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Old Man Logan (Collected Editions)
Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 5: Past Lives
A failure from the past haunts Logan - and to correct his mistakes, he'll need magical assistance! But when he faces opposition, the man who was once Wolverine will turn to an unlikely - and potentially treacherous - ally! Will an encounter with the young Spider-Man, Miles Morales, convince Logan to alter his path? Or will a time-torn trip through his past lives - from his youth in the 1800s, to his first encounter with the Hulk, to his stint with the X-Men - derail Logan's mission completely? Spiraling through his own living memories, and forced to relive moments both poignant and painful, will Logan be tempted to try to put right what once went wrong? And what will the consequences be?
COLLECTING: OLD MAN LOGAN 19-24
COLLECTING: OLD MAN LOGAN 19-24
136 pages, Paperback
First published October 10, 2017
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Jeff Lemire
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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
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November 7, 2023
Looking to come to terms with, or even fix a past fatal mistake, Old Man strives for some magical assistance. Will an encounter with Mile Morales impact on him? Who is Asmodeus? Now here's the interesting part - Old Man has to relive parts of his past from his reality's Origin, Hulk vs Wolverine, Dark Phoenix, being 'Patch' - which was a nice trip down memory lane for me. 6 out of 12 Three Star read.
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January 24, 2018
Jeff Lemire phones in a pointless, forgettable story about Wolverine visiting past times of his life while unable to change anything. Andrea Sorrentino has also flown the coop and left us with a couple of turds to provide the art. Filipe Andrade's art is so bad, he may have actually drawn it with a turd. Eric Nguyen isn't much better. Marvel seems to employ a lot of subpar artists these days. I'm starting to miss the "house" style of decades past.
April 17, 2025
It was good that Logan got to spend a day with his family again.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 12, 2018
This feels like a goodbye for sure to a series I never quite loved but least always read enough to enjoy it.
So Wolverine wants to go back in time. Wants to go back to his time so he can change things. Of course he asks every single hero he knows to help but everyone says no. So what does he do? He goes to a villain because, well that's how you gotta do things sometimes. Once he goes back in time he relieves some of the biggest moments in Logan's life, including the Phoenix fight and then of course a little before his family is murdered.
Good: It's a nice farewell. Reliving memories is always interesting and I loved the moment where he sees his family again. It's both sad and tragic and full circle for his character. Also him asking every hero for help was funny.
Bad: It feels like running through the motions. That the old man logan knows his place and is saying it's okay to live his life from now on the way he doesn't look back on the past. Been there done that.
Overall another decent, fun, but unremarkable volume. Sure, ten times better than volume 4 but still nothing special. A 2.5 out of 5. I'll hit it with a 3 though for the art.
So Wolverine wants to go back in time. Wants to go back to his time so he can change things. Of course he asks every single hero he knows to help but everyone says no. So what does he do? He goes to a villain because, well that's how you gotta do things sometimes. Once he goes back in time he relieves some of the biggest moments in Logan's life, including the Phoenix fight and then of course a little before his family is murdered.
Good: It's a nice farewell. Reliving memories is always interesting and I loved the moment where he sees his family again. It's both sad and tragic and full circle for his character. Also him asking every hero for help was funny.
Bad: It feels like running through the motions. That the old man logan knows his place and is saying it's okay to live his life from now on the way he doesn't look back on the past. Been there done that.
Overall another decent, fun, but unremarkable volume. Sure, ten times better than volume 4 but still nothing special. A 2.5 out of 5. I'll hit it with a 3 though for the art.
November 27, 2021
What a story this was! I loved every moment of it!
This feels like a tribute to Wolverine's history however messed up it is like it starts with Logan wanting to save the Banner Jr child from last volume's nightmare and well time travel and all and when everyone denies him he rescues a villain named Asmodeus and forces him to help him travel to the past-future but its a trip through Wolverine's life and we see the Canadian army time, first time battling the Hulk, the dark phoenix saga and the baseball matches and coming back to the events before he left with hawkeye in the start of OML story and its epic the way it happens and the eventual rescue by his friends and a face off and realizations and living for the "tomorrow to come" and "remembering the good parts of the past" things thats quite common but I love it and its a good point for OM Logan to evolve and continue exciting adventures!
This is a fantastic volume and like I said a tribute to the history of Logan and its well done and its not about the big feats but the emotional moments and its culmination and the realization hits hard and as a reader you get to see the pain of this man and his tough life but when he comes out of it, it makes for an excellent read and just is perfect and makes it a great ending for Lemire's portion of the volume! Ahh I remember reading it when it was coming out and still it holds up and is excellent and Lemire had a wonderful run here and just makes me smile remembering of these moments! :)
This feels like a tribute to Wolverine's history however messed up it is like it starts with Logan wanting to save the Banner Jr child from last volume's nightmare and well time travel and all and when everyone denies him he rescues a villain named Asmodeus and forces him to help him travel to the past-future but its a trip through Wolverine's life and we see the Canadian army time, first time battling the Hulk, the dark phoenix saga and the baseball matches and coming back to the events before he left with hawkeye in the start of OML story and its epic the way it happens and the eventual rescue by his friends and a face off and realizations and living for the "tomorrow to come" and "remembering the good parts of the past" things thats quite common but I love it and its a good point for OM Logan to evolve and continue exciting adventures!
This is a fantastic volume and like I said a tribute to the history of Logan and its well done and its not about the big feats but the emotional moments and its culmination and the realization hits hard and as a reader you get to see the pain of this man and his tough life but when he comes out of it, it makes for an excellent read and just is perfect and makes it a great ending for Lemire's portion of the volume! Ahh I remember reading it when it was coming out and still it holds up and is excellent and Lemire had a wonderful run here and just makes me smile remembering of these moments! :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 31, 2018
Not one of the better Old Man Logan collections, but at last I have caught up. I started this series with #25 and I am still collecting it. Next up is to back track and read the issues leading up to Wolverine's so called death. As if Marvel would kill off Wolverine, even if they Old Man Logan to replace him. No, sooner or later our current Logan will make a return and it should be fun to see the two Logans in the same story.
December 26, 2017
I've really enjoyed Jeff Lemire's Old Man Logan series overall, but I gotta say, this concluding volume feels a lot like fan service. It's still fun, exciting, well-written - suffice it to say, it's Jeff Lemire, so it can't be all bad. The plot follows OML as he travels through time to try to reach the Wasteland once again and rescue baby Hulk from that bleak place. Naturally, he discovers that the old adage about not being able to go home again is true. Somewhat cliche, but the wrapping is a bit different than usual - in order to reach this conclusion, OML must make a series of pit stops in his past lives.
Thus, the fan service, as we see spirit-OML haunt his past self through the greatest hits of Wolverine's career. Weapon X, the Phoenix saga, fighting ninjas in Japan, it's all there once again. Lemire does a nice job of making it feel fresh and unexpected, but it truly is just a chance for OML to relive a lot of his most popular adventures. Ah well, considering that earlier volumes also featured OML reliving his past, I can't say this concluding volume's plot comes as a surprise.
Thus, the fan service, as we see spirit-OML haunt his past self through the greatest hits of Wolverine's career. Weapon X, the Phoenix saga, fighting ninjas in Japan, it's all there once again. Lemire does a nice job of making it feel fresh and unexpected, but it truly is just a chance for OML to relive a lot of his most popular adventures. Ah well, considering that earlier volumes also featured OML reliving his past, I can't say this concluding volume's plot comes as a surprise.
February 20, 2018
Old Man Logan being who he is, thick as a brick that is, decides to free a D-List character (Asmodeus, never heard of him) with some magic powers to send him back in the Wastelands to save one Banner kid from his fate. Of course Asmowhatchamacallit tricks him and OML is in for a rerun of his greatest hits.
It seems pointless but it finally brings closure to Logan's memories and life in the Wastelands. Meaning OML can stop being stuck there and then and start having a life of his own here and now. That's the consolation of an otherwise average story. Some scenes are rather fun when Lemire gently mocks the weird dialogues/ideas of his predecessors (Why would I ever think an eyepatch was a good disguise? Why, indeed?) but apart from a nostalgia feeling and the notion that you can't change the past it doesn't go above the anedotic.
Coupled to some very disappointing art- I do like Filipe Andrade on the first two issues but Eric Nguyen really sucks in his poor-man's Jock impersonation on the following four-and you get an unmemorable OML volume.
It seems pointless but it finally brings closure to Logan's memories and life in the Wastelands. Meaning OML can stop being stuck there and then and start having a life of his own here and now. That's the consolation of an otherwise average story. Some scenes are rather fun when Lemire gently mocks the weird dialogues/ideas of his predecessors (Why would I ever think an eyepatch was a good disguise? Why, indeed?) but apart from a nostalgia feeling and the notion that you can't change the past it doesn't go above the anedotic.
Coupled to some very disappointing art- I do like Filipe Andrade on the first two issues but Eric Nguyen really sucks in his poor-man's Jock impersonation on the following four-and you get an unmemorable OML volume.
February 2, 2025
Jeff Lemire'in Old Man Logan ciltlerindeki temel sorunu bize apaçık gösteren bir cilt Past Lives: Lemire hikayesini yeni duygusal motivasyonlar üzerine kurmaktansa 5 cilt boyunca Millar ve McNiven'ın orijinal hikayesindeki olayları sömürmeyi tercih ediyor ve böylece her geçen ciltte daha kötüye giden çünkü artık suyunun suyundan faydalanmaya çalışan bir seri çıkıyor karşımıza. Bu ciltte daha da fenasını yapıp diğer Wolverine hikayelerini de kullanmaya çalışmış ama maalesef ortaya çıkan çok iyi çizilmiş ancak ruhsuz bir hikaye olmuş. Serinin buradan sonra da çok iyi bir yere gidemeyeceğini tahmin ediyorum ama en azından yazar değişikliği olması okumaya devam etmem için yeterli sanırım.
October 7, 2018
Join Logan on a tour of the mystic powers of the Marvel universe. Fun and interesting.
August 2, 2021
A really good, unexpectedly poignant entry in the series. Logan has some guilt about leaving baby Hulk in the wasteland and decides he needs to go bring him back. There is a really funny bit where Logan cycles thru all of the most powerful wizards and scientists in the Marvel universe to help him in this quest, including Dr. Strange and Doctor Doom, and they are all like “no f-ing way.”
Eventually he decides to break a powerful super villain out of the Raft to do this gig and fights Spider Miles. That part was cool. The evil wizard gives Logan an amulet and says that Logan has 4 days to complete his mission and the amulet is his ticket home.
Thus begins a fun whirlwind thru Wolverine’s past. He appears in his own body at different places in Logan’s life… the War of 1812, his premiere fight against the Hulk, in the Weapon X facility. Wolvy figures out he can’t really change the past, and has the irritating but hilarious habit of just unconsciously repeating his dialogue from those original comic appearances.
Meanwhile, back in the original timeline, the evil wizard immediately betrays Logan and sets about selling his inanimate corporeal form to the highest evil bidder.
Logan starts to suspect something is wrong and tries to get word to iceman when he suddenly materializes at an Xman softball game. I want to watch one of those games!
Then, the real emotional heart of the story happens. Logan materializes in the wasteland… before his family was murdered. He has a really touching, but achingly brief visit with them, now knowing that nothing he does can change his past. His family is doomed to be killed by the Hulk gang and he can’t do a thing to stop it. I got really choked up as he tried to steal just a little more time with his loved ones before helplessly abandoning them to their fate.
This is one of the best, most emotionally satisfying Logan stories I’ve come across. I’d highly recommend it.
Eventually he decides to break a powerful super villain out of the Raft to do this gig and fights Spider Miles. That part was cool. The evil wizard gives Logan an amulet and says that Logan has 4 days to complete his mission and the amulet is his ticket home.
Thus begins a fun whirlwind thru Wolverine’s past. He appears in his own body at different places in Logan’s life… the War of 1812, his premiere fight against the Hulk, in the Weapon X facility. Wolvy figures out he can’t really change the past, and has the irritating but hilarious habit of just unconsciously repeating his dialogue from those original comic appearances.
Meanwhile, back in the original timeline, the evil wizard immediately betrays Logan and sets about selling his inanimate corporeal form to the highest evil bidder.
Logan starts to suspect something is wrong and tries to get word to iceman when he suddenly materializes at an Xman softball game. I want to watch one of those games!
Then, the real emotional heart of the story happens. Logan materializes in the wasteland… before his family was murdered. He has a really touching, but achingly brief visit with them, now knowing that nothing he does can change his past. His family is doomed to be killed by the Hulk gang and he can’t do a thing to stop it. I got really choked up as he tried to steal just a little more time with his loved ones before helplessly abandoning them to their fate.
This is one of the best, most emotionally satisfying Logan stories I’ve come across. I’d highly recommend it.
October 8, 2017
This series continues to frustrate me. Just when I think Lemire has had Logan learn his lesson, he goes and does something stupid like he does in this volume.
After spending three arcs already learning that he can't change the past and that the Wastelands aren't worth going back to, Logan decides to do exactly that, and busts an obscure villain out of prison, who promptly sends him spiraling through time on a roller coaster of his greatest hits.
Revisiting his past seems like a fun idea, but when all Old Man Logan seems to do is wallow in his past, I'm completely over it. Maybe if we hadn't spent the last 20 odd issues doing the same thing, I'd be more susceptible.
I see other reviews despairing over the Dracula arc in the previous volume, but that was probably the most interesting the series has been. I really hope the new creative team can give this one a well-needed shot in the arm.
The art takes a tumble in this volume too, with Filipe Andrade returning for the opening two parter and Eric Nguyen taking Past Lives proper. They're both able artists in their own right (if a little unpolished), but they pale in comparison to Andrea Sorrentino, who has departed for pastures new and higher progfile books.
Sigh. All I can say, really.
After spending three arcs already learning that he can't change the past and that the Wastelands aren't worth going back to, Logan decides to do exactly that, and busts an obscure villain out of prison, who promptly sends him spiraling through time on a roller coaster of his greatest hits.
Revisiting his past seems like a fun idea, but when all Old Man Logan seems to do is wallow in his past, I'm completely over it. Maybe if we hadn't spent the last 20 odd issues doing the same thing, I'd be more susceptible.
I see other reviews despairing over the Dracula arc in the previous volume, but that was probably the most interesting the series has been. I really hope the new creative team can give this one a well-needed shot in the arm.
The art takes a tumble in this volume too, with Filipe Andrade returning for the opening two parter and Eric Nguyen taking Past Lives proper. They're both able artists in their own right (if a little unpolished), but they pale in comparison to Andrea Sorrentino, who has departed for pastures new and higher progfile books.
Sigh. All I can say, really.
January 13, 2018
Old Man Logan feels guilty. He wants to get back to the Wastelands (his original timeline) to fulfill a promise he made to the small Hulk baby, but he has no idea how to get back. Taking it upon himself to seek out magical assistance, consulting many of the MCU's magical experts, he ultimately decides to help break Asmodeus (a minor Avengers villain) out of jail to help. An amulet is created, driving OMLogan back into his past, on a ride through the history of Wolverine: War of 1812, Weapon X, Vs. Hulk and Wendigo, Dark Phoenix, Japan, Madripoor, 90's X-Men, then finally Wastelands... but the whole time his spirit is making the journey, Asmodeus is trying to sell his body to the highest bidder!
Saved by Iceman and Jean, Logan finally comes to terms with his past, realizing what we the reader knew that whole time: What's past is past... and it ultimately makes you who you are.
Recommend for this Volume, I just wish the art wasn't so bad.... UGH not my style at all...
Saved by Iceman and Jean, Logan finally comes to terms with his past, realizing what we the reader knew that whole time: What's past is past... and it ultimately makes you who you are.
Recommend for this Volume, I just wish the art wasn't so bad.... UGH not my style at all...
January 3, 2018
3.5 stars but I rounded up because it is good as a final volume. Old man Logan is convinced he need to rescue baby hulk from the wasteland he came from, except all the x-men say no. I actually laughed because I would like to think Lemire was making a jab at all the time travel in the x-men lately. But... eventually he finds someone (no spoilers) to help him but he gets more than he bargains for. After a cool series of "greatest hits" moments in the life of wolverine he ends up back in the wasteland and realizes it all in vain. It is a bittersweet ending but a fun ride. I enjoyed Lemire writing this series and it was a tough transition to bring him into the current time frame so all and all it was a good run. The art was various artists but all did a great job.
March 11, 2020
The story itself wasn’t terrible but I had issues with it. First, how was Logan cutting thru steel bars and guns in the 1800s with bone claws? I mean c’mon Lemire. You too editor. No one saw that like, wait we need to change that? Two, I found it hard to get onboard with the idea the villain was able to send Logan back in time and dimensions as the wasteland is not this timeline nor this earth. Plus they all collided into one with the convergence in Secret Wars. I mean just didn’t make sense to me.
Oh well. Again, reading the story wasn’t great but not terrible just hard to wrap my head around those two things. Well let’s see what Brisson has to offer. You’re up next bub.
Oh well. Again, reading the story wasn’t great but not terrible just hard to wrap my head around those two things. Well let’s see what Brisson has to offer. You’re up next bub.
March 22, 2018
3.5*
Solid ending to Lemires run. A time travel story where Wolverine grapels with dealing with his past.
Solid ending to Lemires run. A time travel story where Wolverine grapels with dealing with his past.
October 28, 2017
Jeff Lemire tries to have his cake and eat it too in his finale to Old Man Logan, so he both revisits many past moments from Wolverine's life and returns Old Man Logan to the Wastelands to bookend his story.
The problem is one of agency. Through three long issues set in the past, Old Man Logan has none, so all we get is a long clips show. Is there something satisfying in seeing all those past moments? Sure. But without agency there's no tension and no story. All we get is a realization at the end that feels much like realizations we've seen before.
The muddy, choppy art also doesn't help to sell this story.
The problem is one of agency. Through three long issues set in the past, Old Man Logan has none, so all we get is a long clips show. Is there something satisfying in seeing all those past moments? Sure. But without agency there's no tension and no story. All we get is a realization at the end that feels much like realizations we've seen before.
The muddy, choppy art also doesn't help to sell this story.
January 23, 2018
last trade for Lemire's Old Man Logan run, which have been hit and miss at times, this one is a hit ! Wolverine wants to go back in time to change some wrongs, but of course something goes wrong. you see him travel back to some of his greatest hits, very well handled by Lemire, and a very cool ending, only minus of this last trade is he did not finished it with Andrea Sorrentino, the main artist of this run, but still ok artwork.
March 17, 2019
Wasn't the Original Old Man Logan story set in a different universe? And if the multiverse was destroyed during Secret Wars, shouldn't that universe have been destroyed too? This book was really disappointing. Logan asks a supervillain to take him to his own timeline and gets betrayed(duh!!), only to realize that he can't change the past. But isn't it technically the future? Ugh!
The only reason it does not get 2 stars is the ending.
The only reason it does not get 2 stars is the ending.
December 24, 2017
Fun but...
While I did enjoy this, I am not sure if this indicates that Lemire is running out of steam with Old Man Logan. Having a plot that causes Logan to relive a lot of the "greatest hits" of the Claremont eras going into the original Old Man Logan plots doesn't point out some of the flaws of this series as a whole.
While I did enjoy this, I am not sure if this indicates that Lemire is running out of steam with Old Man Logan. Having a plot that causes Logan to relive a lot of the "greatest hits" of the Claremont eras going into the original Old Man Logan plots doesn't point out some of the flaws of this series as a whole.
May 18, 2019
Konec runu příběhově stejně dobrej jako zbytek, ale bez kresby Sorrentina to není ono.
October 22, 2018
Nice story about a dumb realisation Logan had.
Dude came back to NOW world, from Old Man Logan world where everyone's dead. And after like oh I don't know 9,000 issues, he's like "yeah I wanna go back and get little Hulky I left behind over there in the future of an alternate world that hasn't happened yet and maybe it won't happen either way".
YUP!
Oh well.. he does find to time travel and allathat and of course he doesn't get to do what he wants to do because he fucking trusts a super villain. I mean... ok... sure.
I liked the whole thing because it was a nice time-travel of Wolvie going from like WWI to NOW through all these issues. So that was a nice touch! The classic moments of his life was a nice touch too. And I liked even more that he couldn't change the outcome no matter what he did, because he was re-living moments, he could say other stuff, he could do some minor other stuff, but in the end he couldn't change big moments that dramatically changes his life.
Also a classic Lemire touch that he made Wolvie say things or do things when he didn't want to say or do. That at some point he'd say something that he DID say 50 years ago and he'd be weird about it not wanting to say it. Or pop his claws without wanting to, or NOT popping them when he REALLY wants to. All of that was SO good.
So I gave it 3 stars for that.
Nice story and dialogue. Great artwork. Amazing covers!
Dude came back to NOW world, from Old Man Logan world where everyone's dead. And after like oh I don't know 9,000 issues, he's like "yeah I wanna go back and get little Hulky I left behind over there in the future of an alternate world that hasn't happened yet and maybe it won't happen either way".
YUP!
Oh well.. he does find to time travel and allathat and of course he doesn't get to do what he wants to do because he fucking trusts a super villain. I mean... ok... sure.
I liked the whole thing because it was a nice time-travel of Wolvie going from like WWI to NOW through all these issues. So that was a nice touch! The classic moments of his life was a nice touch too. And I liked even more that he couldn't change the outcome no matter what he did, because he was re-living moments, he could say other stuff, he could do some minor other stuff, but in the end he couldn't change big moments that dramatically changes his life.
Also a classic Lemire touch that he made Wolvie say things or do things when he didn't want to say or do. That at some point he'd say something that he DID say 50 years ago and he'd be weird about it not wanting to say it. Or pop his claws without wanting to, or NOT popping them when he REALLY wants to. All of that was SO good.
So I gave it 3 stars for that.
Nice story and dialogue. Great artwork. Amazing covers!
August 20, 2019
Logan wants to return to the Wasteland to save baby Hulk before Jean's vision of him becoming a warlord comes to pass. He needs someone to teleport him through space and time. Suddenly, in a universe where time travel is just another trip to the supermarket, everyone pussies out and refuses to help him. Logan resorts to breaking out Asmodeus out of a supervillain prison. This starts a Quantum Leap style of time travel. 'Oh, boy'. Yeah, you have to be pretty old to get that reference. Lemire leaves the series after this volume and it almost feels like he did his best to be kicked out.
August 2, 2024
Old Man Logan: Past Lives (Part 5)
Author: Jeff Lemire, Filipe Andrade, Eric Nguyen
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publishing Date: 2017
Pgs: 136
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Genre:
Marvel Comics
TPB
Superhero
Why this book:
Because I’m fascinated by the idea of OML.
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Favorite Character:
Asmodeus, Mr. I Once Faced The Avengers…Twice…but I keep my magical talismans in Jersey.
Tropes:
I love that this is playing with the flashback/this is your life trope.
Hmm Moments:
So now Logan has been around since the early 1800s. His memory keeps filling in places further back. But if Namor is the “first” mutant, doesn’t the continual march backwards of Logan’s birth mean that Namor’s is segueing into the past as well?
Uhm Moments:
Bad form on Illyana calling around and scotching the deal before he even has a chance to ask all the others who could help him. Course with the way these things go, she’s probably right. Time travel and, especially, the X-men never seems to work out right.
Calling the Ball:
Oh no. Got his ideal…give a little bit and snatch it away. Man, comic book writers are sadists. It’s a horror story that unfolds along those pages. Poor man.
WTF Moments/RUFKM Moments:
Strange has to know Logan purloined Asmodeus’s stuff, wouldn’t you think?
The Sigh:
Asmodeus…really. Cause instead of running and hiding and getting on with your whatever, this is your big plan.
The Unexpected:
It showed Logan get six or eight people deep trying to find someone to help him. But it seems like there should’ve been even more before he got far enough down to Asmodeus. Course, how many people saying no to him would be too many to show?
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Last Page Sound:
Harsh, yet beautiful. Well written, drawn, presented…just good.
Author: Jeff Lemire, Filipe Andrade, Eric Nguyen
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Publishing Date: 2017
Pgs: 136
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REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Genre:
Marvel Comics
TPB
Superhero
Why this book:
Because I’m fascinated by the idea of OML.
_________________
Favorite Character:
Asmodeus, Mr. I Once Faced The Avengers…Twice…but I keep my magical talismans in Jersey.
Tropes:
I love that this is playing with the flashback/this is your life trope.
Hmm Moments:
So now Logan has been around since the early 1800s. His memory keeps filling in places further back. But if Namor is the “first” mutant, doesn’t the continual march backwards of Logan’s birth mean that Namor’s is segueing into the past as well?
Uhm Moments:
Bad form on Illyana calling around and scotching the deal before he even has a chance to ask all the others who could help him. Course with the way these things go, she’s probably right. Time travel and, especially, the X-men never seems to work out right.
Calling the Ball:
Oh no. Got his ideal…give a little bit and snatch it away. Man, comic book writers are sadists. It’s a horror story that unfolds along those pages. Poor man.
WTF Moments/RUFKM Moments:
Strange has to know Logan purloined Asmodeus’s stuff, wouldn’t you think?
The Sigh:
Asmodeus…really. Cause instead of running and hiding and getting on with your whatever, this is your big plan.
The Unexpected:
It showed Logan get six or eight people deep trying to find someone to help him. But it seems like there should’ve been even more before he got far enough down to Asmodeus. Course, how many people saying no to him would be too many to show?
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Last Page Sound:
Harsh, yet beautiful. Well written, drawn, presented…just good.
February 17, 2021
Шкода бачити роботу Соррентіно тільки при обкладинці, адже оцінка могла бути вищою, якби всередині сюжет малював Андреа. Не склалось, н�� жаль.
В порівнянні з попереднім томом то тут хоча б немає якоїсь безглуздої фігні з вампірами, однак малюнок не сильно вражає. Атмосферність факту, що в основному всесвіті є Старий Лоґан це те, що мене тримає у цій серії - я полюбив цього персонажа і мені цікаво, що далі з ним будуть робити.
Так ось, Лемір відходить від серії, а головному герою закортіло повернутись в часі та врятувати малого Галка із жорстокого світу та перенести у 616
Ну гаразд, бувають багато дивних вчинків у коміксах, тому подививимось, що чекає на стариганя далі.
В порівнянні з попереднім томом то тут хоча б немає якоїсь безглуздої фігні з вампірами, однак малюнок не сильно вражає. Атмосферність факту, що в основному всесвіті є Старий Лоґан це те, що мене тримає у цій серії - я полюбив цього персонажа і мені цікаво, що далі з ним будуть робити.
Так ось, Лемір відходить від серії, а головному герою закортіло повернутись в часі та врятувати малого Галка із жорстокого світу та перенести у 616
Ну гаразд, бувають багато дивних вчинків у коміксах, тому подививимось, що чекає на стариганя далі.
May 23, 2018
This is another 3.5 stars volume of Old Man Logan. This is more of a typical Wolverine story that focuses on reliving moments in Wolverine's past and his attempt to right a wrong in Old Man Logan. Does he succeed? You'll have to read to find out.
While this was not as emotionally moving as it probably wanted to be, the story was satisfying and set the character up well for the new creative team. Jeff Lemire did a decent job with this character and somewhat flawed premise of a book. The art was thankfully better in this volume as well which was much appreciated I'm jumping off Old Man Logan now because I don't know either name on the new creative team and I feel like I've read enough of Wolverine and this character in particular for a bit. This series never really hits the heights I hoped for but it was worth reading since I like Old Man Logan and Wolverine both.
While this was not as emotionally moving as it probably wanted to be, the story was satisfying and set the character up well for the new creative team. Jeff Lemire did a decent job with this character and somewhat flawed premise of a book. The art was thankfully better in this volume as well which was much appreciated I'm jumping off Old Man Logan now because I don't know either name on the new creative team and I feel like I've read enough of Wolverine and this character in particular for a bit. This series never really hits the heights I hoped for but it was worth reading since I like Old Man Logan and Wolverine both.
October 2, 2017
This is a fitting end to Jeff Lemire's run and a good way to close out the beginning chapters of Old Man Logan's story. That said, there is a whiff of the perfunctory noticeable in the early issues here. Also, Andrea Sorrentino's art is sorely missed.
October 18, 2017
Loved it. I know much of Logan's past was lost on me since I don't follow too much of that sort of thing but as a story it's a great journey. I really appreciated the humor more in this volume than the others as well. Such great writing!
February 2, 2020
Kind of a pointless revisiting of Wolverine's "greatest hits" (key points from his past). Talk about a useless way to fill out some issues. The art was decent, though.
March 1, 2020
Pointless but not terrible.
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