first read this, because I was surprised to discover, from an interview BWS did, that Logan is portrayed as an alcoholic in the series. And to be fair, I read this early in my collecting history.
Anyway. I am reading the original MCP issues, which I had to hunt down and re-purchase a few years ago when I found myself wanting to add this back to my collection but discovered that BWS was unhappy with the collected edition because he had specifically colored it with newsprint in mind, and when Marvel collected it they put it on glossy paper but didn't recolor it. With that in mind, I'd be interested in hearing what anyone who's reading the collection thinks of the coloring.
chris
One thing I really like so far is when people interrupt each other instead of cutting of mid-sentence they just overlap the word balloons. Don't think I've seen that technique and it stands out to me.
Still getting into the meat of the story so far but I'm enjoying it.
But it would not work if anyone else colored it.
THe story was strong and interesting. It has so much emotion.
The art carries it successfully.
This, to me, is THE wolverine story. It hits so many beats that form Logan into a complete person.
I liked Hines as well and Cornelius. Because of that I had to keep on reminding myself that as likeable as I found them, they were still horrible people for working on this. Doing that to another person.
Was it ever revealed who the Professor was working for?
I don't think I liked Experiment X's ability to have his pain channel through their computer system and I think what I didn't like the most about it was that it seemed like they used it for a short period of time and decided they didn't like it either and abandoned the idea.
One thing I have to ask though. In the original MCP issues, the final chapter is a triple-sized 24 pages, but the end comes 16 pages in as Wolverine's claws are slicing through the steel door that leads to the room where the Professor, Dr. Cornelius, and Miss Hines are. Is this the actual ending in the collection? Because after it says "the end" there's an interlude chapter that finishes off that final issue's chapter. It was very odd, and was obviously out of place, but I don't know why it was there and not at some point earlier in the story. I'll have to rummage through my boxes again to pull out the issue and scan some pages so you can see what I'm talking about. I'm very curious about this.
5/5
chris
In the back of the collection, after the cover gallery, there is also Windsor-Smith's 5-page sequence created for Wolverine #166 (2001), depicting someone's memory of what happened back then.
I wanted to learn more of Wolverine's escape, googled and found this:
wolverine-escape-from-weapon-x
I was amazed to learn that so many books over so many years have covered Wolverine's escape from Weapon X. Just awesome!
Wolverine Chris Claremont Frank Miller 4 part miniseries & Uncanny X-Men 172-73
Wolverine & Kitty Pryde 6 part mini
& give Marvel Comics Presents Wolverine vol. 1 a try as well.
Rating a solid 5 stars.
I will definitely read this again in the future.
Thanks for everyone's comments & participation in this.
Matthew
chris
Matthew