Wolverine: Origins Vol 1 33

Part of the "Dark Reign" event Alternate Covers: Textless Wolverine: Origins Vol 1 #33 Published April, 2009 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist Doug Braithwaite Andy Troy Publisher Dan Buckley "Weapon XI: Part 1" Writer Daniel Way Penciler Doug Braithwaite Inker Bill Reinhold Colourist Andy Troy Letterer Cory Petit Editor John Barber Previous Issue Next Issue Wolverine: Origins #32 Wolverine: Origins #34

Appearing in "Weapon XI: Part 1"

Featured Characters:

•  Wolverine (Logan)  (Appears in flashback)

Supporting Characters:

•  Nick Fury  (Appears in flashback)
• X-Men
  •  Cyclops (Scott Summers) 
  •  Emma Frost 
  •  Beast (Hank McCoy)  (Voice)
  •  Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) 
  •  Armor (Hisako Ichiki) 
  •  Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) 
  •  Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) 

Antagonists:

•  Daken  (Only in flashback)
•  Romulus  (Behind the scenes) (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Avengers (On-screen)
  • Ares (On-screen)
  • Hawkeye (Lester) (On-screen)
  • Sentry (Robert Reynolds) (On-screen)
  • Ms. Marvel (Karla Sofen) (On-screen)
  • Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) (On-screen)
  • Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (On-screen)
• C.I.A. (Recap)
  • Team X (Recap)
    • Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Recap)
    • Maverick (David North) (Recap)
• Silver Fox (Corpse in recap)
• Hudson Bay Company (Only in flashback)
  •  Elias Hudson (Death) (Only in flashback)
• Canadian Army (Recap)
  • Devil's Brigade (Recap)
    • Cyber (Silas Burr) (Recap)
  • Frederick Hudson (Recap)
• Department H (Recap)
  • Heather McNeil-Hudson (Recap)
  • Alpha Flight (Recap)
    • Guardian (James Hudson) (Recap)
    • Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) (Recap)
    • Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) (Recap)
    • Shaman (Michael Twoyoungmen) (Recap)
    • Sasquatch (Walter Langkowski) (Recap)
    • Snowbird (Narya) (Recap)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
• Logan's great-grandfathers (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)
•  Elizabeth Howlett-Hudson  (Only in flashback)
•  Caitlyn MacDonald (Death) (Only in flashback)
• Frederick Hudson II (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Weapon X Program (Recap)
  • The Professor (Truett Hudson) (Recap) (Real name first revealed)
• Bernice (Only appearance)^[1] (Only in flashback)
• Victor Hudson  (Only in flashback)
• Devil (Lucifer) (Mentioned)
• Department K (Recap)
  • Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Recap)
  • Wild Child (Kyle Gibney) (Recap)
• X-Men (Recap)
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Recap)
  • Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Recap)
  • Thunderbird (John Proudstar) (Recap)
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Recap)
• President Bush (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Silver Samurai (Keniuchio Harada) (Mentioned)
• Tinkerer (Phineas Mason) (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Mutants (Main story and flashback)
• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Olympians (On-screen)
• Klyntar (On-screen)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Canada (Main story and flashback)
    • An unnamed bar
    • Yukon (Recap)
      • Canadian Rockies (Recap)
        • Logan and Silver Fox's Cabin (Recap)
      • Mount Logan (Recap)
    • Frederick Hudson's Training Facility (Recap)
    • Alberta (Only in flashback)
      • Wood Buffalo National Park (Recap)
      • Howlett Estate (Only in flashback)
      • Roanoke (Recap)
        • Weapon X Facility (Recap)
    • Ontario (Recap)
      • Toronto (Recap)
    • British Columbia (Only in flashback)
      • Vancouver (Only in flashback)
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Central Park (Cameo)
    • California
      • Marin County
        • Graymalkin Industries
      • San Francisco (Mentioned)
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands (Mentioned)
• Hell (Invoked)

Items:

• Wolverine's Suit (Only in flashback)
• Hawkeye's Suit, Bow and Trick Arrows (On-screen)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Uniforms (Only in flashback)
• Adamantium (On Daken and Logan's claws) (Only in flashback)
• Guardian's Suit (Recap)
• Deadpool's Suit and Katanas (Recap)
• Cyclops' Visor (Main story and recap)
• X-Uniforms (Main story and recap)
• Muramasa Blade
• Ms. Marvel's Suit (On-screen)
• Iron Patriot Armor Model 1 (On-screen)
• Spider-Man's Suit (On-screen)

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Prototype aircraft (First appearance)
• Blackbird (Cameo)
  
  

Synopsis for "Weapon XI: Part 1"

Nick Fury and Logan are talking at a bar. Fury questions Logan about Daken in exchange of information about Romulus, the man who has been manipulating Wolverine his whole life. Fury reveals to Logan that the Hudson family tree has been Romulus tool for acomplish his goals, mainly the creation of Weapon X that gave Wolverine unbreakable bones and claws and made him in theory an unstoppable machine made for killing superheros.

After Logan found Xavier, Romulus lost control over his mind so he went to the next Hudson in line, Daken to make him the next generation Weapon X, able to kill his predecesor, using the Muramasa Blade the only thing that negates his healing factor.

Cyclops and goes hunting Daken with the blade while Fury and Wolverine go to stop him to give the blade to Daken.

Solicit Synopsis

• Nick Fury has given Logan information regarding the intentions of the mysterious Romulus.
• Meanwhile, Daken is being guided by Romulus to retrieve a deadly weapon and Wolverine must stop him!
  
  

Notes

Continuity Notes

• Nick Fury revealed Logan that Weapon X Program Professor's real name is Truett Hudson, making them relatives. He had been previously named Professor Thorton in Weapon X Vol 2 #23 and Andre in Wolverine Vol 2 #48-50.

Chronology Notes

A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters: Wolverine (Logan)

•  Pag. 5, Panels 4-5  - Working for Hudson Bay Company in 1912.
•  Pag. 8  - With his mother Elizabeth.

Nick Fury

•  Pag. 3, Panel 3  - Checking information received by Cyber.

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