Line #98 ComicBook/OldManLogan


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Did grandpa told you about his old adventures?]]
3	''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.
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5	The original storyline is an eight-chapter story written by Mark Millar with art by Steve [=McNiven=], set in an AlternateUniverse[=/=]BadFuture where the villains of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse took over the United States and divided it up into territories. A now pacifist Logan lives with his new family in "Hulkland" (formerly, The Abomination's Territory, formerly California) where the inbred children of an [[FaceHeelTurn evil]] [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] are the lords of the land. Logan is short on the rent, and must team up with a now blind ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} to deliver a mysterious cargo in order to help keep his landlords from killing him and his family.
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7	The storyline was used as the basis for the third ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries Wolverine]]'' movie, ''Film/{{Logan}}'' - although, [[SerendipityWritesThePlot given that the story greatly relies upon story elements that Fox didn't own the film rights to at the time,]] the film is a PragmaticAdaptation that is much more grounded in nature.
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9	For tropes about the ''character'' of Old Man Logan, see the character page.
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11	Several later comics (not all of them focused on Logan) were released later, taking place in the setting. See ComicBook/TheWastelands for details about the larger franchise.
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13	!!Tropes:
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15	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The new ComicBook/SpiderGirl is Ashley Barton, the mixed-race daughter of Hawkeye. Also the new [[ComicBook/TheKingpin Kingpin]] is black. [[spoiler: Until Ashley decapitates him and takes over.]]
16	* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:In true Mark Millar [[SignatureStyle fashion]], Logan ''does'' manage to acquire the rent money to pay off the Hulk Gang. But upon returning home, he finds out that they got bored and went ahead with killing Logan's family anyways, signifying that he and Hawkeye's efforts to travel across the country for a rebellion that wasn't even real was all for naught. However, Wolvie does take bloody revenge on the sick motherfuckers, that blow is lessened.]]
17	* AnyoneCanDie: Most major superheroes are killed before the story. During [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, Punisher, New Kingpin, Hawkeye, Red Skull, Logan's family and most of the Hulk Gang]] all die.
18	* ArcWelding: [[invoked]] ''Old Man Logan'' is part of a fairly elaborate web of connecting continuities throughout Mark Millar's tenure at Marvel Comics. The elderly Wolverine that appears here would eventually become the Hooded Man, a member of a futuristic New Defenders along with Bruce Banner Jr., who he adopted as his son. RealityWarper Clyde Wyncham from ''ComicBook/Marvel1985'' who is also the Marquis of Death from Millar's ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' run appears here as the new Doctor Doom as confirmed by WordOfGod.
19	* AxCrazy: The Hulk Gang, most notably Luke.
20	* BadassAndChildDuo: [[spoiler:Logan adopts the Hulk's infant grandchild in the end as his sidekick.]]
21	* BadFuture: Like you wouldn't believe. Nearly all of the superheroes are dead, and the villains rule America.
22	* BadassLongcoat:
23	** Wolverine wears one for only one panel, but it's one badass panel.
24	** Also ComicBook/BlackBolt and ComicBook/RedSkull.
25	* BarBrawl: Defied by Logan, who is in no mood to deal with the idiots trying to pick a fight.
26	--> '''Bar Jerk''' "Well ''excuse'' us, ladies. I didn't realize tonight was..." tackled by Logan
27	--> '''Logan''' "Go ahead, Bub. Just ''try'' to make a joke!"
28	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Hawkeye dares Tobias to "Do your worst" when the Red Skull's lieutenant has him at his mercy, clearly expecting some sort of torture or mind games. Nope. Tobias does exactly that, and puts a bullet through his head without any fuss.]]
29	* BigDamnHeroes: Black Bolt saves Wolverine and Hawkeye by [[CurbStompBattle whispering at a]] ComicBook/{{Venom}}-[[CurbStompBattle possessed T-Rex]].
30	* 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 [[ComicBook/TheAvengers 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.
31	* BlindWeaponmaster: You would think that Hawkeye being blind now would hamper his ability to shoot arrows. You'd be wrong.
32	--> '''Hawkeye''' "That's right, bitches. Just keep making ''noises''!"
33	* BloodierAndGorier: A lot of it.
34	* BookEnds: For Wolverine overall. He was first introduced in an issue of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'', facing off with the titular green giant. This (possible) finale of his story and character development ends with him facing off against the Hulk and his inbred gang.
35	* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: When Wolverine fights in the Red Skull's trophy room, the two use his collection of superhero relics.
36	* BrokenHero: The reason Logan hasn't popped his claws in fifty years? "They broke me, Bub." They really, '''really''' did.
37	* 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.
38	* CallForward: If ''Old Man Logan'' is indeed connected to Mark Millar's ''Fantastic Four'' run, then Logan and Hawkeye's conversation about Reed and Sue Richards' fates (they were supposedly simply assaulted and tossed into the timestream) potentially serves as a hint as to how the supposedly dead Sue would eventually return and lead the New Defenders in the future.
39	* CannibalClan: You'll notice the Hulk Gang's food of choice is human limbs.
40	* CanonImmigrant: Old Man Logan was introduced in a stand-alone storyline, and was later introduced into the mainstream Marvel Universe during ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars\|2015}}''.
41	* CarFu: "It's the '''Spider-Buggy''', dude. She can take her share of knocks."
42	* [[ChekhovsArmory Chekhov's Exhibit]]: Wolverine and the Red Skull fight in a room full of trophies taken from dead superheroes. The latter wields Black Knight's sword, while Wolverine uses Captain America's shield and pieces of Iron Man's armour.
43	* CoatHatMask: Without the hat. The Red Skull now always wears Captain America's mask, often combined with his BadassLongcoat.
44	* CoolOldGuy: It's not called ''Old'' Man Logan for nothin', bub.
45	* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of issue 2 shows Hammer Falls as being Thor's hammer surrounded by the costumed bodies of other heroes defeated there. In the actual issue it's just Thor's hammer, and most other heroes' remains are later shown to be in Red Skull's trophy room.
46	* CrapsackWorld: Brought to you by President Red Skull! Not much is said about the world outside of the USA, but Red Skull implies that it's even worse off.
47	* CreepyChild: Dwight, the boy with the Ant-Man helmet who threatens death by ants for those who don't pay his bridge toll. Logan thinks it's a joke, but the bones at the bottom of the chasm prove otherwise.
48	* CynicIdealistDuo: Wolverine and Hawkeye. Logan is a broken shell of his former self and just wants to live out the rest of his days with his family. Clint is more optimistic and still trying to find ways to help people.
49	* DayOfTheJackboot: The Red Skull has turned his section of the former U.S. (the east coast) into this, with a dash of BigBrotherIsWatching for good measure.
50	* DeathByCameo: [[spoiler: Punisher and Daredevil,]] albeit as legacy characters.
51	* DeadGuyJunior: Logan named his son Scotty, after his deceased team-mate, Scott "ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}" Summers.
52	* DeathByIrony: Logan offs Red Skull with Captain America's shield, despite the fact that it's original owner has been dead for the last 50 years.
53	* DividedStatesOfAmerica: After the villains conquered the United States, they divided up the country between themselves. The west coast is Hulkland (formerly The Abomination's territory), the Kingdom of the Kingpin (formerly Domain of Magneto), Dr. Doom's Lair, and the President's Quarter ruled by Red Skull. There are also the [[FlyoverCountry unclaimed badlands]] and an unnamed territory around the Great Lakes.
54	* DropTheCow: Bruce Banner throws a cow at Wolverine during their fight. No, really.
55	* DugTooDeep: Moloids have become a not uncommon problem, as the subterranean dwellers have started digging ''up'' to the surface in order to get away from the things they awoke when they invoked this trope. Presumably, some heroes (probably the ComicBook/FantasticFour) would have gone on an adventure to the Inner Earth and solved the problem for the Moloids when it started, but they were all, you know, ''dead''...
56	* 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. ComicBook/EmmaFrost 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.
57	* EnfantTerrible: Dwight, who uses the Ant-Man helmet to extort a fare for crossing a bridge. Anyone who doesn't pay gets devoured by ants.
58	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Ashley Barton, the granddaughter of Spider-Man turns out to be as evil as her father thought she was and just wanted to kill the Kingpin so that she could replace him.]]
59	* EvilIsPetty: The Hulks needlessly bully the broken and elderly Logan who they extort for rent [[spoiler: and later kill his family before his time limit expired out of boredom. Bruce admits that he planned it just to enrage Logan so he could feel alive again by killing a strong opponent.]]
60	* EvilOldFolks: Bruce Banner, Red Skull, Dr Doom and really any of the original supervillains who are still ruling at this point.
61	* EvilPowerVacuum: It's safe to assume a '''lot''' of this goes on. After all, there's [[spoiler: a different Kingpin]] now who apparently didn't have much trouble killing [[spoiler:Magneto]].
62	* EyeScream: What happens to Cap in a flashback.
63	* FaceHeelTurn: Bruce Banner went from a HeroWithAnFInGood to a full-blown villain, who killed the Abomination and took over his territory to run it as his own personal fiefdom. He fathered his own clan of inbred deformed "Hulklings" by raping his cousin, the ComicBook/SheHulk -- worse, as she doesn't appear during the story, FridgeHorror suggests that he ultimately killed her and turned to perpetuating the clan by raping his daughters instead! Oh, and he's turned to cannibalism, and encourages his offspring to do the same.
64	* FallenStatesOfAmerica: Life in BadFuture America is miserable in various degrees, with the most "well-off" being those living under the Red Skull's Nazi shadow.
65	* FateWorseThanDeath: What the villains did to Wolverine on the day they took over: [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} created illusions to trick Wolverine into killing the ''entire'' X-Men team under the belief they were supervillains. Wolverine wanders in a HeroicBSOD for days before committing figurative suicide by train]].
66	* FeudalFuture: Of sorts. While the Red Skull is technically the one in charge, in practice he and the other villains divided up America among themselves, with President Red Skull himself taking direct rule over the East Coast.
67	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
68	** Hawkeye claims that Reed and Susan Richards are still unaccounted for on behalf of a third-hand account by the Shocker, but Shocker is among the many villains slain by Wolverine during the battle at the X-mansion. This is a big clue-in on the fact that [[spoiler: the villains Wolverine is fighting aren't real.]]
69	** Aging seems to have weakened the potency of any character's HealingFactor. Wolverine himself takes hours to recover from a Hulk Gang induced beating, and notes he mostly survived because of his adamantium skeleton and their own comparatively low SuperStrength. [[spoiler:This sets things up for Wolverine to kill Pappy Banner by disemboweling him from the inside.]]
70	* GloryDays: Pretty much all the remaining heroes can do to cope is to reminisce.
71	* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: Bruce Banner's plan to enrage Wolverine into regaining his killer instinct. He wanted the old Wolverine so he could kill someone cool after becoming bored of his existence as a landlord. Instead, Logan ends up dismantling his entire gang and ultimately killing him.]]
72	* GreatOffscreenWar: We don't see much of America's fall, apart from when Red Skull kills Cap.
73	* HandicappedBadass: Hawkeye is now blind. He still kicks ass.
74	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: A ''very'' dark and horrifying villainous case. [[spoiler:''Mysterio'' of all supervillains, the guy in the fishbowl helmet who simply specializes in illusions, is the one responsible for the death of every X-Men except Logan by tricking the latter into thinking the Mansion was under attack from supervillains, making him slaughter all of his friends.]]
75	* HeelFaceTurn: ComicBook/{{Ultron}} went from genocidal robot to friendly car mechanic and father figure.
76	* HesBack: "The name isn't Logan, bub. (DOUBLE PAGE SNIKT!) It's Wolverine."
77	* HillbillyIncest: Bruce Banner has gone insane after the villains took over and fathered an inbred clan of green-skinned cannibal hillbillies on his cousin Jennifer. Green-skinned inbred hillbillies are an allusion to the real-life Fugate family of Kentucky, whose rare genetic mutation caused ''blue'' skin.
78	* HopeSpot:
79	** Discussed and Invoked, separately. Discussed that, while crossing through South Dakota, Logan brings up that even after all these years, Reed and Sue Richards are still unaccounted for. While he admits that the information may be less than trustworthy [[note]]According to a third-hand account originating from the Shocker, Kang beat them up and tossed them into the time stream.[[/note]], Logan argues that, if this were true, there may be a chance they could come back and fix everything. Hawkeye dismisses it, pointing out it's a little late for this. Invoked in Hammer Falls, Nevada. [[spoiler:Thor's Hammer has become a sort of religious/tourist hotspot, a la Mecca. President Skull tolerates it only because of the revenue it produces to the economy. Hawkeye points out that the people crowding around pray to {{Mjolnir}} for the hope that the heroes might one day come back. For most of them, hope is all they have left.]]
80	** Played straight with Hawkeye at two points as well. When he learns that his daughter went off to overthrow the [[spoiler:new]] Kingpin, he assumes that his old war stories inspired her to free the people. [[spoiler:After she kills the Kingpin, Ashley reveals that she was taking control of the area, and Wolverine's intervention was the only thing that stayed Hawkeye's execution.]] Secondly was near the halfway point, when Logan and Hawkeye finally arrive at New Babylon, it turns out the delivery was [[spoiler:a briefcase with 99 vials of the super soldier serum. Hawkeye demanded a vial for himself, and a spot on the inner circle. Turns out it was a sting by S.H.I.E.L.D., and Hawkeye is quickly executed for his efforts.]]
81	* HopeSpringsEternal: Despite the terrible state of the world, some people cling to hope that things can get better with Thor's hammer being a popular prayer site. [[spoiler: Ultimately, Logan learns to hope for a better tomorrow, in spite of all that's happened to him, by taking the infant Hulk and thinking of training a new generation of heroes.]]
82	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Emma Frost's reason for marrying her husband, [[spoiler:Doctor Doom]].
83	* IndulgentFantasySegue: Logan has some uncharitable thoughts about the Hulk Gang.
84	* JustEatHim: [[spoiler:Bruce tries that with Logan. Apparently, he forgot about the HealingFactor and the WolverineClaws.]]
85	* KilledOffForReal: Before the story starts nearly all of the heroes are dead, including all of the X-Men, as are several villains including the original Kingpin, Magneto (by the second Kingpin), the Abomination and Loki. In story, [[spoiler: Red Skull, the second Kingpin, Hawkeye, Bruce Banner, Logan's family, and most of the Hulk Gang]].
86	* KissingCousins: The Hulk Gang's descended from Bruce and his cousin, She-Hulk.
87	* LamarckWasRight: Zigzagged. For the most part, seemingly subverted; most characters with super-powers do not produce super-powered offspring. The most prominent group of next-generation supers is the Hulk Gang, born of incest between the Hulk and the She-Hulk, and even then they have only a watered-down version of their progenitors' might, with far lesser SuperStrength and SuperToughness and no sign of a HealingFactor.
88	* LegacyCharacter:
89	** Peter Parker's granddaughter, who becomes Spider-Girl [[spoiler: and the third Kingpin]]. Her allies Punisher and Daredevil are probably not the originals too.
90	** The Ghost Riders are a biker gang with skulls painted on their faces and flaming wheels on their bikes.
91	* LetsGetDangerous: Logan was really trying to hold back his BerserkerRage for most of the arc since it led to [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure]]...[[spoiler:then they killed his family.]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge The remainder of the comic goes to show why you shouldn't piss off the Wolverine.]]
92	* MakeMeWannaShout: Black Bolt makes an appearance.
93	* MasterOfIllusion: Mysterio (duh) plays an important role in the story. Also Emma Frost looks good for her age.
94	--> '''Logan''' I don't get it, how come you're still so young?
95	--> '''Emma''' I'm the most powerful psychic in the world, Logan. Even ''this'' place isn't as pretty as it looks.
96	* MeaningfulName:
97	** The town known as "Pym Falls" was built around the gargantuan skeleton of [[ComicBook/AntMan Giant-Man]]. Also Logan's son [[DeadGuyJunior Scotty]].
98	** Likewise, one guess as to what is at Hammer Falls
99	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The Venom. Symbiote. Bonded. With. a Freaking. '' T. Rex.''
100	* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: Most of the remaining super heroes of the old days aren't what they used to be, and neither are some of the villains. Double subverted with Emma Frost, who appears the same age, but is actually using her telepathy to hide her aging. Averted with Red Skull; he hasn't changed a bit.
101	* NoodleIncident: Hawkeye doesn't bother giving any context to the strange or awe-inspiring remains of the GreatOffscreenWar.
102	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Who was the one who broke Logan and effectively destroyed the X-Men? [[spoiler: Fucking ''Quentin "Mysterio" Beck'']].
103	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: So many from the war the villains won. Highlights include Magneto and Absorbing Man killing Thor, and a giant-sized Loki somehow being crushed under the Baxter building a few thousand miles away from its New York address! Hawkeye even lampshades the latter one.
104	* OffWithHisHead:
105	** Spider-Girl takes off the second Kingpin's head with a shotgun handle.
106	** Also how Logan finishes off the Red Skull, with Cap's shield no less.
107	* OhCrap: Hulk when he remembers that one of Logan's mutant abilities is regeneration [[spoiler: after eating him.]] Needless to say, it did not end well for Hulk.
108	* OldSuperhero: Wolverine and Hawkeye.
109	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Logan is not as violent or berserky as during his prime. This raises many eyebrows and concerns from his allies.
110	* PacifismBreakingPoint: Logan completes an epic journey across America to get the money he needs to save his family from the Hulk Gang, all without popping his claws (which he hasn't done since being tricked into killing his fellow X-Men), or using lethal force (except against Red Skull, who barely counts as a human being). When he returns home, he finds the Hulks have murdered his family just because they got bored. As a friend counsels him not to seek revenge, he responds that his name isn't Logan anymore:
111	-->''SNIKT''
112	-->'''Logan:''' It's Wolverine.
113	* PresidentEvil: The Red Skull
114	* PuttingOnTheReich: The parts of America under the Red Skull's direct rule as "President" are a twisted, futuristic take on the Third Reich.
115	* TheQuietOne: Black Bolt, for obvious reasons.
116	* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of Daredevil's eyes glows red.
117	* RefugeInAudacity: The codename given for Peter Parker's granddaughter: Spider-Bitch.
118	* RetiredBadass: Logan has given up on heroics and taken a vow of pacifism, spending his days raising livestock with his family. [[spoiler: The loss of that family sees him come out of retirement]].
119	* RidiculousFutureInflation: Averted. The economy is so heavily ruined that $600 is a small fortune and trying to earn that is what sets Logan on his adventure.
120	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After [[spoiler: the Hulks kill Logan's family for fun]], you could expect this to be the only outcome. [[spoiler:Bruce seems to have invoked this trope to have a good fight again because VictoryIsBoring]]
121	* RushmoreRefacement: The Red Skull added himself.
122	* SeriesContinuityError:
123	** Between the first and final issue, two Hulk Gang members suddenly change names from Otis and Charlie to Luke and Beau.
124	** A minor one, but Cyclops is seen among the dead X-Men after the illusion wears off, and his visor is seen both with it's modern, slim design, and sliced in half. His more classic visor, torn from the rest of his suit, is later seen intact in Red Skull's trophy room.
125	* ShoutOut: An aging superhero goes on [[TheLastDance one last adventure]], and one of his few companions is (coincidentally) another aging superhero with an archery gimmick. [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns Sounds familiar...]] While most of the two stories' plots are only vaguely similar, ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s appearance and personality in this story--where he's portrayed as a wise-cracking CoolOldGuy with long grey hair--is pretty clearly inspired by ComicBook/GreenArrow's cameo in the last chapter of ''The Dark Knight Returns''.
126	* ShutUpHannibal:
127	--> '''Red Skull''': Don't make me laugh. You haven't got the guts. (Wolverine decapitates him)
128	* SmallTownTyrant: The Hulk Gang counts as this very much, even though they are located in California. The Hulk himself is the corrupt hick leading them and in charge of a territory called Hulkland. They are violent and quite murderous, considering how they [[spoiler:murdered Logan's family and left the bodies unburied]] while he was busy trying to pay off a debt he owed them. Why? Because they got bored. They are a family of cannibals. Oh, and they are also inbred, because Hulk raped his own cousin Jennifer more than once to form the Hulk Gang! Historical flashbacks in the ongoing series show they were stupid, violent, savage creatures; for example, one of their ideas of "fun" was going out to farms and punching livestock for the sake of watching them explode -- and doing the same to any farmer who protested this.
129	* StealthPrequel: ''Old Man Logan'' gets one with [[spoiler:''ComicBook/DeadpoolKillsTheMarvelUniverse Again'']]. It's also one for Mark Millar's ''Fantastic Four'' run, which was published concurrently with this storyline.
130	* StrongerWithAge: Zigzagged. Bruce "Pappy" Banner can now wield some of the Hulk's strength without transforming. The Hulk, however, has lost his HealingFactor to an even greater extent than Old Man Logan. [[spoiler: Wolverine kills him by clawing his way out of the Hulk's stomach]].
131	* SpannerInTheWorks: Logan ends up being this for [[spoiler: Red Skull. Had Hawkeye come alone or with someone else, he would have stomped out any resistance and kept his power secure. Instead, Logan's healing factor allows him to survive the murder attempt and kill Skull in the escape.]]
132	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Downplayed.
133	** The Hulk gang all have weakened versions of Bruce's powers.
134	** Spider-Man's granddaughter has also at least inherited some SuperStrength, but this seems to be all she picked up from her grandfather.
135	* SuperSerum: [[spoiler: The contents of Hawkeye's package. Ninety-nine vials of it, in fact.]]
136	* ThatManIsDead: After [[spoiler:Wolverine finds out he murdered the X-Men]], he runs for a railroad track and lets a train run over him. Since his adamantium skeleton and healing factor are still there, he's still alive, but he considers himself dead. As he puts it, "It didn't kill me, but it hurt a lot, and sometimes that is enough."
137	** Averted after he comes home to find out that the Hulk gang killed his family anyway, out of boredom. A neighbor comes in and finds Logan staring in shock at the bodies of his family.
138	-->'''Neighbor:''' (Hesitatingly) Logan, we don't need any trouble here, okay? There's no telling what they'll do next. You just...you just need to bury your family and move on from this, okay? Do you hear me? Logan?
139	-->'''Wolverine:''' (Popping his claws) The name ain't Logan, bub. It's ''Wolverine.''
140	* ThouShaltNotKill: Logan adopts the policy, and it's eventually explained why (see NotSoHarmlessVillain).
141	* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:Pappy Hulk decides to finish off Wolverine by eating him, which is something worked for him before. Unfortunately for ol'Pappy, he failed to take in account Wolverine's healing factor.]]
142	* TragicVillain: How Bruce turned evil in the first place. When California was [[NukeEm bombed]], the gamma radiation warped Bruce's mind and drove him mad as a result.
143	* TrophyRoom: The President's Office is adorned with items taken from fallen super heroes (ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield, ComicBook/IronMan's armor, ComicBook/SpiderMan's mask, etc.)
144	* TwilightOfTheSupers: The series happens in the aftermath [[GreatOffscreenWar of a truly massive]] and blood-soaked example of this trope. A great many scenes have a reference to said massacre, namely the skeleton of a dead superhero, somewhere in the background.
145	* UnholyMatrimony: Emma Frost is married to Doctor Doom. The Red Skull also mentions having a wife who keeps nagging him about wearing what's left of Captain America's uniform, probably because he appears not to have washed it once since the takeover.
146	* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: When the Hulk Gang killed Logan's family, he proceeds to '''unleash hell''' on them.]]
147	* VillainWorld: The villains, together, have conquered the world, killing most of the heroes in the process and splitting America (known as "Amerika") into sectors for each villain in charge.
148	* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Or rather Wham Sound. A massive two page of the iconic SNIKT, where Logan finally pops his claws for the first time in decades, confirming Wolverine has finally returned.]]

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