Title: Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Author: Mark Millar
Artist: Steve McNiven
Genre: Superhero / Action / Adventure
Year Published: 2009
Year Read: 2012
Series: Wolverine
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Gory Violence)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Brief Introduction:
Now, everyone knows that I am a huge fan of Wolverine, so when I heard
about this unique little story called “Wolverine: Old Man Logan,” I just had to try this
comic out! Luckily, I was not
disappointed with this story as “Wolverine: Old Man Logan” was one of the most
intense and possibly terrifying stories I had ever read about Wolverine! With spectacular writing from Mark
Millar and dramatic artwork by Steve McNiven, “Wolverine: Old
Man Logan” is definitely one comic
book you just have to check out!
What is the story?
In the future world, the United States
is being ruled by the villains of the Marvel Universe (Dr. Doom, Norman Osborn
and the Kingpin) and all of the superheroes were killed off, except for two
heroes: Wolverine and Hawkeye! Wolverine
is now living peacefully with his family as he swore off ever using his claws ever
again since a horrible incident happened that dealt with him using his
claws. One day however, the evil Hulk
Gang wanted their payment in rent from Wolverine and if they do not get their
rent money, they will kill Wolverine’s family.
So, Wolverine goes on a cross country journey with his partner, a now
blind Hawkeye, to get some money for Wolverine to pay the rent. Unfortunately, even though Wolverine is
trying to live a peaceful life, he will soon realize that in a world ruled by
villains, he will always be a target and he might have to compromise his stance
on not fighting anymore once his life and family are being threatened!
What I loved about this comic:
Mark Millar’s writing: After reading Mark
Millar’s fantastic run on “Ultimate X-Men,” I just knew that I had to
give this book a try and when I did, oh my goodness, I was totally blown away
by this story! Mark Millar had done a fantastic job
at giving us a really dark and dystopian world where super-villains ruled the United States and Logan decides to give up being “Wolverine”
after a tragic event happened in his past.
I loved the way that Mark Millar developed Wolverine’s
character and the fact that there would be a day where I would see Wolverine
become a pacifist was really surprising to me.
I also enjoyed the back story about why Wolverine became a pacifist and
what happened to him in the past was a truly terrifying and emotional moment in
this book that will make you really sympathize with Wolverine’s predicament. I also loved the idea about this being a
“what if” story about what would happened if the super-villains ruled the world
and all the super heroes were killed? It
rose up so many interesting scenarios in this comic about what the super
villains would do once they take over the world and how the world would look
like. Apparently, the world is full of
people being killed for no good reason and the endless changes to the United States such as California now being called “Hulkland.” I also loved the way that Mark Millar portrayed Hawkeye and
Wolverine’s relationship with each other as Hawkeye is always cheerful and can
still fight extremely well even when he is blind and I loved the fact that they
still remain friends after all the hardships of living in a villain ruled
world.
Steve McNiven’s artwork: Steve McNiven’s artwork was just so
fantastic in this comic! I loved the way that Steve McNiven made the characters looks
extremely realistic. The characters’
facial expressions are done extremely well as there are shadows on the
characters’ faces whenever they are having dark thoughts. I also enjoyed how detailed the bloody scenes
were as blood squirts everywhere whenever the characters are cut up as it gives
the scenes a much more frightening feeling.
What made me feel uncomfortable about this book:
~A huge warning for anyone
reading this comic~
This comic has oodles and
oodles of blood and gore throughout! I had
never seen a “Wolverine” comic that
had so many scenes of people being killed in the most brutal ways (being cut
up) and anyone who does not like seeing any kind of strong violence in a comic
might want to skip this comic. Also,
there is some language in this comic, although not as strong as something you
would see in Scott Snyder’s “American
Vampire” or Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman”
series, so for anyone who does not like reading language in a book, they might want
to skim over these words. I took off
half a star because I felt that the beginning was moving a bit too slow and it
was not until the middle of the story where things really started to pick up. Also, the story might be a bit confusing for
anyone who does not read “Avengers”
or any other Marvel comics since it manages to combine most of the Marvel
characters into one story (I know I got really confused when the Avengers were
mentioned since I barely read the “Avengers” comics (big X-Men fan here).
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Wolverine: Old Man Logan”
was
a really interesting read for me since I usually do enjoy the usual dystopian
future storylines and this one was really creative and unique to read
through. Wolverine fans will definitely
enjoy this fantastic one shot story of everyone’s favorite claw wielding
mutant!
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