Great series, crappy ending
The thing that I hate most about critics is when a movie, book, CD, etc. comes out that everyone loves but the critic hates. Said critic then writes a review that tears down that beloved piece bringing out it's flaws, which in turn ruins everyone's fun. This is the case with me and Giant Sized Old Man Logan #1. Judging by the number of stars given by everyone, it is pretty obvious that this was deeply liked by everyone that read it. That unfortunately is not the case for me, so now it's my job to talk about why I didn't like this issue.
First off, let's talk about the story in issue or rather lack of story. This entire issue is almost one big fight scene and although it's pretty cool, it leaves nothing to speculate nor gives reason to read a second time. This would have been understandable if it was the second to last issue, but this was the ending, something that is supposed to leave you satisfied yet wanting more. This certainly left me wanting more, but what I wanted was depth, dialogue, and originality. What we are given is Logan vs. Bruce Banner's inbred offspring.
Which comes to another point, what the hell was Millar thinking when he thought that a good direction for Hulk to go was the direction of his cousin's bed? He turns Banner into a hillbilly, incest lover and for what reason? Did the gamma rays finally catch up to his brain, did he want to create an entire army of Hulks that he could use to take over the world, was he desperate and She Hulk was the only one that would ever truly love him? No, it was because he wanted action and his gamma powered first-cousin was the only one that could "keep up with his pace". It was when I heard this that I discovered that Hulk was suffering from DK2 and OYL Batgirl disorder, where a beloved character turns evil for no other reason than to add unneccasary shock to the story and completly ruin all that was built up.
Which is how I feel about Old Man Logan. The series was building up to a great conlusion then all that tension and build up was swept away by an ending that was more style than substance. This book could have been so much much more, especially with the giant sized final issue that was given to us. But it turned out that we paid $5 for one big fight scene followed by a couple sketches and a cover gallery. When we could have gotten dialogue, character developement, or I don't know something other than a bunch of pictures that we could see on the internet for free. Overall this wasn't that bad of an issue but it was very dissapointing, short, poorly planned, and lacking in the parts where it should have shined.
