Old Man Logan, Issue #21 and Issue #22 form the first half of the "Past Lives" arc. In Issue #20, Old Man Logan freed Asmodeus from prison only to become trapped, himself - in time. Logan finds himself fighting the War of 1812, being tested on in Weapon X, seeing Jean Grey turn into Phoenix, and seeing other ghosts from his past. Powerless to change the pasts he visits so far, he must keep hold of a magical medallion given to him by Asmodeus who controls Logan's body back in the present, where he's selling it to the highest bidder.
This is an interesting arc, and I by no mean want to disparage it, but it plays like a "Greatest Hits" album or a "Clip Episode" of The Simpsons. It is being done with a new artistic team (E. Nguyen and Mossa). I do love the old team of Sorrentino and Maiolo, but this team is just as good and definitely up to the task of revisiting pieces of Wolverine's past. I also think that this may be one of the more memorable series I've come across in the past two years or so, perhaps worthy of an omnibus.
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