I have loved X-23 since I saw her debut on X-Men: Evolution. So I figured it was time I delved into her comic debut. This book focuses on the origin of the character & is a really great introduction to her. She barely says anything this entire book the real main character of the story is Doctor Sarah Kinney. After reading Wolverine: Old Man Logan & then piling this on top makes Logan an even more emotional ride because this is an equally emotional story with a very tragic ending.
Sarah Kinney was brought into the facility to help recreate the Weapon X Program she is working alongside Zander Rice who is the son of David Rice one of the scientist who died when Wolverine escaped the original facility. She runs into a road block in the original genetic code so instead of trying to recreate the Y chromosome she instead clones the X chromosome to create a female clone. Zander does like her from the moment she is brought on board so he keeps challenging her. It gets so bad that the only way she can prove that a female clone would be just as good as the original is to carry the clone to term herself. So she becomes the surrogate mother to X-23. But due to this situation Zander has started digging himself into a hole as well since he started having an affair with his bosses wife. Sarah became emotionally involved with X-23 because she gave birth to her & her niece was trying to connect with her. Once her X Gene manifested they started sending her on missions as an assassin all over the world. I would really like to see a story where she goes up against the Winter Soldier. Zander leaves her for dead during a mission but she comes home anyway. Sarah uses her to rescue her niece from a kidnapper which gives X-23 her first taste of heroism. In the end Zander is trying to clean up the hole that he has been digging himself into all this time by sending X-23 to kill the facilities boss & family. This would allow Zander to take over the project & run things the way he sees fit. Zander sets plans in motion to get rid of Sarah Kinney while she is making plans of her own to have X-23 kill Zander & destroy the facility. As X-23 is coming to meet Laura she smell the trigger scent on Sarah & kills her. The whole books is quite a fast read & it pulls on the heart strings in just the right way. In terms of her appearance on the page & on the screen I can honestly say that Mindy McCready aka Hit Girl has nothing on Laura Kinney aka X-23.
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