Old Man Quill, Vol. 2: Go Your Own Way

Old Man Quill #7-12

by Ethan Sacks

Once he was the legendary hero called Star-Lord, leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Now, decades later, he's just an old man named Peter Quill -but he's not done with the heroics just yet! Quill has undertaken a mysterious quest, and its shocking secret is about to be revealed. He finally reached the Baxter Building -but with the hidden weapon in reach, a stunning revelation will turn everything on its head! It's the biggest surprise in the Wastelands since Wolverine's tragic encounter in OLD MAN LOGAN! Plus, the Guardians of the Galaxy face their final mission -but what fate awaits them? And what is the secret message that Peter Quill wishes he could forget?

COLLECTING: OLD MAN QUILL 7-12

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Science Fiction, Comic Book, Superheroes

136 pages, Paperback

Published February 18, 2020

About the author

Ethan Sacks is a writer and journalist from New York, who is currently writing the ongoing series Star Wars- Bounty Hunters for Marvel as well as other various Star Wars titles. He is also know for his Marvel works that take place in the iconic Old Man Logan wasteland, Old Man Hawkeye and Old Man Quill.

Reviews

[Joseph Gufreda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The "Old Man-iverse" aka the Wastelands has been so much more perplexing than it seems at first glance. The premise was simple - all the bad guys coordinated and attacked at once and won.

It started with Wolverine: Old Man Logan and was a tidy story. This occurred in the Earth-807128 reality. Tracking the realities wasn't part of the original plan, but here we are.

The story picks back up with the rest of the series:

0. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 0: Warzones!
1. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 1: Berzerker
2. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 2: Bordertown
3. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 3: The Last Ronin
4. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 4: Old Monsters
5. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 5: Past Lives
6. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 6: Days of Anger

Quick break to fight Deadpool: Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan

7. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 7: Scarlet Samurai
8. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 8: To Kill For
9. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 9: The Hunter and the Hunted
10. Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Vol. 10: End of the World
11. Dead Man Logan: The Complete Collection

Where in the Multiverse did these stories take place? Well Earth-807128, Earth-21923, and Earth-616 aka Prime Earth to start.

Is this the end of the story? Not by a long shot.

We get a prequel in Old Man Hawkeye: The Complete Collection.

There's a sequel in this books Old Man Quill, Vol. 1: Nobody's Fault but My Own and Old Man Quill, Vol. 2: Go Your Own Way.

There's newer connecting material in Wastelanders. These stories seem to have been released to do a little cross-promotion of the Wastelanders podcast series and fill in a few gaps.

Finally, there's a coda with Avengers of the Wastelands. That's all I could find on the comics, except for a few implied appearances of Wolverine as the Hooded Man that ran around with the Fantastic Four.

New medium, new reality. The interconnected series of podcasts started being released in June 2021 with Marvel's Wastelanders: Star-Lord. These stories are loosely connected to the comic books, and are designated as taking place elsewhere. They are independent of the comic book even though they have the exact same premise.

All I can say is if you care about all the details make sure you have a fan wiki handy. If you don't, then it's easy to just enjoy these for what they are: entertainment, baby.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Depois de ter lido a primeira parte de O Velho Quill, que aqui no Brasil foi publicado em um único encadernado, vejo que a segunda parte se intensifica e traz uma reviravolta bastante inusitada para o que vinha ocorrendo até então, mas que faz todo o sentido para a história. E isso deixa ela ainda mais interessante de ser acompanhada. No enredo de O Velho Quill, o Senhor das Estrelas é acionado pelos Guardiões da Galáxia para salvar a Terra de Galactus. Isso depois de anos de exílio no espaço, após ter sofrido o baque de ter sua família em Spartax exterminada pela Igreja da Verdade Universal. O Velho Quill é uma aventura quase tão boa quanto a primeira minissérie de O Velho Logan e ainda muito superior àquela desenvolvida pelo Velho Gavião Arqueiro nas Terras Desoladas. É bastante divertida como costumam ser a maioria das aventuras dos Guardiões da Galáxia do presente, que sou bastante fã. Os desenhos de Gill, Roberson e Mossa são competentes, porém mudam bastante com o passar das edições, ficando apoiados nas cores para dar unidade visual na edição. De toda forma, se você procura uma diversão e uma pegada diferente ao universo Marvel, O Velho Quill é uma boa pedida.

[Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quills gone craaaaaaazy...

The Guardians need the Ultimate Nullifier to keep the Universal Church of Truth at bay. Only one problem. There are no Guardians left and Peter's f%$&$ing crazy. We get more details filled in on the fate of the FF in the Old Man Logan universe.

Did I mention Starlord is nuts? Interesting way to conclude the series. I'm sure they're going to come back and tell us more.

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

The last volume of Old Man Quill addresses the concerns I had about the other Guardians and does it extremely well. From there though the book was very muddled. The time travel was a little wonky and the antagonists were too one-note. I wished there was more from the Universal Church. The art was subpar. Overall, an average read with a nice twist.

[Aldo Haegemans · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5/5

[Adam Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part 2 picks up right at the end of part one, with Quill and the Guardians preparing to head into the wreckage of the Baxter Building, the last known whereabouts of the Ultimate Nullifyer, the only weapon known to stop Galactus. After an encounter with some Moloids, the Guardians head back up to the surface to see who is trying to pursue them. Gladiator and some Shi'Ar agents complain that it's a waste of time for them to fight against just one person....It is then revealed that Quill is actually all alone and he's been imagining the team with him.
Knowing he stands no chance, he flees back into the building to get the Hulkbuster Armor, which allows him to hold off til Viv Vision and her crew arrive. The time travel element gets thrown here, so Quill must go back to retrieve the weapon from the Fantastic Four during our time. More time hijinks and an attack by Doom... leaves Quill on Earth, Ultimate Nullifyer destroyed, Galactus arriving, and hope almost lost. Quill fires a green shiny bullet he's been holding onto for a while and it kills Galactus... as it was a fragment of the Time Stone. (Sounds complicated, but the comic makes it clear and straightforward.)
Quill decides to head back in to space to continue to combat the The Church, and restarts the Guardians with Beta Ray Bill, Moondragon, Nova, and Nebula.

A quick, two Volume run, that was pretty good. Glad I read it. Fun, quick read.
Recommend.

[Kyle Dinges · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yet another "Old Man" title from Marvel. This always felt like the biggest stretch in what already felt like a superfluous line of titles. I'm giving it 3 stars. I don't think it's written poorly or that the art is bad, but it just doesn't ever justify its own existence beyond Marvel trying to sell more books with the same old gag . Old Man Logan and Old Man Hawkeye were premises that kind of made sense? But taking Peter Quill to Earth in an attempt to fit him into this universe was quite a leap in logic. This second volume brings the series to a conclusion. Time to let "Old" things die please Marvel.

[Rolando Marono · Rating 2 out of 5]

Este libro tenía ganas de leerlo desde pandemia porque había leído el primero pero no en que terminaba. Lamentablemente el impacto de este tomo sucede en los primeros números de este volumen y de ahí se vuelve repetitivo, lleno de deus ex machina y con algunos guiños interesantes a old man logan y al universo marvel en general pero que son solo eso, guiños, y no buscan profundizar en nada a nivel trama.
El arte bien y los personajes a medias, Quill es el que tiene más desarrollo y empatizas con su dolor pero no más que eso.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old Man Quill ends better than it began, but not by much. The early revelation that the rest of the Guardians were dead all along certainly caught me by surprise and added a needed touch of pathos to the affair. Otherwise, epic battle scenes continued apace and time travel (*sigh*) became an important plot element. This volume felt like a conclusion to the larger Wastelands narrative, which is odd considering Old Man Logan is still roaming around.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, this is a pretty enjoyable. It's the first truly compelling version since the original Old Man Logan. I feel Old Man Hawkeye was fairly unnecessary other than some table building, and delving into the plot that killed the Avengers.

The first volume was fine; but it really revs into gear with Vol. 2; the twist regarding the Guardians makes it more harrowing and relatable to Logan. It also does development on the cosmic side.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some interesting ideas, but the big twist that Star Lord has been in Fight Club the whole time really doesn't hold up.

And Galactus as the Big Bad and the "Phoenix Bullet"-style resolution is very weak.

I'm not sure I fully understood the time travel shenanigans. But anyway.

[Pedro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es el arco que cierra la historia anterior y en donde se entiende lo que realmente ha perdido Peter Quill y como lidia con todo. Esta bien como final, pero no logra el nivel de Old Man Logan o el de Old Man Hawkeye. No tiene la solemnidad de los anteriores y no tiene el humor que ahora esperamos ver con cualquier producto vinculado a los Guardianes de la Galaxia.

[Ondra Král · Rating 2 out of 5]

Závěr sedmýho sešitu je super a řeší jeden z problémů co jsem měl s jedničkou, tím ale pozitiva končí. Druhá polovina je neskutečně natahovaná (3/4 osmýho sešitu tam vůbec nemusely být), OMQ fakt není materiál na na 12 sešitů. A způsob sejmutí finálního bosse? Dost trapný =/

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Old Man Quill Vol. 2

Second book was even better than the first. Turns out the Guardian were ghost, or Quill just crazy. Quill takes out Galactus with an old six shooter and a piece of the time stone.

[Habile · Rating 4 out of 5]

Same solid storyline with fun callbacks to the space side of the Marvel universe, but this time the twist with Starlord caught me off guard and had me digging back through the first volume. I feel like it really elevated the story and added some nuance to Old man Quill.

[Zach Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Old Man

So I definitely enjoyed Vol. 2 better than Vol. 1. I was not expecting the plot twist in the book. After that, I was sad for Quill. But, besides that, I enjoyed everything it had to offer.

[Adam Gutschenritter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Ending as we learn more about the Universal Church of Truth, the fate of the Guardian's of the Galaxy and the fate of Earth. We also get to learn the fate of the Fantastic Four on the day of the Villains. Great short story arch. I love the Old Man series!

[Juan Armendariz]

Star lord vs Jang y Galactus

Gran historia, mucho mejor a la anterior. Peter Quil como Star Lord es un gran personaje y es super poderoso. Me gustó mucho los viajes en el tiempo y que se enfrente a Galactus y a Kang en el mismo comic.

[Xroldx · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story with a very big twist but the artwork is really meh at times. With a better artist this would have been a banger.

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story that is very true to where Quill could go.

[Alejandro Dodds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just read the news that Diamond Press is stopping comic book printing effectively putting the entire comic book industry on indefinite hiatus. I hope this isn't the last comic I read.
Excelsior

[José Luis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mejora respecto al anterior volumen pero sigue por detrás de las obras anteriores inspiradas en los baldíos.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little slow to start but was a decent story in the end.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great twist. Loved it

[Fernando Filho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really nice story, well worthy sequel to Old man Logan

[Kevin · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's rare that I've been this bored by a graphic novel. And especially not the Old Man titles.

[Andrei · Rating 5 out of 5]

"My destiny lies up in the stars..."

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

The troubles with time travel is made worse when you are having hallucinations. Time stone vs. brain.

[The_J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice shared but divergent perception, and almost tender use of the characters

[John Wright · Rating 3 out of 5]

A surprise plot point made this a bit more interesting, but it still feels a bit, by-the-numbers.