Weapon X

Barry Windsor-Smith finally reveals the secret origin of Wolverine! Well…kind of. The biweekly anthology comic Marvel Comics Presents got a shot in the arm when it ran the serialized saga of Weapon X from issues #72-84 in 1991, and although the story has an amusing origin story of its own, it's fairly light on actual details about Logan’s past. Instead, BWS wrote, drew, and colored an intensely voyeuristic, occasionally psychedelic, and shockingly violent exploration of man’s inhumanity to man. We tell the story of how Weapon X (the serial) came to be and offer our own interpretations and impressions of the story, where its true interests lie, and what we think is actually happening (maybe) in the last few chapters. Support the podcast at patreon.com/ironageofcomics