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Weapon X is a fictional government genetic research facility project appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.They were conducted by Department K, which turned willing and unwilling beings into living weapons to carry out covert missions like assassination or eliminating potential threats to the government.
The first arc deals with a private security organization called Blackguard obtaining files on the Weapon X procedure that transformed James Howlett into Wolverine. It leads into a tale of corporate espionage, with Wolverine attempting to single-handedly dismantle the organization trying to create their own versions of Weapon X soldiers, featuring artificially-enhanced senses, strength, agility ...
Akihiro first appeared in Wolverine: Origins #10 (March 2007), created by writer Daniel Way and artist Steve Dillon.Regarding Akihiro's role in Wolverine: Origins and his relationship with his father, Way stated that whereas Logan is attempting to "take control of his destiny", Akihiro is heading down the opposite direction, "hacking, slashing and going nuts".
Dr. Abraham Cornelius, one of the senior scientists for Weapon X, is employed by the mysterious Professor Andre Thorton and partnered with a young Dr. Carol Hines.Sometime after World War II, Wolverine is taken in by the project and Cornelius is assigned with the task of perfecting and using a technique that would bond the indestructible alloy adamantium to human bone cells.
Following the Fear Itself storyline, Gorgon joins H.A.M.M.E.R. and Norman Osborn's incarnation of the Dark Avengers. [11] [12] He poses as Wolverine and plans to kill Osborn if he proves to be too dangerous. [13] Gorgon and the Dark Avengers are defeated when Skaar infiltrates the group and summons the Avengers. [14]
The series begins with Logan being captured and prepared for the adamantium bonding process. There are several mentions of his being tough, and the Professor, the director of the Weapon X program, along with his assistants Dr. Cornelius and Miss Hines, wipe his mind and bond adamantium, the hardest known substance on Earth, to his bones to prepare him to be a mindless, soulless killing machine.
While contacting Wolverine during a fight with the armored vampire mercenaries, Maverick claims that a power vacuum between the humans and mutants has allowed the vampires to form an allegiance between the humans and the vampires as he tries to get Wolverine to side with them. [31]