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I posted the Anime "Iron Man" teaser and now here's the "Wolverine" one from producers Marvel Animation and Madhouse (Paprika).

I told you about the "Old Man Logan" story running in the regular "Wolverine" series months ago and I am happy to tell you that it continues to be just as compelling in the fourth part featured in issue #69.

No spoilers except to say if you are a Mark Millar hater, don't let that keep you away from this superior teaming with artist Steve McNiven. (I don't have to say I didn't dig their "Civil War" series, that would be a waste of space... um... I just did it again didn't I?)

Nevertheless, I applaud this effort to inject what amounts to an "Elseworlds" future where the villains win and Logan is a pacifist into the mainstream title. Out of the deal we get a blind, crazy Hawkeye, a deadly roadtrip and a map of Millar's vision of which supervillains would rule. The choices are interesting.

I am a week or so late in reminding you about this, but I'm sure you all picked it up on your regular Wednesday run, and if you haven't, get it.

Let me know if you agree or not with this great run on "Wolverine."

Major 'Superman' comic news (Sort of)

There has been quite a scuffle in the web-o-verse about the BIG SPOILER (don't click if you don't wanna know) in the NY Daily News involving Action Comics #870. Don't worry I'm not going to give anything away. You can click here, see the cover and draw your own conclusions.

I'm gassed about comics getting more press than ever, but my fellow newspaper folk have to remember a big comic book story is just like most pop entertainment. You must cover them a little more like that big movie that's hitting the screens on Friday or even that highly-anticipated novel that may or may not have the death of a major character.

For many people who follow these storylines for a year, they want to find out what happens when they read it.


That's the dude from 'Friday Night Lights' and Wolverine!

Taylor Kitsch of "Friday Night Lights" did an interview with Media Blvd. and briefly discussed his part in the upcoming "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" film as Gambit. The same film that will star Hugh Jackman and a host of others in a story that will focus on the origin of the popular clawed mutant with the unbreakable bones.

Or just call it "X-Men 4," like Kitsch did in his interview when he described the film. What would I call it? I would call it "Wolverine 3" because I thought "X-Men" and "X-men: United" were the first and second Wolverine films due to all the character focus and screen time for Jackman.

With Gambit tossing his explosive playing cards and Deadpool competing with Wolvie for bada*$ status there are all kinds of possibilities for some great action in this movie. I hope studio politics don't grind this flick into dust like the last X-movie.

I wish Taylor Kitsch all the luck as Gambit.


'Green Lantern' film may get Ryan Gosling?

I certainly don't know much about this, but you can get the skinny at Latino Review. Ryan Gosling is rumored to be in the running to play the Green Lantern. Which Lantern you ask? Review says the character in the script is Hal Jordan and he is about 27-years-old and perfect for Gosling who is 28.

The big hurdle will be introducing the character to a general movie audience considering he is not as familiar as the Batman or Spider-Man.

All they need do is follow the "Ironman" plan. This Marvel comics character was known vaguely to the non-comics reader by, I don't know, OSMOSIS or what have you. What appeared to have worked was not the origin story, all the movies have those. What worked was the front row seat to the creation of the armor. That suit was the coolest thing I had seen on a movie screen since "The Matrix."

So here's Green Lantern and, you know, he has a ring that not only allows him to fly, it can create anything the person can imagine. Since I'm on the Matrix kick consider the Green Lantern to be what Neo may have been if he had more imagination.

However, this should not discourage the Wachowski Bros. from directing this movie if it's offered to them. I hope you're listening guys.

Once again, read more here. And check out some Green Lantern required reading by correspondent Ryan Riley here.

Just in case you weren't sure... "HAWKEYE IS A BAD-A--!"

I know someone out there is reading the "Old Man Logan" storyline running through the regular "Wolverine" comic series. Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven continue to deliver the goods.

I would call the third part of this 50-years-in-the future series thrilling or something like that, but it isn't that kind of party. To thrill a
reader usually involves an element of surprise of some sort.

There's no surprise that several someones are getting whipped when Wolverine snaps out of his anti-violence trip. Regular readers of Wolverine are
waiting for the inevitable "Unforgiven" moment in this story and I know it's coming you know it's coming and so does Millar.

I'll spare you too many details but the third part of this story includes more surprise future characters, more brilliant rendering by McNiven and a little action sequence that proves again that even a blind, old-codger Hawkeye is more dangerous than traditional readers would
think.

Remember it was Millar who portrayed Hawkeye better than he had been in years over in "The Ultimates" series.

I'm still a little hurt about the series "Civil War." A number of Marvel Comics characters I thought I understood from the Fantastic Four's Reed Richards to Iron Man were so offbeat I thought I was reading a "What If?" series.

Then I had to check myself. I'm one of those fans who want fresh takes on old stuff. And "Civil War" changed the game in the Marvel Universe, like it or not.

The 'Civil' writer Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven re-team on the "Wolverine" comic arc "Old Man Logan" which takes us 50 years into the future and the picture aint pretty. The heroes have fallen and from what we know the country, maybe even the world is under the divided mercies of different villain factions.

Logan A.K.A. Wolverine is still alive and only two issues in we are given glimpses of the past events that kept the tough guy X-Man on the sidelines operating a farm in Sacramento. The character has gone from berserker avenger to docile farmer.