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Wolverine: Old Man Logan (Wolverine -Marvel Comics-)
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...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
November 25th 2009
by Marvel Comics
(first published August 12th 2009)
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4.5 only because it left me with a couple of questions, but I know they couldn't quite possibly answer all of them. It did go the way I was thinking it would go, just a little differently than I thought. But I was close enough. Excellent. Full review here, slight spoilers.
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I feel that I ought to mention at this point that, while I am all for the collecting of comic book story arcs into easy-to-read-in-one-sitting trade paperbacks, some of these things are just too damned expensive. This book, for instance, has a list price of thirty dollars. Thirty dollars! Is this thing worth thirty dollars?! I'm going to say no. (I didn't pay thirty, incidentally--I found it used and paid half. But I had to think about spending fifteen dollars on it.)
It's a quick fun r...more
It's a quick fun r...more
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Dije que si lo conseguía seguro lo releía y rerreseñaba. Por primera vez cumplo con mi palabra y acá me embarco en una reseña un cachitín más elaborada sobre este gran comic. En mi primera lectura me pareció muy buen comic, pero promedié el puntaje para abajo porque el final me pareció predecible. Ahora, sabiéndolo de antemano, en vez de especular sobre cómo iba a terminar el periplo directamente disfruté el viaje, y para ello nada mejor que ir acompañado de los espectaculares dibujos de McNiven...more
After reading Mark Millar's Wanted I wasn't excited to read anything else by him. I picked up this graphic novel not realizing that it was Millar's work. I loved it. I love when authors twist characters and put them into unusual settings. I think I like that far more than just reading about the character in their normal stories.
In this "world", the villians have taken over. There was a battle that left most of the superheroes broken (that is if they survived at all).
Wolveri...more
In this "world", the villians have taken over. There was a battle that left most of the superheroes broken (that is if they survived at all).
Wolveri...more
I am a sucker for alternate realities and dystopian futures. That's really the only saving grace of the book. OLD MAN LOGAN reads like a fanboy's wet dream...and that's not meant as a compliment. This is typical Millar fare...lots of blood and explosions, but little else. The plot is pretty thin and the characterization is horrible. I will give Millar credit for the way he dispatches the X-Men and breaks Wolverine's spirit. That was clever. Millar has interesting ideas at times, but he really ca...more
An awesome graphic novel, one of my favorite characters, Wolverine involved in said graphic novel, a really nice snow storm and a great fire in the woodstove: what more could one ask for? Oh yeah, my family was all around on the different sofas and chairs in the living room watching Sunday NFL football. It was cozy, cool, and completely copacetic!! Here is what this wild ride has in store:
“Mark Millar and Steve McNiven - who last teamed for the monumental Civil War - bring us the most impor...more
“Mark Millar and Steve McNiven - who last teamed for the monumental Civil War - bring us the most impor...more
The most visceral, bloody, violent and grim Wolverine story ever. No exceptions. Mark Millar (of Kick-Ass fame) writes this brilliant tale of a post apocalyptic scenario set 50 years after comic book canon.
All superheroes have been defeated, the world is ruled by the supervillians and Wolverine is an old man - a sad shadow of his former self. He has long since given up his ways of violence, but events will occur that may force him to rethink this decision.
With cameos fro...more
All superheroes have been defeated, the world is ruled by the supervillians and Wolverine is an old man - a sad shadow of his former self. He has long since given up his ways of violence, but events will occur that may force him to rethink this decision.
With cameos fro...more
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This is a starkly presented story of an unfamiliar version of Wolverine: an old man scratching out a hard existence with his family in a future where the Bad Guys have won. He has not "popped his claws" in fifty years, and refuses to explain why.
The story of what happened to him during that last, fateful battle eventually comes out during the course of a cross-country journey which he hopes will result in him getting enough money to pay his rent and prevent The Hulk Gang fr...more
The story of what happened to him during that last, fateful battle eventually comes out during the course of a cross-country journey which he hopes will result in him getting enough money to pay his rent and prevent The Hulk Gang fr...more
Recommended to me by a more comic-reading friend, I thought, why not, it's probably the sort of thing that can be a standalone. Turns out, it's a series in the regular Wolverine run, though I'm not sure we're given any more background except what comes in the middle of the regular storyline.
Anyhow... Amazing. Wolverine gives up violence, 50 years in the future (still alive, obviously, because of his healing factor/immortality.) He's married, with kids, living in an America that's ru...more
Anyhow... Amazing. Wolverine gives up violence, 50 years in the future (still alive, obviously, because of his healing factor/immortality.) He's married, with kids, living in an America that's ru...more
I have not had this much fun reading a super hero comic in a long time. Millar (Kick Ass, Superior, Marvel Civil War) has this amazing way of taking old and tired characters and revitalizing them with something new enough without changing the essence of the character (Superman: Red Son). This story is full of amazing shots of a post-apocalyptic world, as the now Blind Hawkeye and non-violence Wolverine drive through a super-villain controlled ruins of civilization.
There are so many ch...more
There are so many ch...more
Old man Logan a what if story
This is going to be my first graphic novel review so please be tender, The story of old man Logan is a what if story set in an apocalyptic world in which the super villains have taken over America, only three super heroes have survived wolverine, the hulk and for some reason that I can think is plot related Hawkeye. That makes it sound like I don’t like Hawkeye and I think I should clarify that I’m actually quite a fan of him and think it’s a huge shame that he...more
This is going to be my first graphic novel review so please be tender, The story of old man Logan is a what if story set in an apocalyptic world in which the super villains have taken over America, only three super heroes have survived wolverine, the hulk and for some reason that I can think is plot related Hawkeye. That makes it sound like I don’t like Hawkeye and I think I should clarify that I’m actually quite a fan of him and think it’s a huge shame that he...more
Alkisah dunia dilanda bencana, karena para penjahat super berhasil mengalahkan para pahlawan super. Dan tinggallah Wolverine menjadi Logan. Just Logan. Dengan seorang istri dan dua orang anak, Scott dan Jade. Scott-nya mirip Cyclops :p
Entah mengapa dia tidak berniat untuk menggunakan cakar adamantium-nya meskipun itu untuk kebaikannya sendiri sampai kedatangan Hawkeye. Hawkeye menyewanya untuk membebaskan putrinya yang ditangkap Kingpin, the big bad guy. And guess what, Ashley, adala...more
Entah mengapa dia tidak berniat untuk menggunakan cakar adamantium-nya meskipun itu untuk kebaikannya sendiri sampai kedatangan Hawkeye. Hawkeye menyewanya untuk membebaskan putrinya yang ditangkap Kingpin, the big bad guy. And guess what, Ashley, adala...more
Good god this was a bloody one.
There were moments of brilliant storytelling(view spoiler) but at the same time there were predictable semi-sight gags that were unnecessary (view spoiler) If these were homages to past Wolverine stories, then that's great. Otherwise, they were a little weak.
Altogether, though, I really enjoyed getting a look at a world without su...more
There were moments of brilliant storytelling(view spoiler) but at the same time there were predictable semi-sight gags that were unnecessary (view spoiler) If these were homages to past Wolverine stories, then that's great. Otherwise, they were a little weak.
Altogether, though, I really enjoyed getting a look at a world without su...more
Wow. Frankly, I have been sick of Wolverine for almost 10 years now. Everyone, just, loves him...and that is god-awful annoying. That being said, I have broken up with his series and kind of tune him out in movies and comic books when he shows up. This book however...a friend of mine lent it to me and said, "JUST DO IT." So, i did it, all in one sitting. And where it had the same haunting and disturbing future world of horrors that an episode of GIJOE did when I was a kid...you kn...more
Sorry, but a 13 year old can write a comic in which 2/3s of it consists of a road trip and the last 1/3 is a brutal battle. Plus, the artist's fascination with decapitation just struck me as odd. While I liked the idea of a futuristic Marvel world, in which the heroes are old or gone, this was garbage compared to Watchmen, Dark Knight, and even What Ever Happened to the Caped Crusader (which felt like Gaiman wrote over a tea or two). In the comic book world, I'd be embarrassed if this was the be...more
An entertaining "What if..." story in which the villains of the Marvel universe work together to beat all the superheroes. The story itself is set about 50 years after the defeat and features a Wolverine who has become a pacifist determined never to use his claws again.
I found the story very imaginative, but not logical at all. The plot was full of holes and inconsistencies. It seemed clearly created as an exercise in putting together a bunch of "Wouldn't it be neat if t...more
I found the story very imaginative, but not logical at all. The plot was full of holes and inconsistencies. It seemed clearly created as an exercise in putting together a bunch of "Wouldn't it be neat if t...more
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Great read. I am slowly discovering how great a comic author Mark Millar is. This is a story of Wolverine in an apocalyptic future 50 years in the future where the bad guys defeated the good guys. He hasn't fought or popped his claws since the day the heroes fell, and lives on a farm with his wife and kids just trying to pay the rent to the ruthless Hulk gang. Unable to make rent, he goes on a mission across america with a now blind Hawkeye to deliver a mysterious package so that he can make ren...more
All the super villians got together and came up with a plan to overthrow the super heroes. Wolverine, or Logan, is one of the few left, but he was so traumatized in that fight that he has vowed not to fight again. Now he has a wife and 2 kids and is trying to survive on a farm. Many of the other great super heroes are dead, though some changed sides. Hawkeye enlists Logan's help to make a delivery across the country when Logan needs money, and this trip reveals what happened to Logan, and gives ...more
I quite enjoyed this story. I like dystopian future stories, and this one is full of dark images. Great character work with Hawkeye. I did not see the twist coming in why Wolverine decided to become a pacifist. Good stuff. That was a disturbing scene, in the best of ways.
I don't know that I buy people like Doom, Sinister, or Magneto agreeing to be the big bad's lieutenants. I think 50 years was probably too long, too. 30 would have worked and fit everyone's ages better (esp Barton's). ...more
I don't know that I buy people like Doom, Sinister, or Magneto agreeing to be the big bad's lieutenants. I think 50 years was probably too long, too. 30 would have worked and fit everyone's ages better (esp Barton's). ...more
A traumatised Wolverine leaves the superhero world behind to become a farmer and raise a family, calling himself Logan and swearing non-violence for the rest of his life Meanwhile, the grossly outnumbered superheroes who remain are overpowered by a newly organised group collecting all of the supervillains to kill the heroes and divide up America amongst them. 50 years pass and Logan has fallen behind in rent to the Banner clan, Bruce Banner's family who govern their section of America. With the ...more
Wolverine finally gets his own "Dark Knight Returns" treatment with a story set in an alternate future where the supervillains have taken over the Marvel universe. Looking like a stout caricature of an aged Clint Eastwood, old man Logan sets cross-country on a quest to raise rent money for his struggling family homestead but encounters super-powered trouble every step of the way.
Some very clever takes on familiar characters. The scene where they reveal how all of the X-Me...more
Some very clever takes on familiar characters. The scene where they reveal how all of the X-Me...more
I am not a huge comic reader, but Logan is one of my favourite characters. Post apocalyptica is my wet dream, and this setting is an interesting one (especially what the Hulk gets up to). The characterization is not very good, but Miller tries. What is delivered is some great action and ridiculous assumptions (I'm looking at YOU Bullseye). This is a B grade action series, but done with A grade aplomb. Read it for a bit of actionany goodness... or don't, whatever.
Wow! That was a really great but also depressing story. Some of the images in this book just really stick in your head. If you are not a fan of the marvel universe this book will not touch you the way it did me. Obviously super villains don't exist in the real world, but in the marvel universe they do and their actions really effect the everyday life of people. Logan starts off as this everyday man, but its enthralling to see how he deals with it...
Wolverine hasn't unsheathed his claws in over 50 years, but things are about to change. Villains have taken control and Logan (aka Wolverine) tries to leave a peaceful life on his farm with his wide and two children. Unfortunately, he comes up short on the rent and in order to pay the Banners (aka the Hulk family) he must help out an old friend. During Hawkeye and Logan's cross-country drive, they hit some major pot holes setting off a chain reaction.
It's a great story. Millar can take you by the hand and show all things he wants. Even if it's a simple plot like an old retired hero who's about to get back to action. The first 4 issues were ok, I was enjoying and all, but then came the 5th issue and, before the ending of it, I thought: "oh god, this is amazing." but that feeling passed by the end of the same edition. After that, the final issues, I though they we're good.
Set 50 years after the fall of the heroes this futuristic tale finds Logan living the simple life with his wife and children. When an old friend turns up his life takes a different track and we're treated to a journey through the destroyed American heartland. Bleak, beautiful to look at and an engaging story. There are some great action moments and some shocking twists. Not just for Wolverine fans but for all comic fans.
Big fan of alternate timeline superhero stories. This one takes us 50 years into a future where the bad guys won. Wolverine is no more, replaced by a defeated and broken Logan who must now join a blind Hawkeye on a cross-country mission in order to save his family. Cameos and twisted takes on favorite characters galore. Classic over-the-top Millar action.
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Mark Millar is an award-winning Scottish comic book writer born in Coatbridge. Now a resident of Glasgow, Millar has been the highest selling British comic-book writer working in America this decade. His best known works include: The Authority, Ultimates 1 and 2, adaptations of Jack Kirby's and Stan Lee's Avengers, Wanted, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, and Civil War. In Augus...more
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