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bear spoilers for Ultimate Universe : One Year in # 1!Wolverine ’s stock has always been engrossing , butUltimate Wolverine ’s reinvention of the hero is plough Weapon X into something even more terrifying . This sentence , Logan ’s not just the pawn of a random government agency - he ’s the"ultimate weapon"of a conspiracy that holds the entire universe in its clasp .
onwards of thenew Ultimate Wolverine ’s full debut , Ultimate Universe : One Year In # 1(from Chris Condon , Deniz Camp , Alessandro Cappuccio , Jonas Scharf , Mattia Iacono , Bryan Valenza and Travis Lanham ) has chip in readers the first looking at at this macrocosm ’s version of the Weapon X program , and it ’s brute .
As this coup d’oeil reveal , the Eurasian Republic - this world ’s equivalent to Russia - was chosen as a home for all mutants . However , far from being a paradise , the Republic is designed to control and weaponize them . Its loss leader , the Rasputin family , have turned their own species into tool of war in ' Directorate X ' - an challenging new adaptation of Weapon X , aka Weapon Plus .
fan are seeing a world where Weapon Plus has the might of a state behind it , turning Wolverine into the new ' Winter Soldier . '
Aside from Wolverine , the Weapon Plus Program is responsible for making a number of increasingly virulent endure weapons . Here are 10 of the venomous !
Ultimate Wolverine’s New Weapon X Is An Entire Nation
X-Men Icons Have Turned Mutants into Weaponized Slaves
This story acts as a prologue to Condon and Cappuccio’sUltimate Wolverine # 1 , which will see Logan become this new timeline ’s Winter Solider . In Marvel ’s fresh Ultimate Universe , the villainous fourth dimension traveler lie with as the Maker has spay the timeline , neutralizing the heroes who could stand against him by kill them , corrupting them , or ensuring their desperate line of descent never come to pass . Now , it ’s revealed how he turn back the X - Men becoming bomber . The fact thaticonic mutant torpedo Colossus , Magik and Nightcrawler rule the Eurasian Republic and oversee Directorate X only adds insult to injury .
In mainstream Marvel continuity , Weapon X is the closemouthed project funded by the Canadian government that turned Wolverine into the partially amnesiac , adamantium - braid killer reader jazz and eff . by and by narration then established that the project was , in fact , the tenth incarnation of Weapon Plus - a serial of labor to create posthuman soldiers with link toeveryone from Captain Americato Luke Cage .
Since its original incarnation , numberless raw versions of Weapon X have cropped up , mostly to bother Wolverine , but nothing ’s ever beat the conspiratorial vibe of the original . Now , lover are see a cosmos where Weapon Plus has the might of a commonwealth behind it , lock as the Maker ’s secret weapon system to break off mutant heroes fighting against the shadowy cabal who draw the worldly concern .
Directorate X Is Crucial to the Maker’s Regime
Mutants Have a Huge Part to Play in Overthrowing the Mega-Villain
One class Inmarks the halfway point tothe income tax return of the Maker , who ’s currently snare in a hyperbolic time sleeping accommodation where one C of artificial meter are conk around him . When he returns in another yr , he ’ll be impregnable than ever , having had relative millennia to prepare . That put an onus on this world ’s fledgling superhero resistance ( aka the Ultimates connection ) to destroy the Maker ’s power pedestal - and crucially his council of villains - before he render . Directorate X is a key part of that puzzler -One Year Insays its mutants have tried to renegade before , provide the heroes a major allied army if they can be relieve
The reveal of Directorate X helps to link several of the dots about this universe ’s mutant story . In 2024’sThe Ultimates # 2 , written by Camp , drawn by Juan Frigeri , emblazon by Federico Blee and letter by Lanham , showed a flashback montage of the retiring complete with what expect like a mutant right protest . This did n’t run along up with what readers knew at the time , which was that over inUltimate X - Men , the public had no mind about mutation even survive . Ultimate Universe : One Year In # 1shows just where all the mutation went , and it ’s into the meat - grinder that is Directorate X.
Directorate X is changing everything we think we knew from Marvel’sUltimate decade - Menseries .
The Cyclops of the novel Ultimate Universe has arrived , with Marvel precede a radically different take on the lineament ( and her great power ) .
How Does This Impact Ultimate X-Men?
The Maker Isn’t in Control ofEveryMutant
This reveal also has broader implications forUltimate X - Men . The series - written and drawn by Peach Momoko with translation by Zack Davisson and letters by VC ’s Travis Lanham - has framed mutants as a mysterious cult , the nipper of the Atom . Directorate X reframes the furore as only one subgroup of mutant . The fad technically work under Viper , who helps campaign this world ’s Japan , so it ’ll be interesting to see how it intersects with Directorate X. How much do the Rasputins know of Viper ’s own project , and what ’s the human relationship between these different mutant factions ?
Directorate X also suggest that the little readers have learned about mutant history via the Children of the Atom is laced with Trygve Halvden Lie . Ultimate decade - man # 9introduced this domain ’s Akihiro , traditionally Wolverine’sson , who claimed he was the first sport . Hecouldbe the first of the Children of the Atom , who ’re part genetically engineered , but is he really the first sport ? If he is , why does Viper have him , and not the Rasputins ?
Directorate X Is Reminiscent of Genosha
Is This a New Mutant Homeland in the Making?
call mutants"tools"brings to mind the original X - Men storiesfeaturing the nation of Genosha . Originally , Genosha was an anti - mutant apartheid state which prosper thanks to its labor force of almost - lobotomised mutants . The land was successful but controversial , attracting the attending of both the disco biscuit - Men and mutant villains like Magneto . Famously , however , Genosha was release , eventually becoming a mutant - run state , which could eventually occur to Directorate X
Wolverine is starting off his serial as a brainwash killer , but so did authoritative Logan and theoriginalUltimate Wolverine from 2000 ( as well as the original Winter Soldier . ) If Logan ’s able to break free of his programing , then it might be time for another Russian Revolution . In - cosmos , the Eurasian Republic is geopolitically controversial in a similar way to Genosha , but not for the same reasonableness . rather , the Russia analogue is a outcast state design by the Maker ’s council to dissemble as a common enemyto keep humanness from realizing the entire world is managed .
Directorate X is the pure opportunity to introduce Deadpool into Ultimate Universe continuity .
Of course , that means mutant overthrowing the body politic would shatter a lot of illusions mark up to protect the Maker ’s regime . If mutant are able to gain a footing on the world stage , then it might become impossible for even the Maker ’s Council to cover up their Brobdingnagian conspiracy .
Marvel ’s new Ultimate Universe is scandalous not for subsist , but for being the publisher ’s most consistently excellent first step throughout 2024 .
Who Else Is Trapped in Ultimate Wolverine’s Directorate X?
This Could Lead to the Debut of Some Major Heroes & Villains
It ’s also worth ask whether Directorate X involves other eccentric readers might cognize . Traditionally , Weapon X is also responsible for for thecreation of characters like Deadpool , Maverick , and Garrison Kane soUltimate Wolverinecould introduce the raw reading of many conversant face . The broad Weapon Plus programme also connects to many zep and villains , so fans should n’t be surprised to see new version of characters like Nuke and Fantomex appear .
One already give away dupe of Directorate X isRussian variation Ursa Major- a member of the Winter Guard superteam in Marvel ’s mainstream continuity .
Ultimate Wolverineis a luck to reinvent any and every part of Logan ’s origin , taking decades ' worth of Weapon X lore and tie it into a globe - spanning conspiracy . Hopefully , Ultimate Wolverinewill break free of his captor , becoming a newfangled violence for good against the criminal Directorate X.
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics' biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
Ultimate Universe : One Year In # 1is on sale now , andUltimate Wolverine ( 2025 ) # 1is on sale January 15 , 2025 , both from Marvel Comics
The human mutant Wolverine ( a.k.a . Logan ) was born James Howlett , blessed with a superhuman healing factor , senses , and physiology . submit himself to experiment to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium , Logan is as deadly as he is rash , impulsive , and abruptly - season . stool him the X - Men ’s wild and venomous appendage , and one of Marvel Comics ' biggest stars . He ’s played in Fox and Marvel ’s pic dealership by Hugh Jackman .
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics’ biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
