Overview
Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Naked, bloody, and screaming in pain - this is the Wolverine that faced readers in the story arc Weapon X. This was more than just the tale of how Wolverine got his adamantium skeleton and claws. Legendary creator Barry Windsor-Smith challenged fans’ expectations of super hero stories and created Marvel’s most brutal and beautiful comic. In 1991, when Weapon X was first published, Wolverine was one of Marvel’s most popular super heroes. For Weapon X, creator Windsor-Smith reimagined the super hero origin story as a cyberpunk horror story. A shadowy organization abducts Wolverine in order to create “the ultimate killing machine,” and we are plunged into a story of basic, animalistic survival. As Wolverine endures more and more trauma, the lines between reality and consciousness disappear. Illustrated with full-color art from this legendary storyline, Jim Rugg’s entry in the Marvel Age of Comics takes a deep-dive into one of Marvel’s most experimental and singular comics, and what many consider to be the definitive Wolverine story.
Full Product Details
Author: Jim Rugg (Writer and Artist, USA)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 12.60cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.260kg
ISBN: 9798765138762
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 11 June 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A passionate and insightful celebration of one Marvel’s boldest stories ever told. Jim Rugg wonderfully breaks down what made Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X such a pivotal moment in comics in a way that is rewarding to longtime fans as well as newcomers to the tale. * Capes & Tights * Rugg goes deep and discursive in discussing Windsor-Smith's work. * Skylit Podcast *
A passionate and insightful celebration of one Marvel’s boldest stories ever told. Jim Rugg wonderfully breaks down what made Barry Windsor-Smith’s Weapon X such a pivotal moment in comics in a way that is rewarding to longtime fans as well as newcomers to the tale. * Capes & Tights *
Author Information
Jim Rugg is an Eisner and Ignatz Award winning cartoonist, designer, zinemaker, and illustrator. His books include Hulk Grand Design (2022), the Street Angel series, the PLAIN Janes (2020), Octobriana 1976 (2020), Supermag (2013), and Afrodisiac (2010). He is the co-creator of YouTube’s Cartoonist Kayfabe channel. His comics are part of the Smithsonian permanent collection and the National Archives and he taught visual storytelling at the School of Visual Arts and the Animation Workshop in Denmark. Rugg lives and draws in Pittsburgh.
