Malcolm Colcord

Director Colcord
Malcolm Colcord in the cover of Weapon X #6. Art by Keron Grant and Pop Mahn.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Wolverine vol. 2 #166 (2001)
Created by	Frank Tieri and Sean Chen
In-story information
Alter ego	Malcolm Colcord
Team affiliations	Weapon X
Notable aliases	The Director

Malcolm Colcord, also known as The Director, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He appeared as a villain in the series Wolverine and was an important character in the Weapon X-comics.

Malcolm Colcord first appears in Wolverine Vol. 2 #166 and was created by Frank Tieri and Sean Chen.

Malcolm Colcord first appeared as a mysterious shadowed face; several years ago, Colcord was a family man, and a handsome soldier until he was assigned as a guard to the Weapon X complex up in Canada. He was unprepared that one night his perfect life would be over. That night happened to be the night Wolverine escaped from the complex, massacring all the soldiers in his way in an animalistic rage. Colcord sadly did not escape his wrath, and was repeatedly slashed in the face by Wolverine, disfiguring him for the rest of his life.

This horrifying moment marked the start of Malcolm's revenge against the mutant population. He became obsessed with mutants and his wife and children left him, unable to recognize the man they had once loved. He seized control of the Weapon X program, becoming the cold, ruthless and calculating Director. To his superiors, Colcord presented the idea that mutants were a resource, waiting to be exploited, but inside he desired nothing less than the complete extermination of all mutants. One of his primary roles as Director was recruiting mutants such as Sabretooth, Garrison Kane and Copycat as agents for Weapon X. Colcord also recruited Agent Brent Jackson of S.H.I.E.L.D. as his second-in command, but later became highly distrustful of Jackson, whose cunning was his most dangerous weapon. Malcolm hoped to bring Wolverine back to fold, and used implants to control Wolverine and made him murder a US senator. The implants were one use only, though and Wolverine regained control. Wolverine and his friend Beast were eventually arrested by Brent Jackson and sent to prison. Colcord had Sabretooth kidnap Wolverine from prison and taken to the Weapon X complex, but S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury did not trust Jackson and sent the bounty hunter known as the Shiver Man to free Wolverine. They escaped, but Colcord remained in control of Weapon X.