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Old Man Logan (2015) #1-5
Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 0: Warzones!
Enter the Wastelands: a Battleworld realm where heroes have been wiped out and villains rule with an iron fist. In the midst of this dystopian chaos, one man may make a difference. A reluctant warrior who was once the greatest mutant of all. A man known as Old Man Logan. Never before has the former Wolverine been needed as much as he is now, but even the best there was at what he did may be outmatched by the evil lurking in nearby realms! Now, Logan must battle the horrors of mutantkind unleashed, the sins of genocidal machines and the rampaging hordes of the undead. And as Logan traverses Battleworld and learns its secrets, he must face the patchwork planet’s thundering police force! He may be old, but Logan’s job is far from finished.
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First published December 8, 2015
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Brian Michael Bendis
4,409 books2,578 followersA comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
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September 4, 2017
3.5 stars
For a Secret Wars tie-in, this wasn't bad.
Really, anytime you have these tie-ins, they're usually shit. I mean, they're money grabs that don't normally add anything important to the overall event.
Most of the time.
But this one is a bit different, because (Old Man) Logan is now in the 616 universe, so at the very least, Warzones shows the how and why.
Well, sorta...
See the art? Yeah, well...it fits the story.
It's choppy, disorienting, and feels like it has a schizophrenic narrator.
I mean, I kind of get what happened, but there's no way I'd swear on a stack of comics that I understood it completely.
But, honestly, I thought it would be a whole helluva lot worse. For what it was, it wasn't bad, and it made me want to read more about the new version of this crazy old bastard.
For a Secret Wars tie-in, this wasn't bad.
Really, anytime you have these tie-ins, they're usually shit. I mean, they're money grabs that don't normally add anything important to the overall event.
Most of the time.
But this one is a bit different, because (Old Man) Logan is now in the 616 universe, so at the very least, Warzones shows the how and why.
Well, sorta...
See the art? Yeah, well...it fits the story.
It's choppy, disorienting, and feels like it has a schizophrenic narrator.
I mean, I kind of get what happened, but there's no way I'd swear on a stack of comics that I understood it completely.
But, honestly, I thought it would be a whole helluva lot worse. For what it was, it wasn't bad, and it made me want to read more about the new version of this crazy old bastard.
February 7, 2016
Old Man Logan has lived a rough life. He was tricked into killing the X-Men then vowed not to kill again even though he was living in a world of sociopaths. Logan found himself and started cleaning his world up.
After finding something unexpected,
Logan goes exploring.
What he finds sends him on an adventure he wasn't looking for.
Old Man Logan is literally Logan going on a tour of the Battleworlds. The problem is he had no idea that Battleworlds even existed. He runs into some truly unexpected things.
Logan truly has had it rough. Despite being old, Logan rolls with it. I like the Old Logan because he's similar to Wolverine, but slightly more cautious. He's a guy who would rather be left alone yet he refuses to back down. He's just a fun character.
Old Man Logan is definitely one of the best Secret Wars miniseries.
3.5 out of 5 stars
After finding something unexpected,
Logan goes exploring.
What he finds sends him on an adventure he wasn't looking for.
Old Man Logan is literally Logan going on a tour of the Battleworlds. The problem is he had no idea that Battleworlds even existed. He runs into some truly unexpected things.
Logan truly has had it rough. Despite being old, Logan rolls with it. I like the Old Logan because he's similar to Wolverine, but slightly more cautious. He's a guy who would rather be left alone yet he refuses to back down. He's just a fun character.
Old Man Logan is definitely one of the best Secret Wars miniseries.
3.5 out of 5 stars
November 9, 2016
Old Man Logan: Warzones is a sequel to Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s fantastic original Wolverine story as well as a tie-in to Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Wars. Brian Michael Bendis writes this time around with artist Andrea Sorrentino and it’s an ok book, which actually puts it above the majority of the terrible Secret Wars comics!
Old Man Logan finds an Ultron head in the desert and sets out to discover where it came from, a journey that takes him the length and breadth of Doom’s Battleworld.
If you’re planning on reading Secret Wars and its tie-ins, Old Man Logan is one of the best books to read first. It doesn’t have a strong story but it does introduce the layout and rules of Battleworld pretty well. We meet the Thors, Doom’s police, as well as the X-Men realm, Tony Stark’s Technopolis, and the Deadlands (home to the Marvel Zombies).
Andrea Sorrentino’s art is amazing, particularly the smoky landscapes of Logan’s western/desert home, and the action looks appropriately visceral and violent for a Wolverine comic. I definitely enjoyed the art far more than Bendis’ unimpressive script and barely-existent story, though he does write a good Logan.
Old Man Logan is worth a look if you’re a fan of that version of the character, and it tees up the great ongoing series by Sorrentino and Jeff Lemire, but of the three Old Man Logan books so far published, Bendis’ addition is definitely the weakest.
Old Man Logan finds an Ultron head in the desert and sets out to discover where it came from, a journey that takes him the length and breadth of Doom’s Battleworld.
If you’re planning on reading Secret Wars and its tie-ins, Old Man Logan is one of the best books to read first. It doesn’t have a strong story but it does introduce the layout and rules of Battleworld pretty well. We meet the Thors, Doom’s police, as well as the X-Men realm, Tony Stark’s Technopolis, and the Deadlands (home to the Marvel Zombies).
Andrea Sorrentino’s art is amazing, particularly the smoky landscapes of Logan’s western/desert home, and the action looks appropriately visceral and violent for a Wolverine comic. I definitely enjoyed the art far more than Bendis’ unimpressive script and barely-existent story, though he does write a good Logan.
Old Man Logan is worth a look if you’re a fan of that version of the character, and it tees up the great ongoing series by Sorrentino and Jeff Lemire, but of the three Old Man Logan books so far published, Bendis’ addition is definitely the weakest.
January 26, 2018
Could not pass up this deal!
Picked up this digital collection for only $1.80. Plus volumes 1, 2, 3, & 4 for $1.80 each. Had to pay $2.20 for volume 5. From #25 on i stated to collect Old Man Logan in paper comic format. What a mind warping ultra violent story! Cannot wait to catch up on Old Man Logan.
Picked up this digital collection for only $1.80. Plus volumes 1, 2, 3, & 4 for $1.80 each. Had to pay $2.20 for volume 5. From #25 on i stated to collect Old Man Logan in paper comic format. What a mind warping ultra violent story! Cannot wait to catch up on Old Man Logan.
June 16, 2016
Nothing special. I enjoyed the original Old Man Logan miniseries but this just felt off. Also not a big fan of the art.
March 2, 2021
6.0/10
Not bad, not bad.
Old man Logan is a great story by Mark Millar and in my opinion it didn't need any sequel. But that's not Marvel's opinion. Six years after Old man Logan Marvel decided to release a sequel and we see what Wolverine is up to after slaying gang Hulk. It is a fairly interesting story, which was a nice suprise, but not as good as the original. The art is also worse.
So yeah, it keep it my interest and i will continue with the next volume.
Not bad, not bad.
Old man Logan is a great story by Mark Millar and in my opinion it didn't need any sequel. But that's not Marvel's opinion. Six years after Old man Logan Marvel decided to release a sequel and we see what Wolverine is up to after slaying gang Hulk. It is a fairly interesting story, which was a nice suprise, but not as good as the original. The art is also worse.
So yeah, it keep it my interest and i will continue with the next volume.
December 1, 2023
Like most of the Secret Wars Warzones titles, this one was also a pretty unnecessary miniseries. About the only good thing that came out of it was the following ongoing series by writer Jeff Lemire. That was some good stuff. This isn't terrible, but that was better.
February 4, 2016
Another Secret Wars miniseries that's based on a previous miniseries that I haven't read. This is, as far as I can tell, essentially a continuation of the original Wolverine: Old Man Logan mini, with the sole change that it's all now happening on Doom's Battleworld. Ok, I can go with that. I just wish that there was more story here, because there isn't much of one. It's more like Logan's aimless traveling through a handful of the Battleworlds, and it feels like this was just written to justify bringing Old Man Logan into the mainstream Marvel U after Secret Wars is done. What saves this book is that Logan himself is written very well, even if his story isn't really going anywhere. And the art is remarkable, striking and distinctive in all the right ways. I have a good feeling that if I'd already read and loved the original Old Man Logan book, I'd like this one better, but it's a little late for that now.
March 8, 2017
3.5 stars.
March 22, 2017
During his stint at Marvel during the noughties, Mark Millar concluded his brief run on the Wolverine ongoing series with Old Man Logan, a miniseries about the character depicted as an aging pacifistic family man living in an alternate future universe where super villains overthrew the super heroes. Conceived very much like Marvel’s What If comics, Millar, along with artist Steve McNiven crafted a post-apocalyptic western that was dark, violent and over-the-top, as well as a final send-off to a character who regains his heroism and learns to snikt again.
As a tie-in to the 2015 big event miniseries Secret Wars, Brian Michael Bendis continues the adventures of this beloved version of a fan-favourite X-Man. Riding on a horse through the Wastelands and slashing his way through baddies who discriminate the names of his Marvel buddies, Logan discovers the head of an old Ultron model and thus travels through the landscape to uncover the truth behind this metallic artefact.
Right away, from the above synopsis, this book doesn’t quite have the hook like the Millar/McNiven one did, which was a buddy road-trip based on a life-and-death deadline. Although Bendis is no stranger to mature content – for those who read his Daredevil run – he’s not quite the cynical writer like Millar is, this not being criticism towards the both of them. Despite being a nice return to this bleak future, Bendis is more interested in showcasing it than he is with the characters as he crams so many Easter eggs in all five issues, it’s his excuse for the lack of plot.
The book is certainly not without its moments as it is a continuation of what came before such as witnessing some of this universe’s versions of known Marvel characters such as a Thor of the Thor Corps, as well as the true reveal of Emma Frost. As for the eponymous hero who is a character that has lived for decades and been through many forms of hell, there was the potential for an arc about how he gets a second chance to be with his X-family, and yet the writing feels more like Logan being shoehorned into the main Marvel continuity, due to what’s been going on in Battleworld.
The best thing about this comic is without a doubt Andrea Sorrentino’s art, which is just amazing, ranging from the stunning western landscapes to the out-there character designs that allow a bleak sensibility to the Marvel iconography. Experimenting with panel layouts, Sorrentino presents dynamic action sequences with Logan violently hacking his way against a variety of different super-powered people.
Functioning more as a Secret Wars tie-in, it suffers, but this is a fun enough re-intro to Old Man Logan and his world that is bloody yet spectacular, largely due to Andrea Sorrentino’s art. Excited to see what Jeff Lemire will do during his current run.
As a tie-in to the 2015 big event miniseries Secret Wars, Brian Michael Bendis continues the adventures of this beloved version of a fan-favourite X-Man. Riding on a horse through the Wastelands and slashing his way through baddies who discriminate the names of his Marvel buddies, Logan discovers the head of an old Ultron model and thus travels through the landscape to uncover the truth behind this metallic artefact.
Right away, from the above synopsis, this book doesn’t quite have the hook like the Millar/McNiven one did, which was a buddy road-trip based on a life-and-death deadline. Although Bendis is no stranger to mature content – for those who read his Daredevil run – he’s not quite the cynical writer like Millar is, this not being criticism towards the both of them. Despite being a nice return to this bleak future, Bendis is more interested in showcasing it than he is with the characters as he crams so many Easter eggs in all five issues, it’s his excuse for the lack of plot.
The book is certainly not without its moments as it is a continuation of what came before such as witnessing some of this universe’s versions of known Marvel characters such as a Thor of the Thor Corps, as well as the true reveal of Emma Frost. As for the eponymous hero who is a character that has lived for decades and been through many forms of hell, there was the potential for an arc about how he gets a second chance to be with his X-family, and yet the writing feels more like Logan being shoehorned into the main Marvel continuity, due to what’s been going on in Battleworld.
The best thing about this comic is without a doubt Andrea Sorrentino’s art, which is just amazing, ranging from the stunning western landscapes to the out-there character designs that allow a bleak sensibility to the Marvel iconography. Experimenting with panel layouts, Sorrentino presents dynamic action sequences with Logan violently hacking his way against a variety of different super-powered people.
Functioning more as a Secret Wars tie-in, it suffers, but this is a fun enough re-intro to Old Man Logan and his world that is bloody yet spectacular, largely due to Andrea Sorrentino’s art. Excited to see what Jeff Lemire will do during his current run.
May 8, 2016
This is pretty much what I expected from Bendis: I like this at first, but then when i was done I thought about the story and there really isn't one, leaving me feeling empty and the series not being that memorable or even necessary.
If you've read Old Man Logan, he basically leaves where he lives (the reason really isn't important) and discover that the world has changed. Each issue Logan ends up in a different part of Battleworld (the world made up of different pieces from across the Marvel multi-verse). Each issue he gets to a different part via walking, falling, being thrown, carried, etc. Each issue he meets up with different versions of heroes and villains that he knows and each conversation is basically:
Logan: What's going on? Something not right.
Other: You don't look/act like you should be.
Logan usually ends up Snikt'ing and Schuck'ing one or more people/things. The art is pretty visceral and isn't bad, fitting the tone well, but the story is really just a walkthrough of at least some of the different pieces of the world, and then you end up with OML getting where Marvel needs him to be.
That's it and I'm not sure it should have taken that many issues to get there.
If you've read Old Man Logan, he basically leaves where he lives (the reason really isn't important) and discover that the world has changed. Each issue Logan ends up in a different part of Battleworld (the world made up of different pieces from across the Marvel multi-verse). Each issue he gets to a different part via walking, falling, being thrown, carried, etc. Each issue he meets up with different versions of heroes and villains that he knows and each conversation is basically:
Logan: What's going on? Something not right.
Other: You don't look/act like you should be.
Logan usually ends up Snikt'ing and Schuck'ing one or more people/things. The art is pretty visceral and isn't bad, fitting the tone well, but the story is really just a walkthrough of at least some of the different pieces of the world, and then you end up with OML getting where Marvel needs him to be.
That's it and I'm not sure it should have taken that many issues to get there.
May 26, 2016
This was epic, and I can so see an ornery older Wolverine just not settling for what Doom has to offer in the form of the Battleworld. It was fun seeing him interact with the other heroes from the other worlds. Although I wish I knew what order that these should be read in...perhaps I should look up the original release date for each volume of Warzones!
November 5, 2016
Introduction to Old Man Logan's presence in Marvel's new universe after Secret Wars.
Yeah, ok, why not?
5 issues to do so? I think not. Even the numerous textless sequences seemed long and vain.
Basically Logan gets pointlessly beaten up from one Battleworld section to another before meeting the local X-Men, leading to him getting back to Earth-616.
A 3 parter would have been much better.
Yeah, ok, why not?
5 issues to do so? I think not. Even the numerous textless sequences seemed long and vain.
Basically Logan gets pointlessly beaten up from one Battleworld section to another before meeting the local X-Men, leading to him getting back to Earth-616.
A 3 parter would have been much better.
November 15, 2023
This one was just a bit too confusing for me. Looking forward to getting into the series properly though.
March 10, 2019
3.5 stars
Haven't read Secret Wars, but I have an idea of what it was about. This one is a tie-in to the event, and has the Logan from Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's heart-wrenching epic flung (literally) from one world to another meeting different versions of X-Men and other superheroes. Being a tie-in, it does not have a clear standalone plot. But I loved the art by Andrea Sorrentino. A particular moment in the end when he meets his son from another dimension really got to me.
Haven't read Secret Wars, but I have an idea of what it was about. This one is a tie-in to the event, and has the Logan from Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's heart-wrenching epic flung (literally) from one world to another meeting different versions of X-Men and other superheroes. Being a tie-in, it does not have a clear standalone plot. But I loved the art by Andrea Sorrentino. A particular moment in the end when he meets his son from another dimension really got to me.
November 10, 2015
Absolute garbage! So I loved the original Old Man Logan story, but this is just terrible! It started out so good, but nope it failed! But anyway, so instead of continuing the Old Man Logan, Mad Max style setting, this is pretty much a secret wars tie in; While the main secret wars series was good this was a miss... Half the time I didn't know what the hell was going on, and I was too bored with the story to care. Even a good writer like Bendis, has a bad story among-st superb stories, this seemed to be Bendis's one bad one. The artwork however was very good, and the ending, hinting at the next volume, seems promising, but for this one, its shit, and knowing marvel this will be expensive for 120 pages of garbage!
March 31, 2017
One of the best Secret Wars limited series. It is gorgeous, dark, and it's a strong follow-up to the original title. It started off near perfect, although in later issues I was feeling like the whole Secret Wars setting was mostly getting in the way of the story. Honestly, this is the case with almost all other SW tie-ins, and I just got very tired of the whole Doom-is-a-god-but-characters-suspect-he's-not premise. Anyway, beside that minor complaint, it is still a very good read, and it's some of Bendis's best writing in recent years.
April 11, 2016
Old Man Logan bounces around Battleworld for a few issues, alternately getting his tiny mind blown and fighting a lot. Brian Michael Bendis has essentially put Logan into the readers' point of view of this whole Secret Wars business, pointlessly jumping from realm to realm, wondering what the Hell is going on, wondering if there's any point to any of it and wondering when it's going to end.
The artwork was nice but more than a little derivative of Jae Lee.
All in all, it was all a bit mediocre but not a complete waste of time.
The artwork was nice but more than a little derivative of Jae Lee.
All in all, it was all a bit mediocre but not a complete waste of time.
February 18, 2016
I don't really get the acclaim for this book. For the original Mark Millar story, that I get. This didn't really feel like a Bendis book at all. There was very little characterization or dialogue. Both are Bendis trademarks. This was just Old Man Logan appearing in a different world each issue and duking it out with various generic versions of villians. I give it 3 "meh's".
November 21, 2016
Old Wolverine visits an alternate timeline Earth in which Doom seems to be in charge and all the heroes are slightly different. Feels like Red Son Superman: everything is superficially different but exactly the same in all the worst ways.
August 9, 2016
Everytime I think I found a new favorite tie in to secret wars I'm proved wrong. This is the best Wolverine story I've read in a long time.
April 15, 2017
Another Secret Wars tie-in, Old Man Logan reintroduces this alternate future version of Wolverine by way of Unforgiven.
Here, after witnessing an Ultron bot crash-land, of a make and model he's never seen before, Logan goes on the hunt for answers. But, in order to find these answers, he must cross the Wall, a massive architectural feat separating his region from the rest of Battleworld (Doom's hodgepodge Earth-like construct collecting all the various Marvel realities into one world). Passage between realms is strictly forbidden, and his crossing the wall earns Logan a shocking visit from a Thor (Doom's version of global police).
Brian Michael Bendis takes on writing duties in this five-issue series, picking up with Old Man Logan in the wake of the popular Old Man Logan mini-series from some years back by Mark Millar. I dug Millar's series, and thankfully Bendis does a good job of bringing back some of that charm. This particular volume is basically a Western-stylized road-trip, and it's neat to see this version of Logan interact with various alternate reality takes on the X-Men mythos, like the Age of Apocalypse and the current time-displaced line-up of the original five.
This book is fun, but in terms of writing, it's far from perfect. The whole Ultron gimmick is nothing more than a MacGuffin. And, since this is a tie-in to an event whose repercussions can only be a short-lived bit of entertainment, there's little need for resolution of this volume's story itself and Bendis knows that. The dude doesn't even try and give us any actual resolution. Literally none of this stuff matters in the grander scheme of things, but since Old Man Logan is now a central character in the Marvel Universe proper, this is a neat way of getting him from point A to point B with as little fuss as possible.
So, story-wise it's flawed by still entertaining. I can overlook a lot for a good, blood-soaked Wolverine story done up in a Clint Eastwood Western pastiche, and there's plenty of SNIKT per page to keep me happy here.
The real reason to dig this book, though, is the artwork by Andrea Sorrentino, and Marcelo Maiolo's colors. I discovered Sorrentino during his run with Jeff Lemire on Green Arrow and was blown-away. His layouts are dynamic and hyper-cool, and Maiolo brings Andrea's pencils to bold, provocative life.
I mean, look at that freaking sky!
I flat-out love Sorrentino's work, and there's five issues worth of beauty's like the above. To top it all off, he and Jeff Lemire are doing the new, post-Secret Wars Old Man Logan on-going, so I'll be all over that one soon enough.
Here, after witnessing an Ultron bot crash-land, of a make and model he's never seen before, Logan goes on the hunt for answers. But, in order to find these answers, he must cross the Wall, a massive architectural feat separating his region from the rest of Battleworld (Doom's hodgepodge Earth-like construct collecting all the various Marvel realities into one world). Passage between realms is strictly forbidden, and his crossing the wall earns Logan a shocking visit from a Thor (Doom's version of global police).
Brian Michael Bendis takes on writing duties in this five-issue series, picking up with Old Man Logan in the wake of the popular Old Man Logan mini-series from some years back by Mark Millar. I dug Millar's series, and thankfully Bendis does a good job of bringing back some of that charm. This particular volume is basically a Western-stylized road-trip, and it's neat to see this version of Logan interact with various alternate reality takes on the X-Men mythos, like the Age of Apocalypse and the current time-displaced line-up of the original five.
This book is fun, but in terms of writing, it's far from perfect. The whole Ultron gimmick is nothing more than a MacGuffin. And, since this is a tie-in to an event whose repercussions can only be a short-lived bit of entertainment, there's little need for resolution of this volume's story itself and Bendis knows that. The dude doesn't even try and give us any actual resolution. Literally none of this stuff matters in the grander scheme of things, but since Old Man Logan is now a central character in the Marvel Universe proper, this is a neat way of getting him from point A to point B with as little fuss as possible.
So, story-wise it's flawed by still entertaining. I can overlook a lot for a good, blood-soaked Wolverine story done up in a Clint Eastwood Western pastiche, and there's plenty of SNIKT per page to keep me happy here.
The real reason to dig this book, though, is the artwork by Andrea Sorrentino, and Marcelo Maiolo's colors. I discovered Sorrentino during his run with Jeff Lemire on Green Arrow and was blown-away. His layouts are dynamic and hyper-cool, and Maiolo brings Andrea's pencils to bold, provocative life.
I mean, look at that freaking sky!
I flat-out love Sorrentino's work, and there's five issues worth of beauty's like the above. To top it all off, he and Jeff Lemire are doing the new, post-Secret Wars Old Man Logan on-going, so I'll be all over that one soon enough.
June 3, 2018
English
It’s from long time that I don’t follow constantly the evolution of events in both Marvel and DC universe, years pass for me too :P, and this volume taken to itself after rereading Old Man Logan (at least that's a work that I know well), didn’t give me great emotions.
A sort of zapping that sees the protagonist in different contexts, in preparation for something else that will come... but I'm happy anyway, because Sorrentino in drawing the oldie really knows how to do it very well.
P.S.
Maybe because of his presence in a variant cover of the other story at the beginning of this volume, but I have to admit that I missed the lad so much :D
Italiano
E’ parecchio che non seguo con costanza l’evolversi degli eventi nei comics sia Marvel che DC, gli anni passano anche per me :P, e questo volume preso così a sé stante dopo la rilettura di Old Man Logan (almeno quella è un’opera che conosco bene), non mi ha regalato particolari emozioni.
Una sorta di zapping che vede il protagonista in diversi contesti, in preparazione di qualcos’altro che verrà… però sono contento comunque, perché Sorrentino nel disegnare il vecchietto ci sa davvero fare.
P.S.
Sarà forse per la sua presenza in una variant cover dell’altra storia all’inizio di questo volume, ma devo ammettere che il ragazzino mi è mancato tanto :D
It’s from long time that I don’t follow constantly the evolution of events in both Marvel and DC universe, years pass for me too :P, and this volume taken to itself after rereading Old Man Logan (at least that's a work that I know well), didn’t give me great emotions.
A sort of zapping that sees the protagonist in different contexts, in preparation for something else that will come... but I'm happy anyway, because Sorrentino in drawing the oldie really knows how to do it very well.
P.S.
Maybe because of his presence in a variant cover of the other story at the beginning of this volume, but I have to admit that I missed the lad so much :D
Italiano
E’ parecchio che non seguo con costanza l’evolversi degli eventi nei comics sia Marvel che DC, gli anni passano anche per me :P, e questo volume preso così a sé stante dopo la rilettura di Old Man Logan (almeno quella è un’opera che conosco bene), non mi ha regalato particolari emozioni.
Una sorta di zapping che vede il protagonista in diversi contesti, in preparazione di qualcos’altro che verrà… però sono contento comunque, perché Sorrentino nel disegnare il vecchietto ci sa davvero fare.
P.S.
Sarà forse per la sua presenza in una variant cover dell’altra storia all’inizio di questo volume, ma devo ammettere che il ragazzino mi è mancato tanto :D
November 27, 2021
This was a pretty good read!
It starts with Wolverine and wastelands facing random villains and then crossing the walls of the battleworld and facing off against Thor corps or one of them and then we follow him as he falls through different timelines/realities like the one where Apocalypse is the baron or the one with Iron man and that was cool seeing the former Avengers face off and then the big one where he lands in the Ultron/zombie pool and when he finally meets 616 versions.
Its an interesting volume and is pretty much him just travelling through all the parallel realities as bendis seems to excels at them and its not bad and makes for a pretty good read and I love the way they focus on him and his mental state and like whether this is a dream or not and the artwork is the main thing and it makes the whole volume so much better. Especially the dark jaded scenes where he is fighting and its bloody and perfect...
It starts with Wolverine and wastelands facing random villains and then crossing the walls of the battleworld and facing off against Thor corps or one of them and then we follow him as he falls through different timelines/realities like the one where Apocalypse is the baron or the one with Iron man and that was cool seeing the former Avengers face off and then the big one where he lands in the Ultron/zombie pool and when he finally meets 616 versions.
Its an interesting volume and is pretty much him just travelling through all the parallel realities as bendis seems to excels at them and its not bad and makes for a pretty good read and I love the way they focus on him and his mental state and like whether this is a dream or not and the artwork is the main thing and it makes the whole volume so much better. Especially the dark jaded scenes where he is fighting and its bloody and perfect...
March 22, 2017
Easiest way to judge this miniseries would be to compare it with Mark Millar's original or to detest it as another pretext to milk money off Logan movie. But I think it takes a better audience with prior knowledge of Secret Wars to enjoy the nuances.
While old run was mostly confined as a post Avengers rodeo, this one treats Logan in the fox terrain, movie goers are more familiar with- Xmen and FF. So far some attenuated continuity has been kept with Old Man Logan, by patching it up with alternative timelines. In fact, I am excited for the Doom-Latveria else world combination, which worked so well with Marvel1602.
Edgy artwork is commendable for the styling, but the fight sequences look nothing less a muck than the ones in Transformers franchise, making you squint to make sense of panels. Those first person free falling panels were pretty cool, though.
I actually look forward for more of Parallel Dimension Terminatoring Old Man Logan, and Jeff Lemire's name looks like an added bonus.
While old run was mostly confined as a post Avengers rodeo, this one treats Logan in the fox terrain, movie goers are more familiar with- Xmen and FF. So far some attenuated continuity has been kept with Old Man Logan, by patching it up with alternative timelines. In fact, I am excited for the Doom-Latveria else world combination, which worked so well with Marvel1602.
Edgy artwork is commendable for the styling, but the fight sequences look nothing less a muck than the ones in Transformers franchise, making you squint to make sense of panels. Those first person free falling panels were pretty cool, though.
I actually look forward for more of Parallel Dimension Terminatoring Old Man Logan, and Jeff Lemire's name looks like an added bonus.
March 1, 2019
I wish I could like the art for this, but I'm not digging it at all.
October 6, 2024
Shows how old man Logan transported to the 616 universe from the original Mark Millar’s stand alone story; Old Man Logan.
For a while in the 616, Wolverine was dead. So from 2015-2018 or so, Old Man Logan was transported from his universe to the 616 and has his own ongoing book for 50 issues.
For a while in the 616, Wolverine was dead. So from 2015-2018 or so, Old Man Logan was transported from his universe to the 616 and has his own ongoing book for 50 issues.
April 24, 2016
Having read Old Man Logan recently, this probably scores higher than it deserves.
The opening issue of this volume is great, reintroducing the older version of Logan and his future, following up on the plot lines from the end of the previous story like his little Hulk baby, before he sets out to investigate a flying Ultron head which brings him back to Emma Frost.
The final issue is also great; it cements Logan's new status quo as part of the 616 universe going forward, as well as introducing him to all of the X-Men (something I don't think any other Secret Wars series bothered to check in on, instead opting for alternate dimension versions), although I'm sure Cyclops was supposed to be dead at this point, but I digress.
It's the middle three issues that are almost a) all the same and b) totally pointless. Old Man Logan literally gets kicked, punched, and thrown across the barriers between Battleworld's domains for no reason other than to prove 'there's something wrong here that wasn't wrong before'. It's nice to see the different areas, but it essentially feels like a whistle-stop tour of reasons to be reading other Secret Wars books instead, which is surely a mistake.
It'd probably score lower, but any book drawn by Andrea Sorrentino automatically gets high marks, because his layouts are insane, as are the gory details he manages to pack in. He and colourist Marcelo Maiolo work 100% in synch, and it creates something absolutely wonderful to look at.
Final verdict: Could have been done in 3 issues rather than 5, but artwork saves it from being a total waste of time. Plus, the new ongoing series is by Jeff Lemire and Sorrentino, who worked wonders on Green Arrow, so there's that to look forward to.
The opening issue of this volume is great, reintroducing the older version of Logan and his future, following up on the plot lines from the end of the previous story like his little Hulk baby, before he sets out to investigate a flying Ultron head which brings him back to Emma Frost.
The final issue is also great; it cements Logan's new status quo as part of the 616 universe going forward, as well as introducing him to all of the X-Men (something I don't think any other Secret Wars series bothered to check in on, instead opting for alternate dimension versions), although I'm sure Cyclops was supposed to be dead at this point, but I digress.
It's the middle three issues that are almost a) all the same and b) totally pointless. Old Man Logan literally gets kicked, punched, and thrown across the barriers between Battleworld's domains for no reason other than to prove 'there's something wrong here that wasn't wrong before'. It's nice to see the different areas, but it essentially feels like a whistle-stop tour of reasons to be reading other Secret Wars books instead, which is surely a mistake.
It'd probably score lower, but any book drawn by Andrea Sorrentino automatically gets high marks, because his layouts are insane, as are the gory details he manages to pack in. He and colourist Marcelo Maiolo work 100% in synch, and it creates something absolutely wonderful to look at.
Final verdict: Could have been done in 3 issues rather than 5, but artwork saves it from being a total waste of time. Plus, the new ongoing series is by Jeff Lemire and Sorrentino, who worked wonders on Green Arrow, so there's that to look forward to.
May 26, 2018
I read Old Man Logan by Mark Millar last year and absolutely loved it! Easily in the top 5 Marvel stories, I have ever read. And this is the continuation. And I gotta say, I wasn't a huge fan. All of the characters are done really well by Bendis. I especially liked the dynamic between Logan and Emma Frost. Logan still dealing with his past life and trying to adapt to this new shitstorm of a world is all really great. The best sequence in the book is one where Logan gets sent to essentially a version of hell and meets up with someone he hasn't seen in a long ass time. This sequence is really down to earth and just the most entertaining for me. And at the end, Logan meets someone else, who he never thought he would ever see. Those 2 scenes were the best for me. Unfortunately, the story structure and pacing were noooot at all to my liking. Everything moved waaaaaayyy to fast, characters just seem to do things for unclear reasons, and a lot of the time I didn't even understand what was going on. There are so many scatterbrained sequences where I was actaully getting a little frustrated reading them because everything is just going a gazillion miles an hour and again character motivations are non-existent sometimes. I'd say I know I didn't really like this book too much because it doesn't make me want to read more. There are 2 great scenes, the characters are done well, the art is impressive, but its story structure and pacing really brought it down. Letter Grade: (C+)
February 26, 2016
I only read it because it had the name Old Man Logan on the cover and I believe that was their intention too. The book had a rather okay-ish story, nothing extraordinary like the initial Logan comic. I might even say, this doesn't even deserve the lofty tag. It adds little to the existing mythology, it's only here to show how Logan came to be the Main Marvel Universe.
Brian Michael Bendis is a strong writer. But his talent was wasted here, this is not the stuff we fans were looking for. The art is rather stylized, but not pleasing to the eyes. The recent Logan comic is also following this trend. I am personally a fan of clear art and breathtaking colors, this sketchy style doesn't much interest me.
Bleh.
Brian Michael Bendis is a strong writer. But his talent was wasted here, this is not the stuff we fans were looking for. The art is rather stylized, but not pleasing to the eyes. The recent Logan comic is also following this trend. I am personally a fan of clear art and breathtaking colors, this sketchy style doesn't much interest me.
Bleh.
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