Digital Comics Creator Spotlight: Frank Tieri
The writer of WEAPON X recalls the men who made Wolverine with a spotlight on Sinister
Posted Apr 7, 2009 12:00 am
Updated Apr 9, 2009 9:38 am
Wolverine's the best he is at what he does and he'll be back in movie theaters on Friday, May 1 in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"!
Here on Marvel.com, we'll be celebrating the Canucklehead's return to the silver screen all month long starting today with the official kick-off of Wolverine Month!
Throughout April and leading up to the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" premiere on May 1, Marvel.com will highlight Wolverine's illustrious four-color history in addition to giving you ever-present updates on the upcoming movie with all the latest photos, videos and more!
Plus, every Friday, we'll be posting COMPLETE Wolverine stories in Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited and stay tuned for WOLVERINE: HUNGER, an Exclusive Digital Comic coming Wednesday, April 22!
So sharpen your claws and dig in, True Believers—we're four weeks away from Wolvie's big screen return and Marvel.com's the place to be!
Every week, we'll tap one creator to browse Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited and pick some of their favorite work from the expansive catalog. This week: writer Frank Tieri on WEAPON X #14!
"Hands down my favorite issue of [WEAPON X]—and one of my favorite things I've ever written, incidentally—was the 'Sinister's List' [story from issue #14]. I just think everything clicked: John Paul Leon on art, Scalphunter's previously unseen origin, the Sub-Mariner and Captain America bits...really, I have no complaints at all on how that [issue] turned out.
"And more than anything, that issue demonstrates how I've always seen Sinister's role in the Marvel U: as comics' answer to Dr Mengele. He's not a villain who's worried about anything as clichéd as world domination—everything he does is in the name and pursuit of science. So, to that end, we had him insinuate himself into Nazi society in order to take advantage of the opportunities presented to him by the Holocaust. Because as horrible and inhuman as it sounds, it's precisely what the character would've done."
Read WEAPON X #14 right now on Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited.
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