While the last opus of the Wolverine saga comes out on March 1st, back on the comics that inspired James Mangold for this last masterstroke of the clawed mutant. Published between June 2008 and September 2009, this cult comic was created by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.
In an alternate reality, on Earth-807128, Logan is one of the last remaining heroes in a world dominated by supervillains. He lives quietly with his family and children on an isolated farm and refuses to fight again. He even refuses to even pull out his claws. The world is divided into sections, each dominated by a supervillain. There is the Abomination sector, later taken over by the Hulk, the Magneto sector, Doom sector and finally that of Red Skull, self-proclaimed international president. Hulk comes to get lice from Logan, which will push him to get out of his daily life and take revenge, facing one of his best opponents: his former friend.The outcome of their confrontations remains uncertain. However, the mutant's faculties are diminished, he gets old, and his self-healing abilities are diminished.
Old Man Logan is a mature, dark and pessimistic comic. It features a hero with a grandiose past, now in agony. Mark Millar depicts a desert and arid post-apocalyptic world, where life seems to have disappeared. Humanity lives in fear, and in the hope of the return of heroes. Yet, the latter will not return, the super villains have started the largest coalition in history to overthrow the superheroic supremacy. A coalition that succeeded. The heroes are no more, the villains have become masters of the world.
Logan is living with his family on a small farm, when the Hulk's gang comes to get him noises. He will have to react. Accompanied by Hawkeye, who has become blind, he begins a quest to satisfy revenge and obtain answers. Clint Barton has once again become a character closer to his origins, closer to his former condition as a super villain, further away from Jeremy Renner's version in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is violent, brutal, uncompromising and his blindness is counterbalanced by other ultra-developed senses.Despite his disability, Hawkeye remains dangerous. The two friends will cross a desolate, empty setting, where the hierarchy of men is overthrown. They will cross paths with the vestiges of a glorious past life: the corpse of Ant-Man, Daredevil and The Punisher at bay, etc… The reader is immersed in the heart of the desolation resulting from the ruins of a lost world, an invigorating post-apocalyptic sensation.
Wolverine refuses to use his claws, his power of self-regeneration is diminished, the character is tired, traumatized by a fundamental and heavy past mistake. Mysterio set a trap for him that worked, forcing him to do something horrible that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Old Man Logan has many surprises in store and Mark Millar signs here a great classic of Marvel comics. Scenaristically irreproachable, the comics goes crescendo, going towards an unexpected and violent denouement, honoring the tortuous past of the character. Aesthetically hot, deserted, like the Book of Eli, an exciting world despite its detestable décor, Old Man Logan reserves some grandiose boards, where the colors are expressed perfectly.
While in the classic Wolverine is dead, covered in adamantium, the writers decided to insert this old Wolverine into the classic time arc, a story that continues after Mark Millar's prowess with Old Man Logan.
James Mangold's film seems to be, in view of the first images, very faithful to the work of Mark Millar. A post-apocalyptic aesthetic, empty and lunar settings, cold and disillusioned characters, a raw violence that will honor Stan Lee's character. The first test screenings have completely conquered the spectators who cry out for the masterpiece while Hugh Jackman has voluntarily lowered his salary to make the feature film more violent and rank R in the United States. Can't wait to discover this latest film on Wolverine, of which we unveiled the last images a few weeks ago!
