cover / portada |
Clint asks Logan to confide in him, and Logan, either too desperate or to tired, decides to share his memories, memories he had long buried. A major plot twist takes place in chapter five, as Logan tells Clint what exactly happened the night Wolverine died, the night he sheathed his claws for the last time.
Enemies / enemigos |
McNiven’s pages combine the aesthetic effort of the true artist with the violence and savagery required by the script. The brutal dance of bodies, the decapitation, the blood, the mutilation, it all conveys one greater image of death. Death is, after all, the remaining constant in Old Man Logan. As has been explained by psychoanalysts like Jacques Lacan, there comes a time in which real death, the biological extinction is not enough, and thus a symbolic death becomes necessary. That is why every culture in the world honors the death, and carries out specific rites in order to do so. What Logan has been trying to say all this time is that, by overlapping the usual order, he has summoned a symbolic death for his old self. Wolverine, the X-Man, the fighter, the “best there is at what he does” is dead.
Wolverine unleashed / Wolverine desatado |
As the journey progresses, Logan and Clint are aided by Emma Frost, the most powerful psychic of the world. Age has caught up with her, but she refuses to accept that and so projects an image of youth onto the minds of everyone in the Forbidden Quarter, near Doom’s Lair. Logan and Hawkeye get closer to New Babylon, and go through Pym Falls, just as Hammer Falls is the place in which Mjolnir fell down (as can be seen in the first post), Pym Falls is the avenger’s final ground.
Extraordinary composition / extraordinaria composición |
Published under the ‘parental advisory’ banner, Old Man Logan portrays a cruel and harsh reality that could never be published in the ‘normal’ Marvel Universe. New Babylon (formerly New York City) is a haven for morally reprehensible businesses. The streets are swarmed by prostitutes, both male and female, as can be attested by the signs under Red Skull’s statue (in neon lights one of them says ‘girls’ and the other one says ‘boys’), and even a transvestite can be seen in one of the frames.
What was Clint Barton’s precious cargo? And who can they trust in such a corrupted city?
Wolverine versus Bullseye |
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Death of the X-Men / la muerte de los X-Men |
cover / portada |
Clint le pide a Logan que confíe en él; y Logan, tal vez por la desesperación o el cansancio, decide compartir sus memorias, recuerdos que había enterrado hacía mucho. Un importante giro argumental tiene lugar en este quinto capítulo cuando Logan le revela a Clint lo que sucedió la noche en que Wolverine murió, la noche en la que retrajo sus garras por última vez.
Emma Frost (White Queen) |
Pym Falls |
En el transcurso del viaje, Logan y Clint son ayudados por Emma Frost, la más poderosa psíquica del mundo. La edad la ha alcanzado, pero ella se rehúsa a aceptar los años, así es que proyecta una imagen de juventud en las mentes de todos los que están en el Forbidden Quarter, cerca de la Guarida de Doom. Logan y Hawkeye se acercan a New Babylon, y atraviesan Pym Falls; al igual que Hammer Falls es el lugar donde Mjolnir cayó (como puede verse en el primer post), este es el último lugar que pisó el vengador.
New Babylon |
¿En qué consistía el valioso cargamento de Clint Barton? ¿Y en quién se podrá confiar en una ciudad corrupta?
Este es uno de los mejores comics que ha habido ultimamente de mi mutante favorito.
ReplyDeleteGracias por pasarte por mi blog y me alegra que te haya gustado.
Ya te has ganado un seguidor más de tu blog ^_^
Saludos
Estamos de acuerdo, es una saga realmente extraordinaria.
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You know the enemies page was just a proof of how Millar does not know Jackshit about X-men villains or power levels in general.
ReplyDeleteI mean let's take only 3 of these guys,
Sabretooth: this guy while kind of manageable for Logan to fight , is still a friggin monster whether in mind or body & KNOWS how to destabilise Wolvie
Omega red: this is the supersoldier that can manage himself against a team so you bet if Wolvie can do that much, especially against the death spores
Lady Deathstrike: It's already hard to beat her in solo , so her plus a team...
Stryfe: Okay , forget the group THIS guy on his own stomps Wolverine like a martial artist would crush an ant. Stryfe is a powerful TK/TP user & he is in the Team wreckers class of villains. In fact Wolvie would have his claws shoved down his own ass before moving a foot towards the guy.
So for me the whole Wolvie beats all these guys on his own is just fucking ridiculous & shows the mary suish pandering of Hack Millar towards the character
I don't know if Logan has ever fought Sabretooth, Omega Red and Lady Deathstrike at the same time, but clearly this is not case. I've tried to avoid spoilers in case someone hasn't read the story, but if you have read it then you know he isn't fighting with any villains at all...
ReplyDeleteAgain, let's just keep it at that, I don't want to spoil the story.
Wolverine es la onda. Me acuerdo que de niño tenía unos cuantos números de una saga donde se enfrenta con Cyber, su enemigo con piel de adamantio en vez de huesos. Me gustaban mucho. Como suele pasar con las cosas de cuando uno es niño, se perdieron, por desgracia.
ReplyDeleteQué lástima que se perdieron
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