Old Man Logan is an eight-issue comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics from June 2008 to September 2009, written by Mark Millar with art by Steve McNiven. Set in an alternate future on Earth-807128, the story takes place fifty years after a coordinated attack by supervillains wiped out most of the world's heroes. The United States has been carved up into territories ruled by villains like the Hulk Gang, Doctor Doom, and the Red Skull, who now sits in the White House.
The narrative follows an aged, pacifist Wolverine—now going simply by Logan—who has refused to pop his claws since being tricked into killing his fellow X-Men decades earlier. Living on a barren farm with his family and struggling to pay rent to the Hulk's inbred hillbilly clan, Logan is forced out of retirement when an old friend arrives with a package that must be delivered across the country. The journey becomes a brutal road trip through a dystopian American wasteland, forcing Logan to confront his violent past.
Millar and McNiven crafted the story as a dark, Western-tinged deconstruction of the superhero genre, drawing inspiration from films like Unforgiven and the post-apocalyptic aesthetic of Mad Max. The comic was notable for its bleak tone, graphic violence, and the shocking revelation that Logan's berserker rage had been turned against his own teammates. It also introduced the concept of Wolverine as a reluctant father figure, a theme that would later prove central to its film adaptation.
Upon release, Old Man Logan was a critical and commercial success, praised for its mature storytelling and McNiven's cinematic artwork. The character proved so popular that Marvel later brought an older version of Logan into the mainstream Marvel Universe during the 2015 Secret Wars event, leading to an ongoing Old Man Logan solo series written by Jeff Lemire. The storyline remains one of the most celebrated Wolverine tales and a landmark in alternate-universe superhero narratives.
