Weapon X-Men: The Real Thing

Wolverine, Deadpool, Cable, Chamber, and Thunderbird come together to form the most ruthless team of mutant anti-heroes the Marvel Universe has ever seen!

When a high-stakes mutant-rescue mission from the ultimate global hot spot exposes the true enemy — possibly from within — the members of an all-new team of all-action icons suddenly find themselves forged in fire. And the official membership policy is...no mercy allowed! But they’ll face a trial by fire when Baron Strucker and his new super-army set out to conquer the world! The threats only get bigger from there — and we mean big! Because when New York City finds itself under siege from the titanic technological terror known as Red Ronin — built to take on giant monsters to the death — the only heroes who stand in its way are the Weapon X-Men! But will they be able to work together without tearing each other apart first? And which member has already gone AWOL?

COLLECTING: Weapon X-Men (2025) 1-5

Writer Joe Casey debuted at Marvel with a long Cable run and a stint on Incredible Hulk. For DC’s Wildstorm imprint, Casey wrote Wildcats and co-created Automatic Kafka and The Intimates; he also wrote DC’s Batman: Tenses and Adventures of Superman. For Marvel, he has written Deathlok, Iron Man: The Inevitable, Uncanny X-Men and several “retro” limited series including Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes I and II. With Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau and Steven Seagle, Casey formed the development/production company Man of Action, responsible for animated series including Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 and Disney/XD’s Ultimate Spider-Man.

Having studied at New York’s School of Visual Arts, ChrisCross made his breakthrough in the comics industry working for DC Comics’ Milestone imprint on Blood Syndicate and The World Needs Heroes, before going on to illustrate titles including Firestorm and Outsiders. For Marvel, he illustrated the Slingers series spinning out of the world of Spider-Man, and then united with Peter David for a lengthy run on Captain Marvel.