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Summary: A bit inferior to the traditional Weapon-X story
Review: "Return to Weapon X" is the 2nd trade paperback in the Ultimate X-Men series from Marvel, and covers Ultimate X-Men issues 7-12. This book features the popular "Weapon-X" storyline from the traditional X-men comics, with some drastic changes. Purists of the X-Men will probably be very upset, and those that are relatively new to the X-Men (like myself), will be a bit let down. The new Weapon-X storyline that writer Mark Millar has decided to create is just not as good as the original. "Weapon-X" was one of the main sagas in X-Men, if not all of the Marvel Universe. I didn't read X-Men, but I can remember the excitement surrounding this storyline and how much it made me want to start reading X-comics. Millar's version of it is rather boring, and there is too much of a focus on the other mutants rather than how Weapon-X relates to Wolverine. Wolverine's past is explored much more in later issues of "Ultimate," and I feel it was just a bit too soon in this new series to explore it. It all leads up to an anti-climatic finish with some rather large holes that don't make much sense.The storyline is written by Mark Millar and most of it is pencilled by Adam Kubert, who has done a decent job with the X-Men in my opinion. While it's not the best storyline featured in Ultimate X-Men, I would recommend anyone who enjoys the series to pick it up, but I would encourgae you to start with the first book "The Tomorrow People" and reading the series in order. If you have a limited budget though and can't purchase all the books, you won't really be missing much by skipping this one.
Rating:
Summary: A bit inferior to the traditional Weapon-X story
Review: "Return to Weapon X" is the 2nd trade paperback in the Ultimate X-Men series from Marvel, and covers Ultimate X-Men issues 7-12. This book features the popular "Weapon-X" storyline from the traditional X-men comics, with some drastic changes. Purists of the X-Men will probably be very upset, and those that are relatively new to the X-Men (like myself), will be a bit let down. The new Weapon-X storyline that writer Mark Millar has decided to create is just not as good as the original. "Weapon-X" was one of the main sagas in X-Men, if not all of the Marvel Universe. I didn't read X-Men, but I can remember the excitement surrounding this storyline and how much it made me want to start reading X-comics. Millar's version of it is rather boring, and there is too much of a focus on the other mutants rather than how Weapon-X relates to Wolverine. Wolverine's past is explored much more in later issues of "Ultimate," and I feel it was just a bit too soon in this new series to explore it. It all leads up to an anti-climatic finish with some rather large holes that don't make much sense. The storyline is written by Mark Millar and most of it is pencilled by Adam Kubert, who has done a decent job with the X-Men in my opinion. While it's not the best storyline featured in Ultimate X-Men, I would recommend anyone who enjoys the series to pick it up, but I would encourgae you to start with the first book "The Tomorrow People" and reading the series in order. If you have a limited budget though and can't purchase all the books, you won't really be missing much by skipping this one.
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Summary: The Weapon-X Program "recruits" the X-Men
Review: Despite the title and the cover art for this second trade paperback volume in the "Ultimate X-Men" series (collecting issues 7-12), "Return to Weapon X" does not focus on the character of Wolverine. True, he is a key part of the solution for the predicament our Merry Mutants have found themselves in this time around, but Weapon X is now a big time secret government program run under the auspices of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury that has a rather impressive little roster of mutants in its service: Juggernaut, Rogue, Nightcrawler, and Sabertooth. Think of them as the government's answer to the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and that pretty much accounts for all of the mutants belonging to groups at this point in the series. Despite being on a first name basis with the President of the United States, Xavier's School for Gifted Children is hit by Colonel Wraith and his shock troops, both human and mutant. Now Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and the others will serve the greater good and help the government fight fire with fire (the only good mutant is a mutant with a neural implant). Of course, since this is a comic book, the person in charge of this government program is psychotic and perfectly willing to do anything to do anything to get the job done (or did I mention already that Wraith was in charge?). The main part of the story arc has to do with the X-Men regaining their freedom, but this is also mixed up with Wolverine's search for his past and Nick Fury's search for an illegal genetic operation violating the Superhuman Test-Ban Treaty. I think that one of the main strengths of the Ultimate comic books is that they emphasize story arcs that take multiple issues (six in this case) so that a dozen issues into the series we have only dealt with two major stories instead of a self-contained episode with a new villain every single month. This should help the well from running dry too quickly. Writer Mark Millar along with Penciller Adam Kubert (with Tom Raney & Tom Derenick) and Inker Art Thibert (with Scott Hanna, Joe Kubert, Danny Miki, & Lary Stucker) are having fun tweaking the "original" X-Men stories and creating some new dynamics (e.g., Storm is interested in Hank McCoy, Nightcrawler does not speak English) so I think that those who have been reading the X-Men since issue #1 of "The Uncanny X-Men" (or issue #1 of "The Giant-Size X-Men") will enjoy the differences more than neophytes and appreciate the way key stories resonant (e.g., Jean Grey is Marvel Girl and not Phoenix when she steps over the line this time around). "Return to Weapon X" is not as good as the first volume in the series, but it is hard to compete with Magneto when you talking about the X-Men, whichever version of the group is involved. Millar's story is certainly complex enough and you can see all sorts of things being set up for down the road. As long as you are not offended by the very existence of the series, you should find "Ultimate X-Men" or any of the other titles in the Marvel series to be at least entertaining and quite possibility compelling. At the very least, you should be able to appreciate the tweaking.
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Summary: The Weapon-X Program "recruits" the X-Men
Review: Despite the title and the cover art for this second trade paperback volume in the "Ultimate X-Men" series (collecting issues 7-12), "Return to Weapon X" does not focus on the character of Wolverine. True, he is a key part of the solution for the predicament our Merry Mutants have found themselves in this time around, but Weapon X is now a big time secret government program run under the auspices of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury that has a rather impressive little roster of mutants in its service: Juggernaut, Rogue, Nightcrawler, and Sabertooth. Think of them as the government's answer to the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and that pretty much accounts for all of the mutants belonging to groups at this point in the series. Despite being on a first name basis with the President of the United States, Xavier's School for Gifted Children is hit by Colonel Wraith and his shock troops, both human and mutant. Now Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and the others will serve the greater good and help the government fight fire with fire (the only good mutant is a mutant with a neural implant). Of course, since this is a comic book, the person in charge of this government program is psychotic and perfectly willing to do anything to do anything to get the job done (or did I mention already that Wraith was in charge?). The main part of the story arc has to do with the X-Men regaining their freedom, but this is also mixed up with Wolverine's search for his past and Nick Fury's search for an illegal genetic operation violating the Superhuman Test-Ban Treaty. I think that one of the main strengths of the Ultimate comic books is that they emphasize story arcs that take multiple issues (six in this case) so that a dozen issues into the series we have only dealt with two major stories instead of a self-contained episode with a new villain every single month. This should help the well from running dry too quickly. Writer Mark Millar along with Penciller Adam Kubert (with Tom Raney & Tom Derenick) and Inker Art Thibert (with Scott Hanna, Joe Kubert, Danny Miki, & Lary Stucker) are having fun tweaking the "original" X-Men stories and creating some new dynamics (e.g., Storm is interested in Hank McCoy, Nightcrawler does not speak English) so I think that those who have been reading the X-Men since issue #1 of "The Uncanny X-Men" (or issue #1 of "The Giant-Size X-Men") will enjoy the differences more than neophytes and appreciate the way key stories resonant (e.g., Jean Grey is Marvel Girl and not Phoenix when she steps over the line this time around). "Return to Weapon X" is not as good as the first volume in the series, but it is hard to compete with Magneto when you talking about the X-Men, whichever version of the group is involved. Millar's story is certainly complex enough and you can see all sorts of things being set up for down the road. As long as you are not offended by the very existence of the series, you should find "Ultimate X-Men" or any of the other titles in the Marvel series to be at least entertaining and quite possibility compelling. At the very least, you should be able to appreciate the tweaking.
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Summary: Yes! Changed the Weapon X Story!
Review: I for one am glad we didn't get another story relating Wolverine's experiences in the Weapon X program. I'm very glad Millar updated the story and stayed away from the convoluted and nonsensical story populating the main X books.
The program itself was very basic; use mutants to do human's dirty work.
Somehow, between X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine and almost fifteen years of filler, that simple premise has got lost in floods of random codenames (Silver Fox, Sabretooth, X23, Maverick ad nauseum) and 'mysterious' backstories that never get resolved.
This is a good, clean read, and as far as I'm concerned, if you are reading an X-Men book to learn more about the Weapon X program, you really should stick to 'Wolverine', anyway. The X-Men are a team book and to always focus on one member as if he is the cornerstone of the team undermines the rest of the title.
Ultimate X-Men escaped the trap 'Uncanny' now finds itself in; once you deal with any refugee of the Weapon X program, thousands of Wolverine fans will expect stories in which the boring canuckle head is the angst ridden victim.
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Summary: Good, Just like the 1st!
Review: I loved this book. I'm still reading it, but it is not gonna get worse. Buy it now!
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Summary: Wolverine rocks..... oh yeah so do the rest of the Xmen
Review: I subscribed to the ultimate Xmen as soon as it came out.. and here's what I think.... I thought this six part storyline rocked.. The Xmen are better than before and The Weapon X Project is a 100 times more evil and (This is important) credible than it's ever appeared in the 'Wolverine' books. Originality is the key as while Millar draws on all the heroes and villains from marvels stock, but the story line keeps you on tether hooks till the end. Issue 12 was a finale.. Best line in the book 'First rule in a fight, Always protect your family jewels' and then Logan wises Sabretooth as to this old adage... hehehehh.. But... A serious problem with the WHOLE Ultimate Xmen series is the static storyline..Too often I felt that there was more to say but i feel Millar was working under constraints.. Not enough space given to flesh out the charachters. This was a major bummer and hopefully something will be done by Millar in the upcoming issues.. .. The art credits varied from the kubert bros and tom raney.. I found it sometimes too sketchy and imprecise (Interchanging looks between different charachters) and I did not understand at all the raid on the X-mansion.. however I loved the scenes of painted art mostly in the dream sequences. ...
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Summary: Another Ultimately Average read
Review: Mark Millar's second story arc on Ultimate X-Men is a step up from the first, but still suffers from some of the same problems. The characterization is better this time around. You can start to see the forming of personalities with the X-Men. There is still too much generic dialogue. This story suffers a little with Millar's re-imagining of the X-Men mythos. Millar picked seemingly random villains and made them part of the Weapon X project. Juggernaut especially didn't make much sense, as he wasn't a mutant in the first place. There's been something disappointing about Mark Millar's first two story arcs on Ultimate X-Men. It certainly doesn't live up to the hype that's been built around it. Millar's "widescreen" type of story telling is ill-suited for X-Men, which has always flourished as a more character driven title. Time will ultimately tell.
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Summary: This is the best comic book series i have read in along time
Review: This comic book is great.also you should by ultimate x-men tomarrows people. they both have great gaphic art and good storlines. i am a big fan of x-men and this is a must have. i couldnt recomend it more. BUY THIS BOOK BELIEVE ME ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOVE X-MEN
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Summary: this is a very great read.
Review: this volume shows the government black ops organization called weapon X comes to reclaim wolverine and takem the x-men to the same fate. It is juggernaut rouge sabretooth and nightcrawler's first ultimate apperance. this was my first and still my favorite.
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