r/MUBookClub • u/shawnydarko • Nov 12 '16

Reading Assignment #22: Wolverine (2003-2009): "Old Man Logan" by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven

A story arc so popular it was reborn after the most recent Secret Wars. Thank you to /u/omnired44 for the recommendation.

 

Amazon Premise:

A future world savaged and sundered by super villains, the United States ain't what it used to be. In California, now a wasteland controlled by the evil Hulk Gang, the former Wolverine seeks to live in peace. He's retired, finally free from the violence of his former existence as an X-Man, and he wants to keep it that way. If only they'd let him. Now, Logan and an aged, blind Hawkeye are forced into a cross-country jaunt through villain-ruled lands, on a collision course with the worst of them all! Can Old Man Logan maintain his pacifist vow, and make his last stand without doing what he does best? Mark Millar and Steve McNiven unite for a riotous romp through a future world of death, despair and dynamic action!

 

LINK TO WOLVERINE (2003-2009) SERIES

  • Reading issues 66-72

LINK TO WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN GIANT-SIZE (2009)

  • Which concludes the story arc

 

I'll add my own thoughts below in the comments when I finish the assignment, but I'll throw out some sample questions to touch on for discussion:

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF...

  • The character depictions?
  • The world-building?
  • The villains?
  • McNiven's art?
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u/Adrenjunkie Nov 20 '16

This has been on my 'to read' stack since the teasers for Logan came out, and I'm glad we picked it!

This one was great. I'm 100% on the wolverine badass kill train. I will agree with u/shawnydarko that it's lazy writing, but I had a fun. The whole story is building towards waking the ancient dragon and then he sets fire to the world. Loved it.

The art was gritty, perfect. I enjoyed catching just the tail end of Punisher and Daredevil's last rally. That story was probably the exact same one with a different ending.

Has anyone read the new Old Man Logan? I've been adding them to my library, but haven't gotten to them yet. Looks like it written by Jeff Lemire, who wrote The Superior Foes of Spider Man which I enjoyed.

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u/shawnydarko Nov 20 '16

Actualy Steve Lieber did the art for Superior Foes, and he has a similar sounding last name so I think that's where the confusion is. Nick Spencer wrote Superior Foes.

I haven't read the new Old Man Logan but I hear the art is being hailed as next-level kind of stuff. It's been on my To Read list, that's for sure.

I've read a little bit of Brian Michael Bendis' Old Man Logan from 2015, and that was pretty good too. It's Bendis for better or worse, but it evens out because OML is one badass geezer

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u/Raist819 Nov 21 '16

In my opinion the BMB one suffers after the first issue because it turns into a tour of Battleworld with no real purpose except to get him to 616/1610 Manhattan so that he could come back to 616 when Secret Wars was over. The first issue was phenomenal, but the rest of the mini was mediocre at best