Wolverine: Giant Size Old Man Logan

Credits:

Writer: Mark Millar

Penciler: Steve McNiven

Inker: Dexter Vines and Mark Morales

Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Summary:
The opening scene is at the Hulk Gang's watering hole, where two members -- Woody and Rufus -- are washing off the blood from their clothes. Woody then finds himself alone then notices that Rufus is already dead, hist body cut to pieces. Then Logan surprises him then kills him.

In a short distance later, in Sonny Stark's Bar, three Hulk gang members -- Elrod, Eustace, and Luke -- are out feasting and celebrating. Then suddenly the lights went out and a crash was heard. When Elrod finds the flashlight, he saw standing over Luke's lifeless body a bloody Logan, his claws still sticking out of Luke's head. You can guess what happens next...

Later, at Heff's Mansion, another Hulk gang group -- Beau and two his crew -- just finished celebrating at the mansion, with all of the women still unconscious. Just as they were about to leave, Logan reveals himself to them...

At Banner's Lair -- appears to be a converted trailer park -- several more of the Hulk gang are killed when the Beau's C4-filled Fantastic-car stampeded down the trailer vans. Standing on the car was Beau all chained and wrapped up with C4 and a timer taped over his mouth. Timer reaches zero and boom goes Beau and several other of the Hulk gang. Logan then finishes off the remaining Hulk gang.

The out came from the nearby cave the first and orignal Bruce Banner himself, now a small and balding aged man -- but still packs quite a punch even in his "human" form. He beats down Logan even throwing - erm - a dead cow carcass on him. Logan then got an upperhand and drives his adamntium claws through Banner's chest. This made him very angry and he "hulked" out. Hulk grabbed his enemy and took a bite off from Logan's side.

Note: In their encounter, Bruce reveals that he mated with her first cousin, Jen Walters, aka She-Hulk.

Twelve hours later, another Hulk gang member, Billy Bob, out on errand to fetch some movies returns to find his gang dead. He found Bruce, still in Hulk form, inside the cave nursing his stomach cramps. Bruce then bowled over then out came Logan through his back, presumably killing Bruce in the process.

A month later, Logan lays to rest his entire family. After the final blessings, Logan leaves the townsfolk saying that he's forming a new team of heroes. And his first team mate is none other than the baby Bruce Banner Jr.

Then off he rides into the sunset.

Wolverine 72 - Old Man Logan Part 7

Credits:

Writer: Mark Millar

Penciler: Steve McNiven

Inker: Dexter Vines

Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Summary:
Flashback to fifty years ago: Red Skull stands over the fallen and dying Captain America. After gloating over his success -- saying how Red Skull and his chief lieutenants are going to divide America among them -- he firmly holds Cap's head and places a thumb over each eye...

Now. Red Skull wears his most glorious prize, the grisly and bloody uniform of Captain America. He is in his trophy room where he keeps mementos of the fallen superheroes which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Captain America's Shield

Iron Man's Armor

Spider-Man's mask and webshooters

Thor's winged helm

Dr. Strange's Cloak

Daredevil's billy club/baton and chest insignia

Elektra's sai

Silver Surfer's board

the Thing's dismembered hand

Quasar's quantum bands and chest insignia

Cyclop's visor and head mask

Vision's head

Iron Fist's mask

Black Knight's ebony sword

Hulk's pants

Punisher's skull shirt

Angel's wing

Nightcrawler's tail

Nova's helm and forearm bands

Moon Knight's cowl

Beast's head

Cap/US Agent's triangular Shield (?)



Can't make out the other trophies. Sorry. :)

He awaits the arrival of Tobias' party, carrying the vials of super soldier serum and the bodies of Hawkeye and Logan inside the body bags. As they start to unwrap the body bags, Logan comes to and dispatches everyone in the room until Red Skull is the only one left.

Red Skull - at this time the better fighter and in better shape -- batters Logan around the trophy room, crashing into the shelves. He criticizes Logan for not even popping his adamantium claws. The automatic doors of the trophy room shuts close, isolating the two inside from the soldiers outside. He picks up the Black Knight's sword and delivers the finishing blow -- only to be block by Captain America's shield, picked up by Logan among the broken shelves and mementos.

Logan, with shield in hand, fights back and beats red Skull down. Red Skull falls and is pinned... then Logan decapitates Red Skull with Cap's Shield.

By the time the soldiers blasted their way through the door, Logan is already wearing what's left of Iron Man's armor. He hit the soldiers with repulsor blasts then flies off all the way back to California. The fuel rods of the armor finally burn themselves out, he crashlands somewhere near the Calirfornia wasteland.

Finally arriving back on his farm, despite of it still two weeks ahead before the deadline, he finds his family murdered. Logan's neighbor says that the Hulk Gang got... bored.

And with that, Logan is finally pushed over the edge. For the first time in fifty years... SNIKT! Claws pop out... Wolverine is back!

Wolverine #71 - Old Man Logan Part 6

Credits:

Writer: Mark Millar

Penciler: Steve McNiven

Inker: Dexter Vines

Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Summary:
The Venom T-Rex finally catches up with them in Doom's Head, Illinois. They helpless drive and shoot at the Venom to no avail. Shortly, Emma Frost spots them and sends Black Bolt. With one word "stop", he knocks off the Venom symbiote from the TRex.

They were instantly teleported to the Forbidden Quarter, the sanctuary of Emma Frost and about twenty other remaining mutants in the world. Emma welcomes them and had her technicians fix up the Spiderbuggy.

It is revealed that Emma Frost married Dr. Doom in order to forge a pact in the interest of the mutants -- first thought to be the next step in human evolution, but is obviously not to be, with no new mutant births in the last twenty years. Emma also hints that she knows what's in the package they're carrying, which caught the interest of Logan.

After the repairs are done, they set on their way towards their destination. They pass by Pym Falls, Connecticut -- a settlement built on the remains of Hank Pym aka Giant Man -- which then leads to New babylon, their destination.

There, they met their contact, Tobias, who looks like Hitler with that mushtache of his. Logan then learns that the package they are carrying the entire time contains 99 vials of the super soldier serum. Tobias is supposedly a rebel alliance contact that are bent to creating a new Avengers team, which Hawkeye wishes to be a part of.

Shortly after, Logan is peppered with bullets and Hawkeye shot in the chest. Tobias then reveals himself to be a SHIELD undercover agent under the employ of the president Red Skull. Defiant to the end, Tobias shoots Hawkeye on the head.

Wolverine #70 - Old Man Logan Part 5

Credits:

Writer: Mark Millar

Penciler: Steve McNiven

Inker: Dexter Vines

Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Summary:
Logan finally reveals what happened to him fifty years ago -- the day Wolverine died.

Logan goes back fifty years back in the X-Mansion in Westchester where he was with Jubilee. Suddenly, there was an explosion which kills off Jubilee, then several supervillains appeared -- Stryfe, Doctor Octopus, Shocker, to name a few.

He lashes out at every villain he sees while looking for the rest of the X-Men who are nowhere to be found. He kills each and everyone of the attackers. One by one, the villains go down, until it Bullseye is the last one left. After finally finishing him off with a straight claw thrust through and through, the truth is revealed -- he just gutted Jubilee.

Mysterio appears and reveals that he alone could not possibly take out forty supervillains on his own. He thanks him on behalf of the criminal community and leaves. With him gone, the rest of the illusion is removed and the carnage he wrought is finally revealed -- Wolverine has massacred the entire X-Men...

After an indefinite amount of time, Wolverine just wandered off the forest crying and sobbing, and cannot think straight. He wants to punish himself for what he had done. After passing by a railroad, he waited for a train, laid down on the tracks and just waited there to be killed -- which did not happen due to his advanced healing factor.

With that, he swore never to hurt another living soul again.

Next day, they reach Dwight's Toll, basically a short metal bridge, where they were stopped by Dwight, a short guy wearing the original Ant-Man helmet. Paying the toll of eighty cents, they pass by the bridge unscathe. Below the bridge are several remains of who appear to be the ones who did not pay Dwight's toll.

They are passing by Doom's Head, Illinois, where their Venom symbiote stalker now bonded with a T-Rex is madly rampaging through the wasteland waiting chasing after them.

Wolverine #69 - Old Man Logan Part 4

Credits:

Writer: Mark Millar

Penciler: Steve McNiven

Inker: Dexter Vines

Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Summary:

As Ashley is about to deliver the deathblow to his father, Hawkeye, Logan drives the Spiderbuggy and rams it through the wall. He then grabs Hawkeye and drives the buggy off to another building and made their escape.

Not to be outdone, Ashley commands her troops to go after them. Shortly, the duo are being chased by hundreds of cars and several dinosaurs -- Clint reveals them to be imported from the Savage and has since then covered the MidWest region. Then, things got worse as an earthquake opens up a fissure that swallows everyone up.

Two hours pass and Logan comes to. He cracks a light-stick and looks for Hawkeye. He then encounters the carcasses of their pursuers being eaten by the Moloids, subterranean beings who are easily blinded by the lightstick.

Logan finds Hawkeye still strapped into the Spiderbuggy which is upside down. After flipping the buggy rightside up, he flares open the headlights and drives straight up the cavewall. They reach topside again.

They pass by Paste Pot Creek, Wyoming, where hundreds of dinosaurs are found everywhere. Then they pass by Electroville, where lay the remains of the Baxter Building and the humongous skeleton of Loki. Then they pass by South Dakota, where a hostless "Venom" symbiote spots them. Also, they pass by the new Mount Rushmore, where a fifth figure, that of the Red Skull was added.

They made their stop at a certain Millar's bar in Des Moines, Iowa. Shortly, a drunk patron started to make fun of them and, just like his old self, Logan jumps at the guy and is ready to pop his claws down the guy's throat. Hawkeye stops him and Logan walks off to the outside.

Hawkeye, confused, asks what happened to him. Finally thinking its about time, he tells him to sit down and he'll tell him.

Wolverine #68 - Old Man Logan Part 3

Credits:

Writer: Mark Millar

Penciler: Steve McNiven

Inker: Dexter Vines

Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Summary:
Logan and Hawkeye meet the new Kingpin of Crime!

Logan and Hawkeye learns that Ashley -- Hawkeye's daughter to Tonya, Peter Parker's daughter -- is held captive by the new Kingpin. Clint convinces Logan to help him find his "superhero" daughter and his pay is doubled -- despite the fact that Logan will only help him as a map-reader, and will not fight; Logan is adamant that he will never EVER pop his claws again. Ultron then gives Logan an X-Men medallion for good luck -- a brief flashback was shown.

They shortly arrive at Cedar City, Utah, most of which is under the ground, with only the rooftops and a big church spire sticking out the ground. On the spire was a man holding on to it, seems paralyzed with fear. They move on.

Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. The Kingpin - a black guy dressed up as a punk rocker of sorts - addresses the crowd and Ashley's accomplices, Daredevil and Punisher, who are chained in the middle of the stadium. Kingpin reminds everyone who "the top dog is" and the fact that he got to be there after offing Magneto. Shortly, he unleashes a couple of raptors which tore them to pieces.

Nearby, Logan scopes out the building -- a customized Walmart -- where Ashley is held. Hawkeye then tells Logan of his "genius plan" -- Logan drives Spiderbuggy on the side of the nearby building, build up speed, and crash into the Walmart. Plan worked.

Hawkeye then kills off everyone that stood on his path until he reaches Ashley's cell. After freeing her, the Kingpin arrives. Ashley quickly grabs a shotgun and swings it soooooo hard, that she beheads the Kingpin. She then hits her father. Only then that she revealed her true intentions -- to take over the Kingpin's operations, not to free everybody from the his rule.

As she is about to take out his own father, Logan is on the wheel and curses "damn you to hell for making me do this, Hawkeye".

Wolverine #67: Old Man Logan Part 2

Credits:

Writer: Mark Millar

Penciler: Steve McNiven

Inker: Dexter Vines

Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Summary
Hawkeye/Clint Barton and Logan drive their way to New Babylon in the east coast. It's already dark when they reached what used to be San Francisco. Clint explains to Logan that San Francisco is now sunk by Moloids, creatures living underground who thrive in the dark and are easily blinded by any light. As long as they have their lights handy, they should be safe.

They wandered about the remains of the city to look for survivors in order to trade for supplies, when they instead met a punk group of Ghost Riders riding their mystic motorcycles and burning wheels. Logan was knocked down and refused to fight them. After Logan has taken a beating, Hawkeye shoots a hail of arrows killing the Riders. Not bad for a blind guy, although the Riders are probably making a lot of noise making them easy targets even for a blind marksman such as Hawkeye. Anyway, Hawkeye expresses his disappointment on Logan for not even defending himself. Logan gets a flashback of him fighting off a horde of supervillains. He simply said that they broke him. And that's the only reason he's alive.

Next day, they reached Las Vegas which is now renamed Hammer Falls. It is also the number one tourist attraction in Amerika, where people can buy superhero memorabilia. The Kingpin -- the new ruler of these parts -- doesn't mind that about the superhero stuff being sold here as long as money is to be made. Hawkeye further explains that this is the place where fifty years before the Absorbing Man and Magneto finished off their last great white hope -- Thor. This is where people pray to the fallen hammer of Thor -- thus the name -- for the return of the superheroes...

Here, they had a chance encounter with Ultron Eight, a servant of Tonya, Hawkeye's third ex-wife, who turns out to be the youngest daughter of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man. They made their way to Tonya's garage who explains to them that their daughter, Ashley, has formed a super team to fight the new Kingpin.

Wolverine #66: Old Man Logan Part 1

Credits:

• Writer: Mark Millar


• Penciler: Steve McNiven


• Inker: Dexter Vines


• Colorist: Morry Hollowell

Notes:
This story arc takes place in an alternate future around 50 years after the superheroes fell and supervillains took charge of the world -- or at least the USA. This happens to be one of my favorite alternate universe st0ry arcs of all time: great story and great artwork.

Summary:
Logan is settled on a farm somewhere in Sacramento, California, with two kids and a wife. Due to some broken tractor, for the first time in twenty years, they will not be able to pay the rent to their landlords, the Hulk Gang -- hillbilly descendants of the original Hulk Bruce Banner. Thinking of what to do next, Logan decided to tough it out and take whatever punishment was coming his way.

The Hulk Gang came and threatened the old man. He played in his mind how he would have responded years ago: claws out and slash. Of course, being the pacifist that he is now, he simply took everything the Hulk Gang dished out without even raising a finger to defend himself. Rent was doubled next month or everyone dies, the Hulk Gang threatened and left.

At a later time, an old friend, the former Avenger Hawkeye, now blind, visits Logan and offers him a business proposition. He has a delivery job from the west coast all the way to the east coast, but he needs a navigator. He will pay Logan 500 bucks. Penniless, he really had no choice but to take the opportunity.

And with that, they hop on to -- of all things -- the modified Spidermobile. Thus begins the treacherous roadtrip across the now vastly changed countryside of what was once the United States of America.