Wolverine: Old Man Logan

Old Man Logan (Collected Editions)

by Mark Millar

Fifty years in the future, America is a wasteland ruled by despotic super villain fiefdoms. Since our heroes fell, what happened to Wolverine has remained a mystery – in his place stands an old man, named Logan. Though content just to care for his family, when his new life is threatened, Logan must travel across this strange new America on a mission to secure his future and rediscover his past. Collecting Wolverine Vol. 3 66-72 and Giant-Size Old Man Logan 1

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

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Mark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Wanted, the Kick-Ass series, The Secret Service, Jupiter’s Legacy, Jupiter’s Circle, Nemesis, Superior, Super Crooks, American Jesus, MPH, Starlight, and Chrononauts. Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, and The Secret Service (as Kingsman: The Secret Service) have been adapted into feature films, and Nemesis, Superior, Starlight, War Heroes, Jupiter’s Legacy and Chrononauts are in development at major studios.

His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.

Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this 7 years ago and absolutely loved it...in all its violent, tragic glory.
And with the movie coming out soon, it seemed like the perfect time to do a re-read and see if this could stand the test of time and nostalgia.
The short answer?
Yup. It's still a fucking fantastic book.



The story is set in a dystopian future where the villains won. The United States has been divided up between the most powerful baddies, and there's nobody left to challenge them.



Well. That's not entirely true.
Logan's still alive, but...



Something happened to him on the night that the heroes lost. Something bad. Something that broke him completely, and made him vow to never fight anyone again. Ever.
He's a changed man. Older, with a wife and two children that he loves, he just wants to be left alone with his family.



Fate has something else in mind, though.
The Hulk gang (<--cannibalistic offspring of Bruce Banner) runs the area Logan lives in, and he's short on the rent money. After taking a beating, Hawkeye (now blind) shows up and offers him a job. He wants Logan to help him navigate the Spider Buggy across the country, and for that he's willing to pay enough money to set Logan's family up for a long time...
All he needs is a driver.
Famous last words...



I won't ruin the story by giving away any of the details, but I will say that the details are incredible. And from the look of the movie trailer, it's only loosely based on the source material.
Which means if you want the real story, you're gonna need to read this sucker.
And I highly recommend you do just that.



Original Review: 2010
A violent 'what if' futuristic tale with lots of gore, and just a pinch of the Wild West in it. I guess that puts it squarely in the dystopian/cowboy/slasher genre? Brilliant! Just remember to put on your Big-Boy pants when you read it, because there are some disgusting moments in this thing, and they are all depicted with hideously beautiful artwork.

[Alejandro · Rating 5 out of 5]

It doesn’t get any better than this!!!


This is a TPB collecting the storyline "Old Man Logan", originally published in the comic book title "Wolverine" (Vol.3) #66 to #72 and "Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size".

Creative Team:

Writer: Mark Millar

Illustrator: Steve McNiven


A LAND WITHOUT HOPE

Some say they hurt him like no one ever hurt before.

I’m sure that many of us can think that having a healing factor can be easily one of the coolest powers,...

...and maybe we aren’t wrong, but...

...after reading this, certainly you'll realize that there are wounds that not even a healing factor can't cure and you have to keep living carrying those wounds very deep in yourself.

The kicking-butt team of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven bring us this very dark futuristic dystopian tale where Logan (aka Wolverine) is finally an old man (must likely since his healing factor is starting to run out) and he is trying his best to keep a low profile and living a simple life in a land without hope, a country that used to be the United States of America, but now it’s a cursed land that it was divided between villain landlords and the single attempt of heroism or resistance is crushed without mercy.

This is the future of the Marvel Universe.

The villains got organized and they won in a single coordinated hit made the same night around the world. The heroes were exterminated.

And now, fifty years later, the villains are still in control and there isn’t any slight sign of that would ever change.


MAD MAX MEETS UNFORGIVEN

Relax, powder-puff. All you’ve got to do is drive.

Logan is now married and having two kids. They have a poor farm in the middle of nowhere, but even “nowhere” in this dystopian future has an owner. A very powerful insane family of hillbillies is the landlords of their farm that they have to pay a monthly rent. Not paying the rent is a very bad idea.

Logan hasn’t pull out his claws in fifty years. He was broken. He thought that he was invincible. He thought wrong.

And this month, they don’t have money to pay the rent.

Logan gets beaten pretty bad by the landlord gang and now he has a month to pay the double of the rent or they won’t be so "nice" next time. And now, Logan has a family to think of.

Clint Barton (aka Hawkeye) is still alive but now he is blind, so he hires the help of Logan to make a trip to New Babylon (crossing all the “four kingdoms” that they are basically deserts of ruined dead cities and populations of sin) and to deliver a box, that Logan thinks that it must be drugs, but he needs the money, his family needs the money, so he accepts to do the job.

And they’ll do the ride in style! I tell you, in the Marvel Universe, they couldn’t ask for cooler wheels.

You’ll accompany Logan and Clint, and you’ll discover through their eyes how the country changed, how the hope died, and how evil spread everywhere.

And when evil is so vast, so powerful, so impossible to defeat... the time of playing nice is way over. Brace yourselves, ... this isn’t for the faint.

Old Man Logan is as essential for Wolverine’s fans, as it is The Dark Knight Returns is for Batman’s fans. That relevant, this story, is. And even if you aren’t much fan of Wolverine, this is without a question one of the most powerful stories ever written in the Marvel Universe, so if you are fan of the Marvel Universe, this a must-read to you. And, in the last case, if you aren’t fan of Wolverine and/or Marvel Universe, but if you enjoy to read futuristic westerns and/or dark dystopian tales, you still will be able to appreciate the strength of this narrative.

Snikt! ... Nuff’s said!

[Mohammed Arabey · Rating 5 out of 5]

في عصر الظلم، في حكم الطاغية، يمكنك ان تبقي رأسك منخفضا، تمشي جنب الحيط زي مابيقولو، لكن إن كنت تظن ان هذا سيجعلك في مأمن من الظلم، زبانية الطاغية، فأنت مخطئ

In a world ruled by tyrants, you can keep your head down, but that won't keep their heads turned away of you..

Recommended by the Greatest Wolverine ever, Hugh Jackman..since his movie's loosely based on it.

Unlike the movie, the setting here is even darker..a mix of dystopia..

Here, Old Man Logan is just an old man only caring for his family, he also as the movie no longer Wolverine since X-Men,all heroes have gone..for a different reason than the film here..
For 50 years, since a tragic Stand between the Avengers and the united super villains.

Now, the super villains ruling the United States, and with tyrants rules, they can't feel strong unless they use their power on those weaks... or those who keep their heads low.

Then comes Hawkeye, now old and blind, for one illegal traffic and need Logan as a guide to drive from CA -Now ruled by the Hulk's family- to NY -Now ruled by Red Skull, Hydra's boss.


But Logan agree just in one rule, he's only guiding..he will never be Wolverine no more.he just will do it for money, to save his little farm where he and his family lives since the hulk gangs need huge rent.

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Mark Millar made a hell of dystopia here.. in a journey across the states.

From H.G. Wells' underground creatures, to Arthur Conan Doyle's Dinosaurs, Romanian like brutal Arena, George Orwell's 1984 atmosphere...and more..

In a very clear, bloody yet elegant drawings comes this sad story.. 50 years of dystopia where by every new issue you get a glimpse of the mystery how this all happened..


There's this creepy, sad atmosphere of "Fallen Heroes", small impossible hopes of the saviour coming back from ashes...

And there's sad old man Logan..

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مارك ميللر هنا بيقدم كوكتيل من الديستوبيا من خلال رحلة عبر الولايات المتحدة الامريكية

بعد 50 سنة من سقوط الابطال، الافانجرز وإكس من، لأسباب ستتعرف عليها شيئا فشيئا من خلال الأحداث المشوقة ، ستجد نفسك مع لوجان في رحلة سلمية عبر الولايات ليستطيع توفير المال للطغاة اصحاب أرض مزرعته حيث يعيش مع عائلته معتزلا عمل الابطال الخارقين بعد سقوطهم
من خلال الكوميكس ورسومه الساحرة تأتي القصة المقبضة الدموية مجمعة كل عناصر الديستوبيا منذ كتب ه.ج. ويلز تلك الكائنات التي تسكن تحت الارض ، الديناصورات العائدة ، الساحات الرومانية حيث يتم التضحية بالابطال لمتعة الطغاة الحاكمين

لكن السير بجوار الحائط، وابقاء رأسه منخفضا، وطاعة الطغاة لن يجعله يعيش حقا
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ولكن رغم سقوط الابطال، ورغم موت الجميع
هذا لايمنع ان جزء من الرجل الحديدي، درع كابتن امريكا، وحتي شيئا من هالك قد يحاربوا الفساد والضغاة مرة اخري
هؤلاء و
الرجل العجوز لوجان



The comics really amazing, I loved the story so much and felt so bad about it as well..
I wished the Marvel Studios made a good deal with Fox to make it as it was -how the Avengers will ends, and the -may be Last- Stand of Wolverine..

But the movie also was really epic..and sad as well,


Professor X and Wolverine in one last adventure ..after 17 years since Prof. Xaviar picked the lone Wolverine off the wrestling pits, to his X School..
A one last adventure with a furious little new X, X-23.
And it was a one hell of an adventure..


Though very different than the comic ,Some elements was there similar and it was really good..
***The fact that Logan get mad by the kids talking about "X-Men" old comics, and his thoughts about how it's not true..
Extreme spoiler for the movie and comics next;
***That destruction of the X-Men was because one of them by honest mistake. -Professor X in the movie, Logan in the comics.
***The mass death for a whole innocent family by the bad guys.. in the movie was the family that took Wolverine in for the night, in the comics was his own.
Both murder caused Wolverine raise again..


But a story without hope is worthless, right?
Well here you'll see the heroes trying..
To make wrong right..
Or die trying..
Trying ending the Tyrant Rules..
Iron Man, Captin America. .even Hulk may raise again..
Also
Old man Logan..
Wolverine.

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الفيلم مبني بجزء ما من الكوميكس ولكنه مختلف تماما
غالبا بسبب مشاكل بين الاستوديوهات المنتجة علي بنود استخدام شخصيات الافنجرز والتي لا تملكها الشركة المنتجة لافلام ولفرين وإكس من
لكن نفس الروح موجودة ونفس الفكرة
يمكنك ان تقرأ الكوميكس وتتخيل ابطالك المفضلين من كلا الفيلمين
فالكوميكس تستحق القراءة فعلا

Mohammed Arabey
The Movie ; 1 March 2017
Finished Reading 9-11 April 2017

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolverine has been retired for fifty years and the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. Logan and his family are behind on rent when Hawkeye shows up, blind and needing a navigator for a cross country trip. Can Logan and Hawkeye cross a United States ruled by super villains?

I've been hearing about this one for years. However, Wolverine is not my favorite character and Mark Millar is a hack. Anyway, with Logan coming to theaters soon, I thought it was high time I read this. I was sold when the Spider-Mobile made an appearance.

Wolverine and Hawkeye drive across country, encountering the Hulk's cannibal grand-kids, Moloids, dinosaurs, aging super villains, and all sorts of nastiness. When they get to New Babylon, all the pieces are on the board but the whole game changes.

This was a fun read from a coolness standpoint. However, as per usual, Millar changes the characters' personalities to serve his story. When was Mysterio ever that powerful? How was a gang of super villains able to defeat the heroes when it's been attempted hundreds of times before?

Still, once I pushed that stuff aside, I had a ball reading this. It's almost orgasmic once Logan finally unsheathes his claws and gets down to business.

Wolverine: Old Man Logan is part Mad Max, part Unforgiven, a really fun read as long as you don't look too closely. It'll be interesting to see how much winds up in the Logan movie. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fifty years ago, the super villains got their act together, teamed up, and wiped out the supes. Today, the U.S. is balkanized and California is run by the Hulk** and his brood of inbred, trailer park hillbillies.

**California used to be the Abomination's territory but...yeah, Hulk SMASHED him. 

Living with the Beverly HULKbillies is a pacifist farmer named Logan, who hasn't snikt his claws or said "Hey Bub" since the night the heroes died.  Something horrible happened to Logan that night, something that killed the person he was...


Of course, for marketing purposes, we need the cover art to show that Logan can still be "The Man," so here you go. 

 
So basically, Logan lives with his wife and kids under the green trash Hulks. Life is hard, the farm is struggling, and Logan's family is short on the monthly rent. The Hulks don't do well with disappointment. After getting his but kicked (because he won't fight back), the Hulks give him one month to make good or they are going to kill and eat his family...

oh yeah, forgot to mention, the Hulks are cannibals too. Tobe Hooper would be proud. 

To get the money he needs, Logan reluctantly agrees to chauffeur the now blind Hawkeye across the country to deliver a mysterious package. They will have to travel through the strongholds of the villainous victors from 50 years ago, including: the Kingdom of the Kingpin (fka the Domain of Magneto), Doom's Lair and The President's Quarter.

Each place more dangerous than the one before.

...and so on.

 This was good...not great, but good. 

Mark Millar, ever since he penned the Ultimates, has established himself as the undisputed king of the "what if" re-imagining within the Marvel Universe. And deservedly so. He's a good writer and his willingness to push the envelope and show established, beloved characters in a radical new light has served him well and provided this fanboy with much about which to smile.

Millar's also not shy about bloodying things up a bit, and he certainly turns the release valve up to exsanguinate on this one. For the most part this works (except for the very end, discussed below). There's also a gritty, nihilistic vibe that Millar brings to this post-apocalyptic setting that works. You do have to turn off certain questioning quadrants of your brain to make it work, but it is still a lot of fun. 

So why only 3 stars? A combo of some things things that irked me and just a "not quite good enough" feeling that out the rating brakes on when I got to a strong 3. Still, that does indicate that I liked it (and recommend you read it), so here are things some things I really liked: 

Venomsaurus Rex...

...awesome sauce...Nuff said. 

Hawkeye

The character of Hawkeye was great. A blind, burned out, thrice-married wild card with Dirty Harry grit and a Willie Nelson ponytail. Well done, Mr. Millar. 

Logan and Logan's Dark Secret

Millar's take on Logan was engaging. In some ways, it paralleled Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven as you have a violent man turned family man who needs money, and so he returns to his old life, and ends up falling hard off the violence wagon.

However, what really makes this work is the revelation of "what happened" to Wolverine on that night 50 years ago. This was fantastic. When this is revealed, it will shock. 

I wasn't expecting it and I thought it was exceptionally well crafted. 

Red Skull's Victory

This is hard to admit because I'm a big fan of Cap, but the best part of the story is the flashback to Red Skull's final triumph over Steve Rogers. Against the background of the Capital Building in flames, a battered, trapped Captain America is first subjected to the gloating-laced victory taunts of his oldest nemesis


...and eventually, unlike what would normally happen after such a monologue, the Skull proceeds with his final, terminal victory. 


 
Icing on the cake for this remarkable segment of the story is the Red Skull, dressed in the skin of Cap (i.e. his costume), standing and staring admiringly at his trophy case of fallen heroes. 


This segment alone is worth picking up this graphic novel. 
 
For all that I liked about this story, I did have a few problems with it as well. First on the list of gripes was the Hulk being portrayed as an extra from Deliverance. As a plot device, I just thought it was hokey and it bugged me.  Also, the last chapter when Logan confronts the Hulks degrades into an over-the-top gore festival that just seemed pointless and tacked on. It really contrasted from the rest of the story and I found it jarring. I understand the need to get Wolverine back to doing what he does best...but still. 

I also thought the Kingpin segment was weak and the almost complete absence of Doom was a wasted opportunity. 

Still, overall this is a solid 3 stars and is worth checking out. The art is excellent and Millar delivers a good story in the area in which he writes at his best. While not the truly ground-breaking story lines of current favorites Ed Brubaker and Garth Ennis, this is a cut above standard fare when it comes to writing. Add to that some real quality moments, and you have a solid, entertaining effort that just has some flaws that keep me from darkening that 4th star. 

3.0 stars. Recommended. 

[Alex ☣ Deranged KittyCat ☣ · Rating 5 out of 5]

!5 amazing stars!



Yesterday, I saw the second trailer for the upcoming Logan movie, featuring an older Wolverine. To tell you the truth, I wasn't expecting much as I was disappointed with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And let me tell you that I loved everything and every second of it.



So I just had to know more: what's the story about? What inspired it all? That's how I ended up reading Old Man Logan. Let me tell you right away that it's a whole different thing from what's in the trailer. And it's just as amazing!

The comic shows us a much older Logan, living in a post-apocalyptic world with his wife and two children. There are no more superheroes as 50 years before all the supervillains banded up and killed them all in one night. Somehow Logan survived and Wolverine died. Ever since then, he has been refusing to take out his claws. He's a farmer now, paying rent to Hulk and She-Hulk's grandchildren. He misses a month, gets his arse kicked and is informed he'll have to pay double next time.

That's when a blind Hawkeye gets into the picture. He promises to pay Logan if he gets him across the former US in order to make a delivery.

While there are many dangers up ahead, Logan's claws remain hidden. But of course things don't turn out as they should and our hero gets a big surprise upon his return home.

This story has it all. It has action, it has drama and it makes your heart ache. Somehow Logan fits perfectly in this dystopia. The way the superheroes perished... it's hard to put in words. Or I simply am not that good at doing it. I felt for Wolverine, for what the bad guys did to him, how they broke and killed him. And I felt for Logan, a man who wanted nothing more than a peaceful life with his family.

I also enjoyed the art. And just as a heads-up, I would not recommend it to younger audiences since it can be pretty bloody.



Otherwise, what are you waiting for? Go, read it. It's amazing!

Let's hope the movie is just as great!

[Kemper · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am a complete sucker for any kind of Days of Future Past style stories because if there’s one thing I love more than reading about an elaborate fictional construct like the Marvel universe it’s reading about the destruction of all the heroes that populate it. Go figure….

So even though reviews by friends like Brandon and Stephen put this into three star territory I was revved up to try it. Surprise, surprise. Three stars from me, too.

The main idea in this is pretty bad ass. The major Marvel super-villains realized they outnumbered the heroes and united in one master surprise strike that killed almost anyone who could oppose them. With the good guys out of the way the bad guys carved up most of America into territories and began making the world completely shitty.

Decades later in the remains of California one of the few surviving former heroes Logan (a/k/a Mr. Don’t Call Me Wolverine Anymore) scratches out a meager existence on a farm with a wife and a couple of kids, but he’s late on the rent to the descendants of the Hulk. Bruce Banner took California away from The Abomination, but one gets the sense that he’s firmly in the evil camp these days with his offspring acting like a bunch of redneck bullies.

This isn’t the old Logan that readers have known because this older, battered man refuses to fight and hasn’t popped his claws since the night the heroes died. An old and blind Hawkeye shows up and asks Logan to drive him across the country to make a mysterious delivery. As the two men cross an America where the descendants of both heroes and villains fight for power, we eventually find out the story of what happened to the major players in the Marvel universe as well as why Logan went from bad ass Wolverine to pacifist farmer.

I absolutely loved the core concept of this book, and would dearly love to see a story about the last minutes of the super-heroes and the aftermath. I especially enjoyed that this is not a time travel story where the current version of Wolverine gets a glimpse of this dark future. That’s how these are usually done, but knowing this isn’t some future that can be prevented but rather a story of what did happen (In at least one potential timeline.) makes it a lot more powerful.

My problem with this is that it focused only on Wolverine, probably the most overexposed character in the Marvel stable outside of Spider-Man. Yeah, I know it’s a Wolverine story, but the idea is so big and has so much potential that it seems like kind of waste to turn it into just another Logan story that you can see the ending come from a mile away. Anyone have any real doubt that Logan wouldn’t be popping his claws and dealing some damage by the end of this? So despite the elaborate set-up, this became just another story of Wolverine overcoming his tragic past just in time to go berserk and carve up a bunch of people like sushi.

And I had another problem with the revelation of what happened to Logan that caused him to swear off gutting people. We learn that during the attack on the super-heroes Mysterio tricked Wolverine into killing all of his fellow X-Men by making him think they were bad guys.

Really? Freakin’ Mysterio? The B-list villain that Spider-Man routinely beats manages to trick one of the cagiest heroes in the Marvel ‘verse into killing all of his closest friends. Oh, and the entire line-up of the X-Men can’t stop Wolverine? They have when he’s gone nutso before. It’s a powerful reveal, but it’s kind of hard to believe. Maybe if they would have had multiple illusion masters or telepaths combine forces I could have believed it, but there’s no way that I’m buying that Mysterio (a/k/a Captain Fishbowl) engineered the destruction of the X-Men all by himself.

Like most of these types of stories, there’s some powerful moments by showing us the ‘deaths’ of heroes and a trophy case filled with their costumes and weapons, but I’ve seen that before. (The Hulk story Future Imperfect is one example.) So even it’s best parts aren’t all that original. Fun but flawed is my final impression of it.

[Sean Barrs · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had I read this before seeing the recent Logan movie I may have enjoyed it a little bit more. The film, however, was just so much better than the writing here. It deals with the consequences of what near immortality and invincibleness can do to the soul, and it explored the relationship between Logan and Xavier in a remarkable way. Xavier had become almost a farther like figure for Logan, which is sort of ironic considering he was actually younger than him by almost 100 years. But it was still there.

Although this does depict an amusing alternate reality in which the supervillains have finally ceased the day, leaving Logan in exile, it just didn’t have the same depth I saw on the screen. I just couldn’t give this the time of day after the film. This one is so not for me.

[Mischenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

How bizarre that my review and rating disappeared! Grrr...

Found it on another website thank goodness!

The absolute best. I honestly can't imagine someone leaving this less than 5 stars, unless they don't like Wolverine that is. I Knew he was in there somewhere!

SNIKT!

Logan 2017 can't come fast enough...

5*****

[Jan Philipzig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old Man Logan does for the bad-ass superhero what Unforgiven did for the outlaw cowboy: it traumatizes him, retires him, removes him from his violent past, turns him into a farmer, but then forces him to take on that one last job... and throws in a few dystopian Mad Max landscapes for good measure. So does it work? Well, the story feels a bit derivative and shallow and stagy, but what it lacks in originality and vitality it makes up for in style and design. Old Man Logan may not be the most engaging read in the world, but it does manage to deliver a few memorable, iconic-looking moments of superhero dystopia.

[Michael Finocchiaro · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this roadtrip with Hawkeye and Wolverine even if lots of questions remained unanswered (like htf did Kingpin kill Magneto exactly? And where did all the dinosaurs come from?). The art work is consistently great and the story line moves forward at a breakneck pace. There is a helluva lot of violence and blood here making it unsuitable for younger audiences. Lots of fun though despite the gore and rather pessimistic storyline.

[William Gwynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first graphic novel that I have dived into for many a year, and it was so awesome! Not many are better to read about than Logan, The Wolverine.

This fantastic character partnered with a truly original and engaging concept that defied every prediction of mine resulted in a a brilliant graphic novel, with a great story to drive it, with quirks and laughs and a whole range of emotion.

In this we are given an awesome, epic and compelling story that brilliantly explores a world where most of the ‘good guys’ are dead and gone, whilst the ‘bad guys’ are in charge, with Logan living a new life with a family, trying to remove himself from any semblance of violence.

I have not read any graphic novels for many years, as I said before, but I think that reading and loving this is going to inspire much of my future reading, and mean that I dive and delve into many more reads of this nature.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is the story of a superhero of old times, now he is just Logan taking care of his family. He will journey across the Americas whose map has been altered to help a friend by the name of Hawkeye. Hawkeye is Blind but still lethal. Logen is no longer the beserker he used to be.
During the road travelled we find out what happened with the man called Wolverine. I feel his pain as the story continues to a cruel ending.
this Wolverine tale feels like the Batman Miller unleashed on the comic audiences, brutal and different from the regular superhuman comic presentations. Old man Logan is a dark view upon the world of Superpowered creatures.

I did see the movie which was one of the great superhero movies and finally I got to the comics and they are equally impressive. I might be late on the scene but enjoy it nonetheless.

[ScottIsANerd (GrilledCheeseSamurai) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wolverine is a pacifist?
Wolverine is old?
Wolverine is one of the last superheroes?

Yeah. Great story. I know I shoulda gotten around to this a lot sooner then I actually did...but good things come to those that wait.

And this...most certainly is a good thing.

Also...Hawkeye is pretty f'ing awesome in this book.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Old Man Logan is going to fit into the marvel universe once all this Secret Wars stuff settles down. I know it's going to be great because Jeff Lemire (one of my favs) is going to be at the helm of the title. I have every faith that he will do the character that Mark Millar brought us a good turn.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 5 out of 5]

A traumatised Wolverine leaves the superhero world behind to become a farmer and raise a family, calling himself Logan and swearing non-violence for the rest of his life Meanwhile, the grossly outnumbered superheroes who remain are overpowered by a newly organised group collecting all of the supervillains to kill the heroes and divide up America amongst them. 50 years pass and Logan has fallen behind in rent to the Banner clan, Bruce Banner's family who govern their section of America. With the threat of violence against his family, Logan takes a risky courier job with his old friend Hawkeye, driving across America to deliver an unknown shipment to New Babylon. But will he make it back in time - and what happened to him to make him become a pacifist?

Mark Millar returns with his frequent collaborator, artist Steve McNiven, to deliver the goods on another fine book. I loved what he'd done, wreaking havoc on the America we know, and the gruesome ways in which the superheroes died. I particularly found the way Bruce Banner had turned evil and become a "greenneck" hillbilly interesting, as well as how the X-Men died, and the different rulers of the divided states of America (Red Skull is great as is Peter Parker's granddaughter).

The action is frequent throughout, all building up to the moment when - SNIKT! - the claws come out at last, but the anticipation is part of the fun of this book. The violence is what you'd expect in a Mark Millar book, that is to say it is very grisly and graphic, but that fits in with the character of Wolverine who is allowed to show the violence he is capable of in full view on the page and McNiven does a fine job of showcasing this.

Overall, a very fun, alternate take on the Marvel universe, and an excellent read with some fantastic art as always from Steve McNiven. A must-read for fans of superhero comics - Mark Millar does it again!

[Terence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fifty years ago the villains won. They teamed up together and annihilated the super heroes.



Few survived and those who did are no longer super heroes. One hero in fact became a pacifist.


Old Man Logan is a depressing dystopian future mini-series where the villains killed the heroes. Hawkeye and Logan survived, but now Hawkeye is blind and Logan just wants to take care of his family. Unfortunately with villains running things simple things like not paying the rent could lead to being killed so Logan takes a job with Hawkeye in order to pay his rent and save his family.

I don't really like dystopian future storylines personally because I have a hard time fathoming a world where things are bad everywhere for everyone. History has clearly demonstrated some atrocities occurring in real life, but never on the whole planet at one time.

Old Man Logan is a bloody comic and I wouldn't recommend it for children or the squeamish.

[Paz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars
How good was the Logan trailer you guys?
It gave me the perfect excuse to finally read Old Man Logan. Although I didn't need much motivation 'cause I've been wanting to read this title for ages.

A solo title with a post-apocalyptic marvel setting with Mark Millar's writing? Yeah, sign me up. This is going to be bonkers I thought. And it was.

Old Man Logan tells the story of a world where the good guys disappeared a long time ago and America is divided by different villains. Logan is now old, broken, retired, trying to make a fair living to support his family. Logan promised himself a long time ago that Wolverine would never come back, the claws would never appear again, but when the money doesn't come and he can't pay for the safety of the ones he loves, everything goes to shit. The Hulk family, the one who own this area, won't let this pass... Afraid of losing his family, but with no will to fight, he accepts a job from an old friend, one that will give him enough money to buy their safety. Thus the Hawkeye/Logan road trip through this Mad Max lands starts.

It was fun. It was exciting , violent, funny and a little bit trippy, a little bit broken, a little bit emotional. My positives here: I fucking loved Hawkeye. I loved how far our heroes have fallen. I loved Red Skull, I loved every piece of armor or any easter egg about our long gone superheroes. The design of this book was outstanding, the setting is just great, beautiful and creepy at the same time; there were many great, ''iconic'' moments in here. That being said, it did fall into some stereotypical Millar's tropes.

The ending was predictable just as the fate of certain characters. There are some gory moments that lose the shock factor quickly and instead become tiresome, particularly Wolverine's flashback and the big battle at the end. In fact, when Logan reveals the reason of why he stopped being Wolverine, even though I felt for Logan, a part of me was like Really? Reeeeeally? How did that happen...
There's also the mini arc of the new Kingpin, which was one of my least favorite things here.

Now, in my opinion, the positive greatly outweighs the negative. This was an entertaining read, a great what if story. I mean, there were some good adventures, great characters Hawkeye! and amazing artwork. But this comic is not one I'd call perfect or a must read. If you enjoy Millar's wackiness and over the top action I'd recommend to pick this up, but have in mind, it's only a light, fun ''what if'' story, nothing extraordinary.

[Jim Ef · Rating 5 out of 5]

8.9/10
In a small farm lives a man with his family. They call him Logan, those who are a bit older also know him as Wolverine. He used to be a member of the X-men, a mutant superhero team, but not anymore. There are no more X-men, no more Avengers, no more superheroes. They all died 50 years ago, in the great war, in which villains won and now some of them control the world.


Logan will accept a job offer from his old friend Hawkeye. He must drive him from Hulkland, the place he lives, all the way to President’s quarter. He accepts because he needs the money, in order to pay the Hulk-gang. It’s a good way to keep his family safe. Through the entire trip Logan will try not use his claws, like he haven’t the last 50 years. But it seems that sometimes, the thing we want to avoid the most, is the one we can’t avoid at all.

A great badass, bloody story by Mark Millar, which shows that nobody should mess up with WOLVERINE.

[Lyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you’re a fan of Wolverine, you’ve been waiting for this title.

Being a fan of Hulk, one of the inside jokes (along with Clark Kent “disguising” himself from being figured out as Superman) is that the death count was low. Looking back we can say the same about Wolverine, to a lesser degree.

But come on, these are weapons of mass destruction, these are killing machines.

So writer Mark Millar and a very talented art team pose the delicious question: remove all of the inhibitions from both characters, no more law or morality, at least in the sense we’re used to, spin these players up and see what happens.

What plays out is some gritty, very graphic, revenge porn and damn if I’m not here for it. Kind of like Curly Bill says to Johnny Ringo, “God damn!”.

Old man Logan and old man Hawkeye team up for a race across the Balkanized US (and BTW, great map about how this post apocalyptic region has been altered) to save the day, or just survive. Logan is a deeply damaged, broken man and the Hulk clan out in California embraces their horrific origins and adds on more BAD to make this a steaming hot cup of “DAMN!”.

Yeah, it gets bloody. But this is an epic fight for the ages and lots of fun getting there. There are some good cameos and back story and this hums along like a Spidey Mobile driven by Snake Plissken - with claws.

Good times.

[Jeannette · Rating 4 out of 5]

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This was recommended to me strongly by my comic book guru boyfriend so I knew from the start that chances are big that I will like it. And I did! A lot.

Right off the bat I should say that I haven't exactly been in the Wolverine fandom, despite having seen all of the movies that include him. That means I wouldn't have decided on my own to start this volume at all. But ultimately the story is great! It's different from other things that I've read and especially, despite my limited experience with it, it's also different from all the other superhero novels I've picked up. I thought a world where superheroes are either dead or in hiding is a pretty intriguing place to read about and offers a lot of possibilities for a series to follow.

Logan, as a character, continues not to tickle my fancy. I get annoyed with characters who are ALL doom and gloom without a speck of humor and that is how the Wolverine was depicted in this one. (Which also means there is a version of him out there that I might actually enjoy.) Nevertheless, I think that in Old Man Logan Hawkeye totally stole the thunder. But the entire character palette and the authors' view of a possible post-superhero-apocalypse world was very interesting. I was really impressed with where some of the characters ended up and what's most...

... I was extremely interested of the events which started the entire world of Old Man Logan. As far as I understood it, there is not a book which shows how the superheroes fell but I think that would be an amazing read. Because even though they summarized what happens with the major characters, many things were left unexplained and I can only imagine how that would look in detail as a separate graphic novel.

And the Mad Max style America was also very interesting set for the events of this volume. The depiction of cities, names and events was just fantastic. I can fully appreciate something when I see it was as well thought through as Old Man Logan was and provided so many small but significant details.

[Donovan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hell yes. Probably the most badass comic I've ever read, let alone a combination of tragedy, existentialism, biography, other-world, and revenge. Mark Millar gets Wolverine, and this is now one of my favorite Wolverine comics.

I've read a good number of other-world stories but this is probably the coolest. Fifty years into a dystopian sci-fi future. Wolverine? He's dead. Logan's just a farmer. And it's brilliant, fresh, violent, and even poetic.

I've never heard of Steve McNiven, but like any illustrator you've never heard of, that shouldn't discourage you. Because he is damn incredible! The detail, the complexity, the depiction of motion and action, it's as good as it gets. The colors are perfect, dark and subtle, bright only when needed.

Wolverine fans must read this!

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoy when popular comic franchises step away from their set storylines and get all speculative, taking chances creatively and using the characters to explore interesting ideas that they couldn't normally do while trying to stick to a particular plotline. Old Man Logan is a good example of this as Mark Millar has full freedom to tell us a story of a dystopian future where all of America's heroes have been defeated after the villains banded together against them, and now the U.S. has been split into territories ruled over by different bad guys. Something terrible happened to Wolverine in that final battle and he is now a quiet West Coast farmer and family man who has stepped away from violence . But he needs money to pay off his land taxes to the redneck Hulk gang, so when his old friend Hawkeye comes calling with a fortune to pay for help driving cross country, he can't turn it down.

What would happen if the Marvel heroes lost and the survivors have to live in the fallout. What if Wolverine decided that he has nothing else to fight for as a hero and then discovers that this isn't actually the case. It's a great idea that introduced a world that I wish was explored more with other characters. The great new movie Logan takes inspiration from this but is a very loose adaptation, adding it's own ideas and standing on it's own merit. The book's separate issue structure feels a little episodic and pandering (I wish that the Spider-daughter and Morlock-style creatures fit into the story a little more and wasn't just there to provide cheap cliffhangers.), some of the characters are a little corny, and I wish that there was a less fumbling and more believable reason for Logan's pacifism, but this ultra-violent Western/Mad Max-inspired standalone is still entertaining in its ideas.

[Aesaan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gruesome & Awesome!

[Nicolo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Old Man Logan is the 1992 movie Unforgiven done as a superhero story. It is fitting that it was done in the Wolverine ongoing series, since Logan could be any of Clint Eastwood’s characters through the years; the strong, silent type with the gravel voice and tough as granite who lets his guns or in this case claws do the talking.

The movie and comic book plots are almost indistinguishable. A retired killer taking on one more hit to save a failing farm. Both had to avenge a fallen comrade and left the farms they wanted to save but not without paying their last respects at their wives’ final resting place.

Mark Millar has been channeling a lot of movies in his scripts lately. The last few stories I’ve read of his had echoes of Big (Superior), Ocean’s 11 (Supercrooks) and Unforgiven. It is fair play really as Hollywood has been mining a lot of comic book stories for its projects recently. Also, comic books have a readership that wouldn’t mind reading their favorite movies reinterpreted as superhero action and adventure.

Millar has made it a point of partnering with talented artists to visualize his stories. Steve McNiven is definitely one of the comic industry’s best. I really like his clean, crisp and clear lines. His depiction of a post-superhero, America n dystopia is at once morbid and familiar. The land is ruled by tyrants and the landscape still litter with the corpses of its dead superheroes. This being a Western, there is no shortage of fight scenes, with blood, gore and death.

Postscript:
Millar once hinted that his post-Civil War Marvel stories are connected, with a common alternate future that would imperil the present in his and Bryan Hitch’s Fantastic Four run. This book has the origin of the Hooded Man and his adopted son and for those that read those Fantastic Four issues, that is enough of a hint.

[Eli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I honestly didn't expect this to be this good.

For starters, the artwork was awesome and the dialogue was great. Also, Wolverine has always been a good character when an author is looking for development. Another thing, it didn't bother me at all because I'm a disgusting human being, but there's a lot of gore in this. Do with that what you will.

The plot and setting is really cool. So the villains of the world teamed up (which has been a long time coming, because this is obviously a good idea for the villains) and overthrew the heroes. Something traumatizing happened to Wolverine that makes him completely opposed to using his claws. That's all I'm going to get into plot-wise, but it gets insanely better. Hawkeye is still alive, which was a pleasant surprise for me because he's a favorite.

Basically, this is a what-if story centered on Wolverine. It's got a lot of post-apocalyptic vibes, which I'm into. The setting also reminded me a little of the video game Fallout.

All in all, this is an awesome comic. I would highly recommend it to fans of Wolverine and the X-Men.

[Ayman Gomaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Logan <3 My fav Marvel Hero
P.S It's not like the movie at all and in my Opinion, the movie is way better and emtional .


Logan is old !!!! okay i can accept that
Logan is peaceful and calm !!!! thats was impossible to imagine

the villains teamed up and destroyed the Avengers and X-men , the world ruled by them , no more heroes to defend and help ppl
Logan live peacefully with his family until troubles comes to knock his doors, his old pal come to ask him for a favor A BLIND OLD HAWKEYE yea like I said xD

Any way to not spoil it, if u expecting it's like a movie it's not, it's another good story
so much violent in it, the drawing is awesome,
finally it was DARK, didn't expect to see that in marvel but Mark Millar is good writer.

[Mischenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

The absolute best. I honestly can't imagine someone leaving this less than 5 stars, unless they don't like Wolverine that is. Knew he was in there somewhere!

SNIKT!

Logan 2017 can't come fast enough...

[Ali Logs stuff · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐4 یا 4.5؟

عجب داستان عجیب و متفاوتی بود. در عین بیش از حد تلخ بودن، تجربه بسیار لذت بخشی هم بود. یه جور نئو-وسترن آمیخته با سفر جاده‌ای در بستری آخرالزمانی که نمونه‌ش رو به وفور در قالب مدیوم های متخلف تجربه کردیم. ولی کمتر نمونه‌ای بنظرم به خوبی این مورد، فضاسازی رو تونسته انجام بده. به بهترین شکل ممکن با استفاده از نمادها و ارجاعات مختلف به دنیای مارول، دنیای خودش رو ترسیم می‌کنه و کاری میکنه که تا انتها، این دنیای جدید برای مخاطب کاملا ملموس و آشنا بشه. در ترکیب با شخصیت‌پردازی حساب‌شده و زیبا، بنظرم این سری داستان لوگان، پخته‌ترین یا دست کم یکی از اون داستان‌های پخته‌ و منسجم‌تری هست که تا حالا در مدیوم کمیک‌بوک خوندم. شاید اگر فقط کمی حجم تاریک بودن حال و هوای حاکم در داستان و تمرکزش بر روی شوک مخاطب و فضاسازی با استفاده از رویدادهای خاص مخاطب‌پسند مرتبط با دنیای مارول کمتر بود و تمرکز بیشتری روی ساخت این دنیا به عنوان یک هویت مستقل داشت، راحت بهش نمره ۵ رو هم میدادم. شاید با گذر زمان، همین نمره رو هم بهش بدم. ولی در حال حاضر، فعلا نمره ۴ یا ۴.۵ بنظرم مناسب تر هست (خیلی لذت بردم، در نتیجه فعلا نمره قطعی به ذهنم نمیرسه).

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

3 years since I read it last and its still good!!! So like some others here on Goodreads I thought I'd give this one a re-read with the 'Logan' movie coming out! For those who don't know this comic was set 50 years into the future(Although now It would be considered an Elseworlds story), the heroes lost, the villains won and took over the world; their only a handful of the heroes left, and Wolverine is one of them! Logan now has a family and a farm, and he just wants to live out his days in peace! But his land his owned by the hillbilly hulk gang(Ya seriously), and they want rent, which Logan doesn't have the money; then Hawkeye shows up on Logan's land, and has a courier job, so Logan goes on dark twisted journey from there! To start with the art, its amazing; it has the realistic, yet gory and ruff look about it, which really does fit the gritty tone of the book! This book is also definitely not for kids, as it is a very dark chapter in Marvel comics for sure! But its probably one of the best, not only Wolverine story, but I would say best Marvel comic book story; basically Marvels equivalent of The Dark Knight Returns! But overall, best marvel comic book story ever(I said that twice), go out, read this then go watch the movie!!!

[Ronyell · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

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Brief Introduction:

Now, everyone knows that I am a huge fan of Wolverine, so when I heard about this unique little story called “Wolverine: Old Man Logan,” I just had to try this comic out! Luckily, I was not disappointed with this story as “Wolverine: Old Man Logan” was one of the most intense and possibly terrifying stories I had ever read about Wolverine! With spectacular writing from Mark Millar and dramatic artwork by Steve McNiven, “Wolverine: Old Man Logan” is definitely one comic book you just have to check out!

What is the story?

In the future world, the United States is being ruled by the villains of the Marvel Universe (Dr. Doom, Norman Osborn and the Kingpin) and all of the superheroes were killed off, except for two heroes: Wolverine and Hawkeye! Wolverine is now living peacefully with his family as he swore off ever using his claws ever again since a horrible incident happened that dealt with him using his claws. One day however, the evil Hulk Gang wanted their payment in rent from Wolverine and if they do not get their rent money, they will kill Wolverine’s family. So, Wolverine goes on a cross country journey with his partner, a now blind Hawkeye, to get some money for Wolverine to pay the rent. Unfortunately, even though Wolverine is trying to live a peaceful life, he will soon realize that in a world ruled by villains, he will always be a target and he might have to compromise his stance on not fighting anymore once his life and family are being threatened!

What I loved about this comic:

Mark Millar’s writing: After reading Mark Millar’s fantastic run on “Ultimate X-Men,” I just knew that I had to give this book a try and when I did, oh my goodness, I was totally blown away by this story! Mark Millar had done a fantastic job at giving us a really dark and dystopian world where super-villains ruled the United States and Logan decides to give up being “Wolverine” after a tragic event happened in his past. I loved the way that Mark Millar developed Wolverine’s character and the fact that there would be a day where I would see Wolverine become a pacifist was really surprising to me. I also enjoyed the back story about why Wolverine became a pacifist and what happened to him in the past was a truly terrifying and emotional moment in this book that will make you really sympathize with Wolverine’s predicament. I also loved the idea about this being a “what if” story about what would happened if the super-villains ruled the world and all the super heroes were killed? It rose up so many interesting scenarios in this comic about what the super villains would do once they take over the world and how the world would look like. Apparently, the world is full of people being killed for no good reason and the endless changes to the United States such as California now being called “Hulkland.” I also loved the way that Mark Millar portrayed Hawkeye and Wolverine’s relationship with each other as Hawkeye is always cheerful and can still fight extremely well even when he is blind and I loved the fact that they still remain friends after all the hardships of living in a villain ruled world.

Steve McNiven’s artwork: Steve McNiven’s artwork was just so fantastic in this comic! I loved the way that Steve McNiven made the characters looks extremely realistic. The characters’ facial expressions are done extremely well as there are shadows on the characters’ faces whenever they are having dark thoughts. I also enjoyed how detailed the bloody scenes were as blood squirts everywhere whenever the characters are cut up as it gives the scenes a much more frightening feeling.



What made me feel uncomfortable about this book:

~A huge warning for anyone reading this comic~

This comic has oodles and oodles of blood and gore throughout! I had never seen a “Wolverine” comic that had so many scenes of people being killed in the most brutal ways (being cut up) and anyone who does not like seeing any kind of strong violence in a comic might want to skip this comic. Also, there is some language in this comic, although not as strong as something you would see in Scott Snyder’s “American Vampire” or Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” series, so for anyone who does not like reading language in a book, they might want to skim over these words. I took off half a star because I felt that the beginning was moving a bit too slow and it was not until the middle of the story where things really started to pick up. Also, the story might be a bit confusing for anyone who does not read “Avengers” or any other Marvel comics since it manages to combine most of the Marvel characters into one story (I know I got really confused when the Avengers were mentioned since I barely read the “Avengers” comics (big X-Men fan here).

Final Thoughts:

Overall, “Wolverine: Old Man Logan” was a really interesting read for me since I usually do enjoy the usual dystopian future storylines and this one was really creative and unique to read through. Wolverine fans will definitely enjoy this fantastic one shot story of everyone’s favorite claw wielding mutant!

There were many scenes in this book that really shocked me, but the moment that really shocked me the most was the scene where Wolverine accidentally kills the X-Men when Mysterio tricked Wolverine into thinking that he was fighting the villains, not his friends.



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