Old Man Logan #46-47

NORTHERN FLIGHT pts I and II

Written by Ed Brisson
Penciled by Damien Couceiro
Covers by Andrea Sorrentino
Published Aug 29 and Sept 12, 2018

   Over the course of a few weeks, strange things are happening in Canada. Meanwhile, Logan drops his bike off at a garage for repairs as a familiar ride picks him up. Thanks to his old friends in Alpha Flight, Logan gets a checkup from resident healer Shaman. Unfortunately the news is not what he wanted to hear. Adamantium poisoning is slowly killing the mutant and there’s no cure.
   With nothing else to do, he rolls with his old Canadian crew to check out some eerie, purple plant growing phenomena in Shag Harbor. They soon discover the center of it, and Logan and Puck set out to do some field surveying. Eventually though they’re attacked but thanks to some quick thinking, they’re saved by some villagers.
   Meanwhile, the rest of Alpha Flight fight they’re way towards what’s rest of the town’s stronghold. Left on the outside though is Guardian. He’s eventually trapped, and Puck and Logan scurry to the local plant nursery to grab what’s left of the weed killer. They’re interrupted by the plant monster rupturing a gas line. As the creature recoils from the blast, Shaman is able to surmise it’s home planet was attacked by fire.
   Logan takes off towards the gas station. As the monster bears down on the Post Office, Logan and Puck fill up some gas cans and use Guardian to fly the mutant towards the plant’s brain. He cuts into it and eventually exposes it’s core, later slicing into the gas cans and lighting a match. It explodes, and Guardian rescues the now crispy man once known as Wolverine.
   The issue wraps with his first super team giving Logan a lift back to pick up his bike. On the way, Puck gets to share what will likely be his last moments with one of his oldest friends, and reveals that seismic activity likely proves that “he” is still out there. They say their goodbyes and with that, this issue and story arc come to a final conclusion.
   With just a few issues left to go, it’s really cool to see Andrea Sorrentino cranking up the cover art on this book again. He’s easily one of the greatest comic book artists I’ve ever seen. And although I’m assuming there’s no Jeff Lemire to lend his stellar writing style that was a force in this book’s first half, Ed Brisson has more than earned the right to wind it down. This series is going out the right way, and this is just one more example. I give these two a 9/10.

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