DMC Presents: Old Man Logan Livens Up Marvel’s Lineup
Ask anyone what the best Wolverine story of past 15 years was and the answer will be Old Man Logan. In the original series by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven, Wolverine is no more. In the future after the villains united to wipe out the heroes, Logan is living a quiet family life in the wastelands. He’s laying low and hasn’t popped his claws since killing his fellow X-Men. If you haven’t read it do yourself a favor and pick it up — there’s rumors floating around that it’s the basis for the last Hugh Jackman Wolverine movie.
During last year’s Secret Wars crossover Brian Michael Bendis and Andrea Sorrentino brough Old Man Logan back as part of Battleworld. Logan was one of the few characters to cross regions into other worlds. Now with Secret Wars over and the Marvel Universe restored, Old Man Logan finds himself in a world he doesn’t recognize. It’s the past (present Marvel continuity setting for the rest of us) and he’s haunted by everything that came before him — the death of his family and the death of his friends at his hands. Dazed and confused he sets out to prevent his future from happening, but is this even his past? How will his actions affect the rest of the Marvel Universe and how will the heroes react to the new version of their friend/colleague?
While the fallout of Secret Wars didn’t change as much as I had hoped, I am digging this change. Prior to Secret Wars, Wolverine was a shadow of his former self and was even killed off. Old Man Logan mixes things up a bit. It’s the Wolverine you know but then again don’t. You don’t know what this older damaged version of Logan is going to do!
For more Old Man Logan, check out Jeff Lemire’s Extraordinary X-Men which has been taking the X-Men in a different direction. It mixes new and old characters (literally) and deals with the new status quo for the mutants in the Marvel Universe.
Chris Proulx is one of the founders and owners of Double Midnight Comics, a comic book, collectibles and gaming store with locations in Manchester and Concord, NH.
