Storyline: Old Man Logan ( Part 2 of 8 )
Date: July 30, 2008
Price: $2.99
Writer: Mark Millar
Artists: Steve McNiven

Synopsis: Logan owes the Hulk Gang. He owes them big, and they’re not the kind to let a debt slide, even for the guy who—50 years ago—called himself Wolverine. So Logan’s agreed to a crazy ride across America with the blind archer, Hawkeye, to deliver a package to the East Coast. First stop: San Francisco…but only if Logan and Hawkeye can make it past—the GHOST RIDERS. MARK MILLAR and STEVE MCNIVEN—the best-selling creative team of the 21st century—continue the biggest Wolverine story the future has ever seen!

Opinion: “Old Man Logan” rolls on through the tail end of summer and Mark Millar brings his vision of Marvel’s future back into harsh focus right from the first page.  We get another glimpse at the new “Amerika” and see the progress of Hawkeye and Wolv…err, Logan as they cruise from Hulkland to The Kingdon of the Kingpin in the Spider-Buggy.  This issue is a solid continuation of the introduction we got last month, with good progression and thought-provoking story elements that fill in the mysterious gaps of this plot.

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Storyline: Old Man Logan part 1 of 8
Date: June 18th, 2008
Price: $2.99
Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Steve Mcniven

Synopsis: Nobody knows what happened on the night the heroes fell. All we know is that they disappeared and evil triumphed and the bad guys have been calling the shots ever since. What happened to Wolverine is the biggest mystery of all. For 50 years, no one has heard hide nor hair from him…and in his place stands an old man called Logan. A man concerned only about his family. A man pushed to the brink by the HULK GANG. A man forced to help an old friend—the blind archer, HAWKEYE—to drive three thousand miles to secure his family’s safety. Get ready for the ride of your life, Logan.

Opinion: What an interesting book.  Mark Millar once again weaves an interesting tale, disassembling a character we all know so well and presenting an altogether different person for us to get acquainted with. I’m not always a fan of Millar’s work, a lot of the time I have mixed feelings about his plots, but this one starts off on such a new and different foot, it’s hard not to be enthralled.

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Story Line: One Shot
Date: June 11th 2008
Price: $3.99
Writer: Charlie Huston and Jason Aaron
Artist: Jefte Palo and Werther Dell’Edera

Synopsis: There will be blood. Gallons of it. Because Cyclops needs only one scalpel for a surgical strike mission and Logan’s the ideal man for the job.  Tonight, Wolverine flies solo—dressed in black and operating off the grid.  And when the night is through, there will be mountains of corpses, and no one to answer to.  What could be better?  PLUS, this one-shot features a solo Warpath story, as he learns what it really means to go home again.

Opinion: Fresh off the heels of an X-Force issue the week before, the timing on this comic couldn’t have been any better.  With 48 pages of pure badass-ery and a fair price to boot; I am happy I bought this book.  It gave some writers and artists a chance to shine too.  There were a couple things I didn’t like but nothing that would push me over to disliking the book, just pure taste when it came to the writers’ storytelling.

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Storyline: Act Three of Three
Date: May 7, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian K. Vaughn
Artists: Eduardo Risso and Dean White

Synopsis: In the gut-wrenching conclusion to Vaughan and Risso’s epic story, Wolverine must make the single most difficult decision of his long and bloody career.

Opinion: Man this limited series has been a roller coaster for me. Don’t get me wrong, now; I love Vaughn’s storytelling abilities, but this one was BAD. I thought that Vaughn’s take on the Marvel Knights Wolverine had an extremely weak start on Logan #1, but in the middle I saw a glimmer of hope with Logan #2 as we saw the story reaching the potential to be a classic. I had high hopes for where this thing was going but after this third and final issue I am wishing I didn’t spend my money on this thing.

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Storyline: Act Two of Three
Date: April 2, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian K. Vaughn
Artist: Eduardo Risso and Dean White

Synopsis: Wolverine has returned to Japan, his memories intact, and has met with a familiar face from his past. But how is this supernatural creature tied to an untold story of Logan’s time in Japan during WW2? And just what was Logan doing in Hiroshima?

Opinion: Ok, I said I was going to do it - and here I am, eating my hat!  This issue was great!  I read up a bit about the actual point of the Marvel Knights imprint on Wikipedia, and the vein this story in makes a bit more sense.  I still think the first issue stunk, but this one redeems it for sure.  Read what I found out about Marvel Knights and my take on this book after the jump.

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Storyline: Act One of Three
Date: March 5, 2008
Price: $3.99 US
Writer: Brian K. Vaughn
Artist: Eduardo Risso and Dean White

Synopsis: A unique take on the man who’s the best there is at what he does. Finally armed with long-lost memories from his past, Wolverine returns to one of his first battlefields to settle an old score in an all-new adventure with a shocking revelation about the man known as Logan.

Opinion: I am going to be brutally honest here. I, like everyone else on the planet earth think Wolverine is a badass, a great character with a lot of versatility. I also think Brian K. Vaughn is an excellent scribe, I really really enjoy Y: The Last Man (don’t spoil it for me! I am waiting on the last trade!) and I keep looking for his credits on LOST episodes.

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We all know by now that Liev Schriber is going to play Sabretooth, and many rumors have been circulating as to who is going to play which character in the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, due out in 2009.

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Storyline: Angels & Demons Part 1 (of 6)
Date: February 13, 2008
Price: $2.99 US
Writer: Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle
Artist: Clayton Crain

Synopsis: There are lines that the X-Men have sworn never to cross. But after the shocking events of “Messiah Complex,” Cyclops realizes that some enemies need to be dealt with permanently… and the X-Men can never know about it. Enter WOLVERINE, WARPATH, X-23 and WOLFSBANE - this is the new X-FORCE!

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