Juggernaut Just Discovered the New Weapon X | Screen Rant – Screen Rant

Posted: January 13, 2021 at 4:16 pm

Juggernaut and D-Cel learn the secret, for-profit superhuman prison called the Dungeon is essentially becoming the latest Weapon X program.

Warning! Spoilers to Juggernaut #5ahead!

The Juggernaut and his mutant sidekick D-Cel thought they were going to take down a secret, for-profit superhuman prison called the Dungeon but what they discovered was actually worse. While the original facility was a decoy, the real Dungeon is an airborne prison full of genetically modified guards who are protected by the government to experiment on their seemingly permanent residents in the pursuit of using their powers to better the world struggling to survive everyday superhuman conflict. In essence, the Dungeon is becoming the latest Weapon X program.

The Weapon X program was a clandestine government project that sought to create superhumans that could be used for military purposes. Weapon X was the tenth attempt of the Weapon Plus program which attempted to recreate the success of Project: Rebirth but by using genetic engineering to create mutations within normal humans or manipulate pre-existing mutations within mutants. Weapon X is famously known for capturing Logan Howlett and grafting adamantium to his skeleton, implanting false memories in hopes of molding him into the perfect military operative. Although Wolverine killed many when he originally escaped, the Weapon X program or similar programs have resurfaced occasionally throughout the years, trying but inevitably failing to create the perfect soldier or an army of loyal superhumans.

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In Juggernaut #5 by Fabian Nicieza and Ron Garney, Juggernaut and D-Cel hit the Dungeon hard but discover the facility is empty, a decoy with a teleporter to the real Dungeon. Although Cain initially has little trouble with the guards, the Dungeon's Warden explains that the guards have been spliced with DNA taken from their residents as he exhibits enough control to temporarily stop Juggernaut in his tracks. Although the guards fail to strip Cain of his powers, they learn that the flying superhuman prison is not only contracted by the USA Justice Department but they've been experimenting on their prisoners, hoping to understand and control certain abilities so they can be properly weaponized.

The guard's experimenting on the prisoners, giving themselves new superpowers, and being protected by the government are all similar behavior that sounds within Weapon X's wheelhouse but what really confirmed the Dungeon's direction was something their warden said. After Juggernaut and D-Cel declare her mutant status and desire to seek political asylum on Krakoa, the Warden is bound by law to let them go but states that the Dungeon is a symbol that the corporate and political world are done with mutants, superhumans, and all the trouble they bring.

Weapon X followed in Project: Rebirth's footsteps but didn't want an army of Super Soldiers to help win a World War but instead desired brainwashed covert super-assassins to handle black ops missions and other secret directives. The Dungeon is not just keeping powerful metahuman criminals incarcerated, it wants to control and manipulate superhumans similar to the villain Syndrome in Disney's The Incredibles. By giving everyone impressive abilities via technology, Syndrome would negate the need for superheroes but the Dungeon is prepared to take that one step further, they seek to manipulate superhumans to destroy other superhumans instead of putting ordinary civilians at risk.

Supercharged and feeling protected, the Warden indirectly challenges Juggernaut by stating that people like him cannot stop what they are doing. No stranger to being manipulated by others, Juggernaut meets with his previous opponents such as Arnim Zola, his android Primus, and the reassembled Quicksand and proposes that they join forces against their common enemy, someone who seeks to abuse people like them for their own purposes. Weapon X's problem was they often tried to control people or forces beyond their capabilities which often ended in death and destruction. By putting themselves in Juggernaut's peripheral, the Dungeon may have set themselves down a similar fate, if they're not careful.

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Drew is a reader, writer, artist, and creative professional based in Westchester, New York. He dabbles into cosplay, movie references, comics, and some anime while also being a Ghostbuster. He has a Bachelors in History, a Masters in Publishing and is excited to be working with Screen Rant. Previously his articles have been featured on Comic Book Resources and Iron Age Comics and he's excited to see what happens next!

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