Saturday, February 18, 2017

Old Man Logan #18


Old Man Logan (2016-) #18

Old Man Logan, Issue #18 is the third issue in the "Return to the Wastelands" arc, where Logan goes into space to save Alpha Flight from an alien threat known as the Brood, only to be returned to the bleak future where he came from.  It's a complex story told through intertwining flashbacks, difficult to follow, perhaps, but here's the skinny: Wolverine isn't sent to his own timeline but to an even more distant future, where the baby he saved just before being teleported to Earth-616 has grown up to become an evil monarch.  More to the point, that timeline is in question; perhaps it's just a projection done by Jean Grey under the control of the Brood.

This series continues to be a hit, and I strongly encourage everyone to read it.  This particular issue is strongly influenced by Philip K. Dick; Logan questions reality but then asks, "what if it could be true at some point in the future?"  The artwork by Andrea Sorrentino and Marcelo Maiolo continues to break boundaries, eschewing traditional paneling for different styles.  I'm a fan.

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