Oh it gets better. If by better you mean much, much worse. It looks like X 23’s life of misery and death is only just beginning. The Weapon X project has been reopened and their new project was to clone Wolverine. The only successful method, however, was to replace the damaged Y chromosome with the X and make a girl clone. The head doctor then carried it to term. Meanwhile, Zander Rice, the son of one Dr. Rice who worked on the original Weapon X and was killed by Wolverine, is plotting a whole bunch of evil and strife. The guy is obviously up to no good. For instance, he constantly makes things hard for X 23 and her mother, gave X 23 the surgery to coat her bones with adamantium without any anesthesia, and then forced her to kill her trainer and only friend.

Craig Kyle and Chris Yost (writers) are the men responsible for all of this cruelty, and if their purpose is to make the reader angry, then they are some of the best writers out there. With Billy Tan and Jon Sibal on pencils and inks respectively, they have a good thing going. I mean check out the way X 23 moves! Seriously, the art is great, and the story is even better. (For more specific info, check out my reviews on the first two issues).

In issue #3, X 23 gets her first mission. Much to her mothers chagrin, it seems that X 23 will not be a super soldier, be on a task force, or even work directly for her makers. X 23 has been trained and designed to be an assassin, and her services will be sold to the highest bidder. That what her whole purpose is: money. I’m talking about a whole, whole lot of money. To test her out, they send X 23 to kill a man running for President, and she does so flawlessly. She then proceeds to kill without mistake, problem, or remorse everyone that she is assigned to. But all is not well back at H.Q. Rachel, the smarmy, blond secretary, has had a child from her affair with Zander and wants to tell her husband. Zander violently lets her know that is not an option. Meanwhile, X 23 is no longer interested in spending time with her mother and only cares about the next mark. All of this barrels downhill out of control until the day Zander decides to go on a mission with X 23, and leaves her to the mercy of dozens of armed guards who are a bit upset about the death of their employer. And as he flies away, he drops her his father’s dog tags and gives a wave.

It’s only going to get meaner from here, but I’m going to wait faithfully for that Zander to get what is coming to him. If for no other reason, it would be worth buying this series just to see him eat it, and he better eat it! But there are many reasons to get the series, and few not to. I mean, do the math. You can do math, can’t you? Well if you can’t, trust me, and just buy it, stupid.