The main part of this comic is spent explaining how X-23 came into existence and her early years of life. Dr. Martin is heading up this crazy show and Dr. Zander Rice whose father died at the hands of Weapon X while he was making his escape after getting the adamantium claws is the surgeon who wants revenge. Dr. Sarah Kinney is the geneticist who can take the skin sample from Weapon X and recreate him, aka clone him, and create their very own weapon.
Zander trains her to go berserk and kill everything in sight when she smells a certain scent. Her first trial run with this is her beloved sensei. Sarah takes on the role of her mother and reads to her from her own copy of the book Pinocchio. But Sarah doesn't want to have warm and fuzzy feelings about anyone least of all the weapon she is creating.
Her first mission is to go out and kill a man who is running for president and she does as well as all those present at the little airport terminal. She continues to go on missions for Martin and Rice but when Sarah's niece is kidnapped she steals X-23, or Laura, and takes her out to find her niece, which she does and kills the kidnapper who it turns out had kidnapped seven girls before Meagan. Debbie, Sarah's sister notices the changes in her sister and is grateful to Laura.
When Rice sends her out to kill an entire family including a small boy, she kills all but the boy and that tells Sarah that they haven't created a monster or a weapon, but someone who thinks and feels. The next section has her being interviewed by a wrathful Captain America who also wants his revenge for the incident of the presidential candidate. Matt Murdoch is there at the Captain's request but as her story unfolds including more about Debbie and Meagan Matt finds himself acting more like Laura's attorney. I have to say it's always nice to see Murdoch, if not Daredevil pop up in a comic book.
The most beautiful, most exquisitely done was Marjorie Liu's X-23 and Marvel Women. The paint is slashed on the canvas like Laura's claws. The color scheme is dark: dark red--red for the blood she sheds; black--for the color of her hair. It is also incredibly written with great insight into the character. Overall this is a magnificent book that you can't go wrong reading; The story is captivating and original. I give this my highest score and would go higher if I could five out of five.
Quotes
But you know better. You are no ape. No pet. No tool to be trained. You are the tiger. You are the shark. You are the creature in the dark. A monster sleeping in the body of a child. And they should fear you. They will fear you. And eventually they do.
-X-23 The Complete Collection: X-23: Women of Marvel by Marjorie Liu
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