Did you catch all the references to Marvel, X-Men, and Old Man Logan?
There are plenty of cool easter eggs if you know where to look!
This article contains nothing butLoganspoilers.
Well start with the source material.
And make no mistake, that comic was heavily set in the Marvel Universe.
Revealed in snippets, seems like the remaining X-Men were killed by Xavier having a seizure.
But thats pretty much where the similarities to the source material end, though.
And trust us,Loganis a far more nuanced story than the comic.
His father named after the character from Shakespeares Tempest, monstrously referencing the characters freakish nature.
She didnt really come into her own until theX-23limited series, which well get to in a minute.
Also note that you might spot X-23 on Lauras medical sheet.
Before he could make more clones and market them to the highest bidder, X-23 killed him.
Who is X-24?
Mentally, hes more like Sabretooth from the first X-Men film.
If youre messing around a with an evil Wolverine, might as well press on the parallels.
But nevertheless, there is some precedent for Wolvie fighting himself in one form or another.
Theyve been annoying the hell out of Marvels mutants sinceUncanny X-Men#230.
It ties in with the border parallels with our own troubled times.
Also, duh…hes listed in the credits as Bonebreaker!
The New Mutants
No, notthoseNew Mutants!
Rictor, of course is a regular member of X-Force and later X-Factor with the power to create tremors.
Gideon was an X-Force villain, but something tells me that isnt where theyre going with this one.
We never see any Sunspot like powers, do we?
But Bobby could be Roberto da Costa.
(ahem, more new mutants)
Someone there sure has similar powers to Nature Girl, too.
What About Those Comics?
Theyre new art by Joe Quesada and Dan Panosian.
Its almost like a subtle acknowledgment that the franchises timeline and continuity are something of a mess.
Either way, nothing changes the fact thatLoganis an excellent movie.
One of the other fake X-Men comics shows a fastball special.
Whats a fastball special?
Were glad you asked…
That, my friends, is a fastball special.
Is Logan Really Dead?
Were going to go out on a limb here and say yes.
The Statue of Liberty is where the climax tothe firstX-Menmovietook place, back in 2000.
Then again, we dont talk about that movie these days, right?
you could see Wolvies samurai sword fromThe Wolverinehanging up in an early scene, too.
Donald Pierce brings up Freddy Krueger, the clawed star of theNightmare on Elm Streetmovies.
The similarities between Krueger and Wolverine were jokingly brought up in the firstTransformersmovie, too.
Logan and Xaviers watertower hideout is owned by A multi-national smelting company based in Shanghai.
For real, they couldnt have said based in Madripoor for a little additional comic authenticity?
Not to be confused with X-Man Henry McCoy or annoying reporter fromThe Incredible HulkTV series, Jack McGee.
Xavier and Laura watch the filmShane, which came out in 1953.
Speaking of music, theres a Dr. Acula poster in the sons room.
That book was a recurring theme inX2: X-Men United.
Is there any precedent from the comics for Xavier being into botany?
and Rogers (as in Captain America?!?!
OK, its a stretch, but it was in our notes.
Pretty sure theres a Wilhelm scream during that chase.
