OLD MAN LOGAN #4
“” (20 pages)
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Art: Andrea Sorrentino
Colors: Marcelo Maiolo
Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit
Covers by: Andrea Sorrentino & Marcelo Maiolo; Homare
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
[NOTE: This is a SECRET WARS tie-in (sorta) that first appeared in May. It’s a six-month long event for the main mini-series with various other books covering past notable storylines. This is but one of several.]
Slashing. Clawing. Stabbing. How else can the Wolverine make his way out of the Deadlands? The concept of time is imperceptible. Logan catches a break every so often when the hordes feast their eyes on something more appealing.
Logan enters a cave and wonders if he is experiencing something unreal. He regrets having abandoned Danielle Cage and Bruce Banner, Jr. They were under his care, after all. He also reminisces about his deceased family unit. Enter: Jennifer Walters the She-Hulk!! Could she be another figment of his imagination?
Jen is as real as can be. She’s not a cannibal. She is jonesing on any kind of food like something fierce. She pissed off Doom enough to be exiled. Her leg strength isn’t sufficient to leap away. There is no border, just an endless space. The fact that she has lasted as long as she has is attributed to smarts or dumb luck. Jen surmises that Logan’s healing factor is the ace up his hairy arms. Logan suggests a Fastball Special.
Venom interrupts their convo. A zombified symbiote doubles your chances of dying! He was too eager. The duo are surrounded. Wolvie unsheathes yet again and skewers more rotten flesh. He rues the day he shed his responsibilities. Even he is vulnerable. The alternate version of his most hated enemy (Sabretooth, appropriately enough) chomps on his shoulder. Oh, crap! Infection!!
Shulkie leaps out of nowhere and takes him with her. She obliges his request – he is tossed so high until he breaks the ‘barrier’ and crashes (hard! again). He’s landed in NYC. Is he far from home or in our reality?!?
Domain #38: The Deadlands
Poetic justice: “Guess I crossed Doom. The Almighty. And he sent me to Hell. No trial. No jury. So on top of being in Hell…as an attorney, I’m super offended.” – Jen to Logan.
Leaps and bounds: The Fastball Special is a classic manoeuvre that never fails!
Holy guacamole!! I didn’t expect this to be such a speed read :0 Brief and to the points [natch!] The sequence of events was frenetic and frenzied. I was warming up to Logan and Jen striking up a fast friendship. Not meant to be. What a rip-roaring ride!! From heavyweights to a semi-light moment, Logan is almost at the end of his quest. Definitely not what nor where he expected. Mr. Bendis: despite the ‘little’ amount of words, you assuredly understand Marvel’s motto of “ ‘Nuff Said”!!!
I’m beyond giddy that Andrea Sorrentino will continue his stay at Marvel illustrating the further adventures of Old Man Logan!! Happy happy, joy joy! The man is sensational, unparalleled, and wondrous!!! Panels prevail in two-thirds of the book — twenty-eight spread across both ends on pages 1-4. There’s superb symmetry with the arrangement of nine panels on pages 8-10. Geometry is a cinch since he provides five verticals on page 18 and seven horizontals on page 19. One more worthy feat to mention: the twelve panels on page 6 are evenly distributed but the absence of light deceives the eyes a bit since half of the coloured boxes are not side-by-side. The other pages alternate between dominance and submission with one full page at the very end.
Marcelo Maiolo brings out the blood and the fury. His technique is comparable to watercolours. The reds are rich, the orange is ablaze, the dark is frightening! What a change of pace to go from the undead-infested domain to the Big Apple!
Cory Petit, you have reached a new high. Best and most original sound effect this year: SLIICCCE, SSLLIIICCE. Second place goes to CHUCKCK, CHUCKCK. Bronze medal for HURAAAGH! I’m glad you didn’t neglect the SNIKT ;-P
One issue to go!! This will mark the transition of the elderly Wolverine into the main MU. I can’t rave enough about this epic issue!! I’m foaming at the mouth, in a good way 😉 I give this 48 out of 50 years that Logan had been in retirement.
