In the Marvel Universe, Wolverine is so popular, there’s more than one! We are not speaking of X-23 today but of Old Man Logan. He is an aged version of Wolverine coming from an alternate future universe where the supervillains overthrew the superheroes, Earth-807128. He is a creation of writer Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven.
This Old Man Logan – he in fact no longer calls himself Wolverine – was introduced in a storyline published in the regular Wolverine series (in 2008-09) set after the Death of Wolverine story – at that time, X-23 took the Wolverine mantle. His own solo series started later, during the Secret Wars event (reading order here). After that, Old Man Logan came back in the newly rebooted Marvel Universe.
Here is the story: Fifty years from now, Logan will have endured many atrocities: The Marvel Universe’s villains will have banded together and rid the world of its heroes. Logan’s closest friend, Hawkeye, will have been murdered in cold blood right before his eyes. And driven mad by the same radiation that gave him his superhuman strength, Bruce Banner will have fathered a family of hillbilly Hulks…that eventually went on to slaughter Logan’s wife and two children. But now, in the present, Old Man Logan wakes up to discover himself in a world before these atrocities, before the Wasteland. And he’s going to seize this opportunity and change history to ensure that his future never comes to pass…
Once Old Man Logan finds his place in the regular universe, he joined Jeff Lemire’s team of Extraordinary X-Men. Later, he also appeared in X-Men Gold, Weapon X, and Astonishing X-Men. Of course, he also appeared in major events of that time like Civil War II, Inhumans vs X-Men, and Secret Empire. His story ended with the 2018 miniseries Dead Man Logan.
Old Man Logan Reading Order
- Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Collects Wolverine #66-72, Wolverine Giant-Size Old Man Logan. - Old Man Logan Vol. 0 – Warzones
Collects Old Man Logan #1–5, Secret Wars: Old Man Logan - Old Man Logan Vol. 1: Berzerker
Collects Old Man Logan #1–4, Giant-Size Wolverine Old Man Logan #1.
- Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 1: X-Haven
Collects Extraordinary X-Men #1-5. - Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 2: Apocalypse Wars
Collects Extraordinary X-Men #6-12. - Old Man Logan Vol. 2: Bordertown
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #5–8, Uncanny X-Men #205. - Old Man Logan Vol. 3: The Last Ronin
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #9–13. - Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 3: Kingdoms Fall
Collects Extraordinary X-Men #13-16, Annual #1.
Event Alert! It’s time for Civil War II. The X-Men played a really minor part in the event, but if you want to know more about it, a full reading order is here. The X-Titles connected to the war are there:
- All-new Wolverine Vol. 2: Civil War II
Collects All-New Wolverine #7-12. - Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 3: Kingdoms Fall
Collects Extraordinary X-Men #13-16, Annual #1. - Old Man Logan Vol. 4: Old Monsters
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #14–18.
Event Alert! Inhumans Vs. X-Men! The story begins with the Inhumans’ power-granting Terrigen mists threatening the lives of every mutant on the planet, the X-Men have no choice but to declare war in order to save their future. If you want to know more about it, a full reading order is here.
- Inhumans Vs X-Men
Collects IvX #0-6. - Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 4: IvX
Collects Extraordinary X-Men #17-20. - Old Man Logan: Past Lives
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #19–24. - X-Men Gold: Back to the Basics
Collects X-Men Prime No. 1, X-Men Gold #1–6.
X-Men Gold (and X-Men Blue) was created following the crossover series Inhumans vs. X-Men as part of the ResurrXion brand, like the Weapon X ongoing series written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Greg Land that takes place after the events seen in X-Men Prime when Lady Deathstrike gets kidnapped by the new version of Weapon X.
- Weapon X, Volume 1: Weapons of Mutant Destruction Prelude
Collects Weapon X (Vol. 3) #1–4, Totally Awesome Hulk #19. - Weapons of Mutant Destruction
Collects Weapon X (Vol. 3) #5–6, Totally Awesome Hulk #20–22, Weapons of Mutant Destruction #1.
Alert (optional) Event! Secret Empire: Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, is living a lie! The Cosmic Cube has remade the world’s greatest hero into a secret true believer in the cause of Hydra, wholly dedicated to its mission of progress through authority and unity through adversity! Here is the full reading order.
- X-Men Gold: Evil Empires
Collects X-Men Gold #7–12.
The new Astonishing X-Men series starts when a band of X-Men members finds themselves reunited in London in order to face the threat of the Shadow King. The team includes Psylocke, Bishop, Angel, Gambit, Fantomex, Old Man Logan, Rogue, and Mystique (initially disguised as Beast).
- Astonishing X-Men: Life of X
Collects Astonishing X-Men (vol. 4) #1–6. - Old Man Logan: Days of Anger
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #25–30. - Weapon X, Volume 2: Search for Weapon H
Collects Weapon X (Vol. 3) #7–11. - Phoenix Resurrection: The Return Of Jean Grey
Collects Phoenix Resurrection #1-5. - X-Men Gold: Mojo Worldwide
Collects X-Men Gold #13–15 and X-Men Blue #13–15. - Old Man Logan: Scarlet Samurai
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #31–35.
- X-Men Gold: The Negative Zone War
Collects X-Men Gold #16–20. - Weapon X, Volume 3: Modern Warfare
Collects Weapon X (Vol. 3) #12–16. - Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan
Collects Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan #1-5. - Astonishing X-Men: A Man Called X
Collects Astonishing X-Men (vol. 4) #7–12. - Weapon X, Volume 4: Russian Revolution
Collects Weapon X (Vol. 3) #17–21. - Old Man Logan: To Kill For
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #36–40. - Old Man Logan: The Hunter and the Hunted
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #41–45. - Old Man Logan: End of the World
Collects Old Man Logan vol. 2 #46–50, Old Man Logan Annual. - Dead Man Logan: The Complete Collection
Collects Dead Man Logan (2018) #1-12.
For More X-Men, you can take a lot at the main X-Men Tag or go to the X-Men Reading Order.