The fifth and final Weapon X trailer is Agent Zero, and at last Frank Tieri turns up to write on himself.

Agent Zero is a (presumably) pre-existing character who's been drafted into Weapon X against his will and is a bit embarrassed about it.  There you go.  That's the entire plot, save yourself the money.

On the plus side, this one-shot does answer one obvious question raised by the other one-shots - who on earth are we meant to be rooting for in this series?  As the first character in the series who is neither immediately loathsome nor mentally disturbed, Agent Zero is presumably going to be positioned as the book's de facto hero.

On the minus side, this issue is a one-line character concept painfully extended into a twenty-two page story.  There is nothing in this issue which a halfway competent writer couldn't have established within half a page of the character appearing in Weapon X #1.  It's not an awful character concept, but in no way is it strong enough to merit an entire issue merely to explain it to us.

This isn't a terrible comic, but it's certainly mediocre.  Nothing we've seen this month has done anything to change my very low expectations for the Weapon X series.

Rating: C

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