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Mark Millar and Steve McNiven – who last teamed for the monumental Civil War – bring us the most important Wolverine story of the 21st Century. Nobody knows what happened on the night the heroes fell. All we know is that they disappeared and evil triumphed and the bad guys have been calling the shots ever since. What happened to Wolverine is the biggest mystery of all. For 50 years, no one has heard hide nor hair from him… and in his place stands an old man called Logan. A man concerned only about his family. A man pushed to the brink by the Hulk Gang. A man forced to help an old friend – the blind archer, Hawkeye – to drive three thousand miles to secure his family’s safety. Get ready for the ride of your l… More >>
Wolverine: Old Man Logan
This comic was really quite painful to read. Its so far outside of the timeline that for me it was simply irrelevant. Of course it has the typical and growing more ubiquitous everyday Marvel racism against blacks, but even besides that, I had a hard time flashing to a point where all of the superheroes except for Hawkeye and Wolverine are dead, of course its possible, but not really something I can believe or even want to believe.If you”re some type of completest then go for it, otherwise there are probably much better ways to spend your money. Rating: 1 / 5
This comic shows a dystopian future where the villains have conquered the Marvel universe, and for whatever reason Wolverine has given up his violent ways. Hawkeye comes to go on an adventure, and we follow them through a story that (I think) would have made a great movie. As a comic however, what we get is predictable after the big reveal, and really gets boring after. I think it could have been so much better, and doesn’t deserve the praise it has been getting from casual comic fans. Rating: 3 / 5
I guess I can believe it. Not the best Wolverine story I have ever read but, I guess it is believable considering Wolverine has always looked for peace. In the end though he goes back to his true nature. Look forward to the next book in the series. Rating: 3 / 5
I really liked the set up of the world this takes place in and some of the details, but as an overall story it’s kind of meh. There are a few good twists and turns and the main bad guy isn’t who I would have expected, but throughout the story I found myself questioning too many things.
Why is Logan actually old in this setting if he’s running around with an old Hawkeye who’s still capable enough to be adventuring? It would have made more sense to have depicted him as looking the age he did in the “Days of Future Past” story line from the 80s. Back before his retarded origin made him more than 100 years old etc…with the current wankiness of the character there should have been an explanation for the impairment of his mutant abilities that allowed him to age so much. What they do show of his appearance and abilities can make sense together taken as they are but presumably most people reading this book are going to be used to reading the current comics where it’s all but impossible for Wolverine to die so why not explain why that’s not the case anymore.
Logon also has a show down with one of the main villains of the piece that just left me all but screaming “BS” during a particular sene. Clearly a bit that someone thought would be “cool” enough that people would ignore the complete illogic of it within grounds of the Marvel Universe. I did rather enjoy the rest of the stuff that had to do with that villain and his family because of the irreverent nature of it but the one bit was definitely an eye roller. Rating: 3 / 5
It’s fun, but “derivative schlock” is the first thing to mind.
There’s no new story here that hasn’t been told with other characters a hundred times. (Spoiler) Man living on the frontier is having trouble making ends meet, and his family meets a tragic end, so he goes on a journey to get revenge. (/Spoiler)
I’m confused as to how in the world someone could rate this five stars. It’s a solid three, but this is certainly not equal to the best books I’ve read. Rating: 3 / 5