Weapon X: The Draft—Sauron

    (Marvel, 2002)
™ and ©2002 Marvel Characters, Inc.

The Weapon X Program—the Canadian project that unleashed Wolverine and Alpha Flight on an unsuspecting Marvel Universe—is back in business and bent on proving to the world that “[m]utants can be utilized for mankind’s benefit.” Serving as lead-ins to the ongoing Weapon X (Vol. 2) series, five one-shots hit the comics shops in the fall of 2002 and chronicled the formation of the new team as it recruited and tested those who would fill out its ranks.

Remember when the reptilian Sauron was one of the X-Men’s deadliest foes? When his tremendous power was matched only by his cunning intellect? Well, that’s all out the window in this one-shot. Now, Sauron is a goon—a total loser who thinks he’s being self-serving when he’s actually being manipulated by the Director of Weapon X in his efforts to recruit über-telepath Emma Frost—a.k.a. the X-Men’s White Queen—for the team. This tale from writer Buddy Scalera (Deadpool) and artist (Iceman) is played for laughs, but it is integral to the formation of the new Weapon X team.
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#1

October, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
14 copies available from $0.86 		Buddy ScaleraKarl Kerschl
#1 (Newsstand Edition by J.H. Williams III)

October, 2002
Cover Price: $2.25
No copies available 		Buddy ScaleraKarl Kerschl