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Captain AmericaandWolverinemay not be the most coarse squad - up in Marvel ’s universe , but they ’ve just drop one of the biggest bombshells in years . And now thatCaptain Americahas see his own role in the rack experiments and creation of populate arm likeWolverine , it ’s hard to know who will be hit harder : the fans , or Steve Rogers himself .
The scandalous new narration is told in the Page ofWolverine & Captain America : Weapon Plus # 1 . For occasional fans , it might seem unknown for Marvel to combine the origin stories of Logan and Steve Rogers , since they ’re ramify by decades of time and engineering ( and Wolverine was a adult man long before Cap was even born ) . But sports fan of Marvel ’s history know that the Avenger and X - Man are linked , with Captain America retroactively designated ' Weapon I , ' the first conception of a newfangled strain of super - soldier . Even though Cap spent the 1970s frozen in suspended animation , it did n’t stop Wolverine from receiving his adamantium skeletal system to become ' Weapon X. ' But in the pages ofWolverine & Captain America , we ’re afraid the much darker , far more painful bequest of Steve Rogers has been let on … with " decades of demise " being credited to him , personally .
That would n’t be an soft burden for anyone to digest , least of all the soldier who gave up everythingto help punch out Hitler and win World War II , thus sparing countless lifetime on all side of the dispute . But it ’s during a quiet retort to his Brooklyn root , fittingly , that Wolverine comes nail into Steve ’s world – with an ground forces of soldiers following close behind . promise to explain everything once they ’ve handled the quick threat , Logan and Steve saltation into action mechanism , shortly discovering that these are notnormalsoldiers they ’re fighting .
The soldiers breaking aside more easily than they should is a hint that Cap has stumble into something strange , but make no mistake : Wolverine has descend FOR Cap , with a new Revelation of Saint John the Divine involving his own originsas part of the Weapon Plus program . The insight are delivered via holographic subject matter from Fantomex , former X - Force member and ' Weapon XIII ' ( coevals after Wolverine and Deadpool ) . plainly , after digging into the true origins and operation of Weapon Plus , Fantomex has been obliterate to keep their secrets quiet . closed book that begin with Steve Rogers and’Project Rebirth ’s mission to produce a superintendent - soldier . Secrets that extend to these ' copy - Caps ' send to silence Wolverine . And secrets that place the incrimination for the program ’s trials and torments … onCaptain Americahimself :
Ever since I break loose my creators , I have pulled at the threads behind the Weapon Plus program . It ’s all connected , Captain . the nationalist that forge you , the monsters that violated Logan , and my own " Dr. Frankensteins " … They are the same . The programs were n’t contiguous … They were concurrent … And they ’ve been intensify their plans from the showtime ! Eliminating anyone who get too skinny to the accuracy .
scientific discipline requires trial and error , take a human toll for every advancement . With the correct indoctrination , you need n’t catch new livestock … They ’ll offer . Decades of death and death can be traced back to you , Captain . You did what you do best … Inspired them .
Yes , as hard as it is for Steve Rogers to accept it , Wolverine is there to corroborate Fantomex ’s finding . Steve is quick to point out that there must be some fault , since the ethics and leadership behind the ' Project Rebirth ' that transformed Steve into America ’s first tiptop - soldier were nothing like Weapon X , and nothing close to the painful experiments and anguish committed in future years . By correspond Cap ’s macrocosm to that of the atomic dud , Logan suggests perhaps Steve ’s Lord didn’tintendfor atrociousness to comply .
But succeed they did , which think there ’s no two ways about it : without Captain America a.k.a . weapon system I , there would never have been a Weapon II , let alone a artillery X. Without such a celebrated and undisputed success , future mad scientist would n’t have had the chance to ' improve ' on the pattern … or enjoy an ongoing supply of recruits eager to become the next Captain America .
It ’s a sincerely disconsolate revelation , suggesting that the masterminds of Project Rebirth , and Dr. Abraham Erskine ’s well - intend science were far more villainous than anyone ever fuck . The super - soldier blood serum dying with Erskine has always been get a line as a likely positive , keeping an army from being mass - produced – entrust only Steve Rogers with such office . But in luminance of these new details , the failures of ' Weapon I ' becoming a wedge instead of a living artillery were finally balanced out . As a hero , Captain America opened the doors and tease apart the restrictions of what weapon system Plus could try . And whatwouldn’ta honorable individual suffer through to follow Captain America ’s example ?
This mystery has only begin to be break , as writer Ethan Sacks is ostensibly rewrite the history of Weapon Plus . Will Captain America ever get over his dark bequest ? Will he finally be capable to take it to an end ? Fans will have to take the full issue and coming sequels to recover out , but for now , read below for the full solicitation detail :
Wolverine & Captain America : arm Plus # 1is available now at your local amusing book shop , or unmediated from Marvel Comics .
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