CATALOG RECORD
Marvel Comics Presents #72
first appearance of Abraham Cornelius, The Professor and Carol Hines
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Abraham Cornelius (scientist of Weapon X program) — introduction
- The Professor (Truett Hudson, Weapon X) — introduction, not named
- Carol Hines (Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- [Early March] 1991
- On sale
- January 22, 1991
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #72 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602214572
This edition’s page
Story arc: Weapon X
This is part 1 of 7. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Weapon-X: Prologue · 8 pages
As Logan drinks and reflects on his life, the Professor gathers his staff for the Weapon X project.
- The Bush of Ghosts Part 5: Ant Hills of the Savannah · 8 pages
Shanna, Jeremy, Eric and Dubose team up and set out to track down Guy Cross-Wallace.
- Redemption Song Part IV: A Momentary Taste of Being · 8 pages
Daredevil looks for Ellington, but finds his boat abandoned.
- Flesh of My Flesh · 8 pages
After Lobo was killed by Bengal, Red Wolf performs a ceremony and then skins Lobo which he then dons as his new headdress/cloak. Four drunks come across a mother wolf suckling her five wolf cubs and shoot her, and then go after the cubs and shoot them down one by one. Red Wolf intervenes, taking down the drunks, and rescues the last wolf cub. He will name this wolf cub Lobo after his original companion, and it will grow into Red Wolf's second loyal wolf companion.
Publisher’s description
Logan is dismissed from the army for wounding someone there at shooting range. His drinking has led his hands to shake. He drinks at a bar called the Prophecy, passing the nights away, and at night he has the same dreams as always. They're filled with pain, spikes, bones, and blood. He has to get away from this place. Meanwhile, a man known as the Professer employs a disgraced doctor named Abraham Cornelius and a former NASA clerk called Carol Hines. They join Expierement X, and they set up their equipment prior to the arrival of their subject. Logan has had enough and wants to get away from it all. He decides on the Klondike and, after tying up a few loose ends, he sets off in his Lotus Seven sports car. On the way there, he stops at a bar where he is watched, unseen, by agents from Expierement X
Characters
Reprinted in
Weapon X (1993), Weapon-X (1994), X-Men: The Movie (2000), Wolverine: Weapon X (2001), Best of Wolverine (2004), Wolverine: Weapon X (2007), Wolverine: Weapon X (2009), Pet Avengers Classic (2009), Wolverine Omnibus (2009), Wolverine: The Adamantium Collection (2013), True Believers: Wolverine Weapon X (2017), Wolverine: Weapon X Gallery Edition (2022)