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In Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine, Old Man Logan has found a new reason to fight that makes him unusually sympathetic but no less dangerous.
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Wastelanders: Wolverine #1, on sale now from Marvel Comics.
Over the years, Marvel has introduced a number of alternate versions of their mainstream universe. One such reality is the Wastelands in which resides the Old Man Logan version of the veteran X-Men member Wolverine. After giving up using his claws after an incredibly tragic event that saw his teammates dead by his hand, Logan has just found a new reason to fight that surprisingly enough makes the fan-favorite mutant more relatable and sympathetic than ever.
Wastelanders: Wolverine #1 (by Steven S. DeKnight, Ibrahim Moustafa, Neeraj Menon, and VC’s Cory Petit) returns to one of the most frightening versions of the Marvel Universe to date, in which Logan is left wandering the desert of the future in search of something to feed the baby Hulk strapped to his back. In this reality, the original version of the Jade Monster transformed into a grotesque sadist whose children were responsible for the murder of Logan’s family. In an emotion filled act of retaliation, the former X-Man clawed his way through the entire Banner clan, destroying all but the infant Bruce. Although the child is still an innocent, Logan is left battling dark thoughts stemming from the concern that this boy might grow up to be just like his father.
After further travels Logan is attacked by an assailant wearing an adamantium suit of Iron Man armor. The X-Men veteran is still a formidable enough fighter that he is able to partially dismantle the armor, revealing the severed head of Bruce Banner piloting the suit. As the fight begins to take a grim turn for the mutant, young Bruce gives in to a rage of his own upon seeing his surrogate father being harmed. All it takes is one punch from the pint sized Hulk to knock Banner’s head off of his armor, and this cements the child’s place at Old Man Logan’s side.
While it isn’t entirely unexpected to see Logan caring for the gamma-irradiated child, the shift from questioning whether or not to murder the boy to finally accepting him as his son is a major one. Embracing this young Hulk is a sign that Logan might still be able to find happiness in the barren wastelands. Additionally, having someone to care for and protect has also given Logan a reason to care about what happens next in this dystopian world. Wolverine’s berserker rage has become an iconic part of the character for good reason, and nothing has been able to set that off like seeing someone he loves placed in harm’s way.
In the issue’s closing moments, a glimpse is given as to what is in store for Logan and his powerful new charge, and from the looks of things he is planning to get back to a relatively quiet life of farming that is much more suitable for a child.
With baby Bruce at his side there is no question that the new family farm will be well-protected from any potential attack, and there is the possibility that the pair may expand upon what they are building together into something even greater. Regardless of whatever comes next, these two powerful figures can rest easy knowing they have each other.
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