History ComicBook / OldManLogan

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: It turns out the other Guardians (Comicbook/{{Gamora}}, Comicbook/RocketRaccoon, Comicbook/{{Groot}}, Comicbook/{{Mantis|MarvelComics}} and Comicbook/DraxTheDestroyer) were killed fighting Galactus long ago and Quill has been hallucinating them by his side.]]

* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: Peter survives his adventures on Earth, but with the Guardians dead he's got no way to deal with all the remnant Church forces. So he creates another Guardian team that includes Comicbook/BetaRayBill, Comicbook/{{Nova}}, Moon Dragon and a baby Groot.]]

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: it turns out the other Guardians (Comicbook/{{Gamora}}, Comicbook/RocketRaccoon, Comicbook/{{Groot}}, Comicbook/{{Mantis|MarvelComics}} and Comicbook/DraxTheDestroyer) were killed fighting Galactus long ago and Quill has been hallucinating them by his side.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Despite all the bleak things that happened, Peter leaves Earth and prepares to assemble a new team of Guardians to take on the Universal Church of Truth.]]

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The new ComicBook/SpiderGirl is Ashley Barton, the mixed-race daughter of Hawkeye. Also the new Kingpin is black. [[spoiler: Until Ashley decapitates him and takes over.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Hawkeye's daughter becomes the new Kingpin, and he later gets killed when his delivery turns out to be a sting. And Logan's family have been killed by the Hulk Gang]], but on a positive note the Hulk Gang and Red Skull are dead, and Wolverine is forming an Avengers team. If Old Man Logan does become the Hooded Man that appears in a ComicBook/FantasticFour miniseries (as is heavily implied), then the future looks even better.

* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler: Magneto is shown crying after he's forced to kill Scarlet Witch.]]

* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Magneto proves himself by killing the Scarlet Witch and letting Quicksilver be crushed by Atlas.]]

** Also [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Black Bolt]] and ComicBook/RedSkull.

** Similarly contradicting the implication that the global supervillain takeover happened around the time of ''Civil War'', Comicbook/MilesMorales and [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]], two characters who didn't even ''exist'' when the original ''Old Man Logan'' story was written, were seen among the victims of the superhero massacre.

** Logan's main goal is to prevent the villain uprising. While Logan eventually works out that this isn't exactly the past he remembers, he's still set on making sure his future never comes to fruition. One of the first things on his list? Killing the Hulk, believing that it's Bruce Banner when the Hulk at the time is Amadeus Cho. However, eventually Steve Rogers talks him out of it.

* PowerIncontinence: In the "Dead Man Logan" arc, Robbie from Logan's timeline is introduced. His powers have been building up kinetic energy for years to the point that if he bounces again the release will be equivalent to a nuke going off. Forge keeps him contained in a padded and monitored room designed to shut off gravity, and thus any bouncing, if anything goes wrong.

* BluffTheImpostor: When Logan shows up at his favorite diner in issue #25, he notices that the staff is different. He asks the waitress where Lexi is, and is told she had the day off. Logan then grabs her by the wrist, saying "Ain't no Lexi ever worked here."

* EvilWillFail: The Maestro's plan to nuke the Earth had a good chance of succeeding except villain flaws cropped up to screw him and the Hulk Gang up. Nobody knew the Maestro and the Hulk Gang were even on Earth-616, except that a bunch of Hulks murder and replace the owners of a diner that Logan likes to go to and when they see him, they blow their cover because they want revenge. The Maestro murders a few of the Hulk Gang causing one of them, Cambria, to have a HeelFaceTurn. Finally, the Maestro is arrogant and didn't realize his hacking skills are crap, so Alpha Flight from outer space were easily able to disable the nukes despite his reprogramming them.

** The town known as "Pym Falls" was built around the gargantuan skeleton of [[Comicbok/AntMan Giant-Man]]. Also Logan's son [[DeadGuyJunior Scotty]].

** The area known as "Pym Falls". Also Logan's son [[DeadGuyJunior Scotty]].

* BigDamnHeroes: Black Bolt saves Wolverine and Hawkeye by [[CurbStompBattle whispering at a Venom-possessed T-Rex]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Logan finally dies but he lives long enough to be at his farm and the grave of his family. Danielle Cage becomes the new Thor and with Bruce Banner Jr, they intend to restore the world, which will be an easier task as all the old A-list villains are dead or in danger from the actions of Logan, Hawkeye and Peter Quill. Viv Vision has survived with her team of rebels and they've deposed Dr. Doom, though Doom has escaped. Kate Bishop has also survived her adventure with Clint and her community is thriving. A new Guardians of Galaxy team has been built by Peter Quill to punish any surviving Church of Universal Truth members.]]

* DeadGuyJunior: Logan named his son Scotty, after his deceased team-mate, Scott "Cyclops" Summers.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Storm implies she still has feelings for Logan, but he doesn't seem to feel the same. In his timeline, which is basically the same as regular Logan's until a bit after Civil War, he and Storm were never a couple.

* WolverinePublicity: Issue 2's cover depicts Old Man Logan fighting a version of Wolverine (almost all characters from ''Secret Wars (2015)'' are just versions of the original) who looks exactly like the Age of Apocalypse incarnation. ''That'' Wolverine appears nowhere in the issue, nor does Logan meet any other Wolverine. So yes, it technically counts because the cover lies to us about the ''amount'' of Wolverines.

* DyingRace: There don't appear to have been any mutants born in the last generation, and although Logan's kids are a bit too young for powers to emerge, they appear to be [[MuggleBornOfMages humans]] too. Emma Frost tells Logan that mutants are not, as they once believed, the next step in human evolution, but just a temporary genetic "blip". Based on this, it appears that mutants are dying out and are likely to go extinct in a few decades.

In 2015, the storyline received a sequel as part of the ''Comicbook/SecretWars2015'' crossover, written by ComicBook/BrianMichaelBendis with art by Andrea Sorrentino. Living in his own Battleworld domain following the events of the original story, trying to bring law to the people, Logan's life is upended when an Ultron head falls out of the sky. Feeling a need to investigate, Logan scales the wall separating his domain from the others, and from there on, things only get weirder.

* AuthorAppeal: Danielle Cage, the daughter of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, makes an appearance, despite not being mentioned in the previous storyline at all. This is probably because Bendis has a well-known love for the two characters and created Danielle.

* TheBusCameBack: Logan and Bruce Banner Jr both return in a Fantastic Four arc involving travelers from the future called the New Defenders attempting to save the people of their future by emigrating them to the past. Notably, it must be an alternate continuity because Sue survived with Logan.

* ForeShadowing: The revelation that [[spoiler: the Guardians are just imagined in Quill's mind is hinted at as other characters don't seem to respond to their actions or lines and the talk on how Quill is considered a sole figure and possibly crazy.]]

** Minor example, but, as mentioned above, the original storyline implied the supervillain uprising took place in-universe around the same time the story was actually published, which was 2008. As such, the corpse of Comicbook/CarolDanvers was seen on the cover of one if the issues, still clad in her black Comicbook/MsMarvel costume. The flashback in ''Old Man Hawkeye'' (as well as the prior cameo from Kamala Khan in ''Old Man Logan'') instead indicates Carol had already taken on her Captain Marvel identity by the time of her death.

** There are also several contradictions to ''Old Man Hawkeye'', such as Sam Wilson still being the Falcon in that story or Bullseye claiming he killed Daredevil when in this series the Enchantress is the one to do that. [[spoiler: And then the ending of ''Old Man Hawkeye'' has Matt still being alive]].

** [[spoiler: Nova is still alive, apparently having been off-world when the massacre occurred all those years ago. In the original ''Old Man Logan'' storyline, Nova's helmet was seen in the Red Skull's museum, implying he was one of the many heroes who had been killed.]]

** Similarly contradicting the implication that the global supervillain takeover happened around the time of ''Civil War'', the second series showed Comicbook/MilesMorales and [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]], two characters who didn't even ''exist'' when the original ''Old Man Logan'' story was written, among the victims of the superhero massacre.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Galactus is dead, but Dr. Doom is alive. Viv Vision hopes Star Lord can stay and join her forces, but Star Lord must return to space and deal with the remnants of the Church of Universal Truth.]]

* OhCrap: An elderly Taskmaster says this and proceeds to beg for mercy, when he's dumped in a gladiatorial pit and will be up against a Symbiote T-Rex.

** As mentioned above, the original ''Old Man Logan'' strongly implied that the superhero purge took place around the time of ''Civil War'', which was reflected in the costume choices and the use of the characters seen in flashbacks.
[[Comicbook/{{Champions 2016}} Viv Vision]], a character who wasn't created until nearly a decade after ''Civil War'', makes a surprise appearance here as one of the few surviving superheroes.

* RayOfHopeEnding: Despite all the bleak things that happened, Peter leaves Earth and prepares to assemble a new team of Guardians to take on the Universal Church of Truth.

** Nova is still alive, apparently having been off-world when the massacre occurred all those years ago. In the original ''Old Man Logan'' storyline, Nova's helmet was seen in the Red Skull's museum, implying he was one of the many heroes who had been killed.

* Retcon:

''Old Man Logan'' is the name of a Creator/MarvelComics storyline written by Creator/MarkMillar with art by Steve [=McNiven=], featuring ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and set in an AlternateUniverse[=/=]BadFuture. The storyline was popular enough to later spawn a miniseries set during the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' event, an ongoing series set in the main Marvel universe, ''Old Man Hawkeye'' -- a prequel set five years before the original story -- and ''Old Man Quill'', a miniseries focusing on what happened to Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy in this universe. ''Film/{{Logan}}'', the GrandFinale of the Creator/HughJackman [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Wolverine films]], is [[PragmaticAdaptation heavily inspired]] by this series, as one might guess from the name.

A sequel/spinoff titled ''Avengers of the Wasteland'' began in early 2020, following Dani Cage, Bruce Jr. and Dwight Barret as the new Ant-Man, as they try to fight Doctor Doom and bring peace to the Wasteland.

* AnyoneCanDie: Most major superheroes are killed before the story. During [[spoiler: Daredevil, Punisher, New Kingpin, Hawkeye, Red Skull, Logan's family and most of the Hulk Gang]] all die.

** In flashback, we see Sam Wilson's Captain America uniform on display in the desert. However, the original story very specifically shows that Bucky was Captain America when the villains rose up.

** The Punisher appears to have been executed by the new Kingpin. Logan later meets an aged Frank Castle who reveals that was just someone taking on his name.

* NotQuiteDead: In the mini-series ''Dead Man Logan'' turns out that Logan survived his battle with the Maestro and was rescued by the X-Men.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It turns out after helping the Thunderbolts turn on the Avengers, Moonstone then tried to go after Zemo for not giving her a promised reward.

* ForeShadowing: In a fight, Bullseye mentions how [[spoiler: he stabbed Daredevil who then fell off a cliff before Bullseye could cut off his head. This sets up the final scene of the story revealing Matt Murdock is now the sensei Stick.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: When the villains attacked, Clint was part of an Avengers unit that included former enemies the Thunderbolts. Clint assured Black Widow they could trust them. Instead, in the battle, the T-Bolts turned on the heroes and helped wipe the Avengers out.

* AbnormalAmmo: [[spoiler: Dr. Doom destroyed the Ultimate Nullifier, so Quill had to find another way to kill Galactus. He succeeds by loading his revolver with the Time Stone and shooting Galactus in the head with it. This time-displaces part of Galactus's brain and he dies.]]

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: it turns out the Guardians were killed fighting Galactus long ago and Quill has been hallucinating them by his side.]]

* RealityEnsues: Sure, Taskmaster's photographic reflexes made him a deadly fighter...as a younger man. When you're in your 80s, all your reflexes are automatically slowed.
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: Peter survives his adventures on Earth, but with the Guardians dead he's got no way to deal with all the remnant Church forces. So he creates another Guardian team that includes Beta Ray Bill, Nova, Moon Dragon and a baby Groot.]]