It was later revealed that the X in Weapon X wasn't a letter, as in the case of the X-Men, but rather a Roman numeral. Thus, there were Weapons 1 through Weapon 9 before Wolverine.

Weapon X-Men reminds us a lot of X-Force The basic idea behind Weapon X-Men is very similar to X-Force: a black ops X-Men team that does all the dirty missions the X-Men simply can’t take on.

Marvel Comics announced the X-Men spinoff from writer Joe Casey (Ben 10) and artist ChrisCross (Captain Marvel) as an ongoing series in November, but the publisher’s June 2025 solicitations now ...

Weapon X-Men #1 has now officially been released, and the latest X-Men team is an elite collection of rough-and-tumble mutants including Wolverine, Cable, Deadpool, Chamber, and Thunderbird.