Weapon X Vol 2 23

Part of War of the Programs arc
Weapon X Vol 2 #23
Previous Issue	Weapon X (Vol. 2) #22
Next Issue	Weapon X (Vol. 2) #24
Art by: Andy Park
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless
Cover artist not yet listed
Cover Date	July, 2004
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1. "War of the Programs Part 1: In the Beginning..."
Writer(s)	Frank Tieri
Penciler(s)	Tom Mandrake
Inker(s)	Tom Mandrake
Colorist(s)	Brad Anderson
Letterer(s)	Dave Sharpe
Editor(s)	Mike Marts Stephanie Moore Cory Sedlmeier

 You can hereby notify your superiors that from this point on-- --Weapon X is officially breaking off from the Plus Programs. 

—Professor

Appearing in "War of the Programs Part 1: In the Beginning..."

Featured Characters:

• Weapon X Program (Leaves Weapon Plus)
  • Professor Thorton (See chronology)
  •  Dr. Abraham Cornelius 
  •  Carol Hines 
  • Malcolm Colcord (See chronology)

Supporting Characters:

• Maverick / Agent Zero (Chris Nord) (See chronology)
• Wolverine (Logan) (See chronology)
• Weapon XII / Fantomex (Jean-Philippe) (See chronology)

Antagonists:

• Weapon Plus Program
  •  Director John Sublime 

Other Characters:

• United States Army
• Invaders (Mentioned)
• Dr. Frankenstein (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Dr. Nathaniel Essex (Named only)
• Charles Xavier (Named only)
• Eric Lensher (Named only)
• Namor McKenzie (Named only)
• The Devil (Invoked)
• Team X (On-screen)
  • Kestrel (John Wraith) (On-screen)
  • Silver Fox (On-screen)
  • Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Named only)
• Weapon XI (Mentioned)
• Weapon XII (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Colonel Nick Fury (See chronology)
  • Agent Brent Jackson 
• A.I.M. agents (Only appearance)
• White Queen (Emma Frost) (Named only)
• Garrison Kane (Named only)
• Copycat (Vanessa Carlysle) (Named only)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants
• Homo neanderthalensis (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • The World
  • Canada
    • Alberta
      • Roanoke
        • Weapon X Facility
    • Weapon X Compound
    • Neverland

Items:

• Adamantium (On Wolverine's claws)

Events:

• World War II (Only in flashback)

Synopsis for "War of the Programs Part 1: In the Beginning..."

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

Chronology Notes

Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:
Nick Fury

•  Pag. 1-4 
•  Pag. 15-17 

Professor Thorton

• Pag. 1-4 
•  Pag. 5-8 
•  Pag. 9-11 

Wolverine (Logan)

•  Pag. 5-8 
•  Pag. 18-22 

Malcolm Colcord

• Pag. 5-8 
•  Pag. 12-14 
•  Pag. 15-17 

Maverick / Agent Zero (Chris Nord)

•  Pag. 9-11 
•  Pag. 18-22 

Fantomex (Jean-Philippe)

• Pag. 9-11 
•  Pag. 18-22 

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Weapon X Vol 2 23

Links and References

• plot summary at uncannyxmen.net

Footnotes

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