Marvel X-Men: Weapon X (Wolverine 50th Anniversary)
Who is Weapon X?Weapon X was the codename of a secret government project aimed at inducing superpowers for military purposes. Inspired by the comic book storyline written and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith, the Weapon X series begins with Logan being captured and prepared for the process of bonding with the metal Adamantium. Along with his assistants, Dr. Cornelius and former NASA agent Carol Hines erase the memories from the mutant's mind and envelope his skeleton and claws with the fictional metal known as the hardest substance on Earth in the Marvel universe with the goal of using him as a savage, soulless killing machine. Other surgical alterations to perfect him include silicone sheaths around the claws and silicone bushings through which the claws emerge. Logan was constantly referred to not as a person, but as a subject, and his humanity was almost completely disregarded. He conflicted with his mental programming and, shortly after the implementation of Adamantium, his more