Weapon X #19-21 (2004): Maverick, Vessel, Hemmingway die
Agent Zero is tricked into killing Bolt, who is dressed as Maverick.
He then goes on a killing spree and slays all the members of the Gene Nation terrorist group (which, frankly, should have been led by a guy named Gene Conspiracy—that would have made this whole thing worthwhile). He decides to spare Marrow—who leads the damn team!–for reasons that are stupid and don’t make sense. (He says he doesn’t want to make her a martyr for the cause but the dude has already wiped out most of the GN members so what difference would one more have made?)
Meanwhile, Chamber is at the Weapon X site freeing imprisoned mutants, so that when Agent Zero gets back there’s nobody left at the concentration camp.
As these issues are published, the X-universe is supposed to be rebooting. Why, then, do we still have this garbage coming out? We are promised next issue that this series will also be “reloaded” but my hopes and expectations are low.
Incredible Hulk #75-76/549-550 (2004): Leader dies; Bruce Jones run ends
We’re still running this book under the Marvel Knights banner, even though it’s not special in any MK kinda way (not adult, not an alternate universe or out of continuity,…
Mystique #14-18 (2004): Unnatural
Sean McKeever signs on for a story that has Mystique and Shortpack investigating a skin-care company called Dermafree that is experimenting on mutants to make better skin creams. Hm. They…