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?