Why Wolverine And Daken Need To Kiss And Make Up

October 11th, 2009

I’m sure many Wolverine fans like myself got uber excited back when Wolverine Origins #5 hit the shelves and Emma Frost dropped the bomb on Wolvie that his son was alive and well.

Man, that was revelation!

I don’t know about you but I was in the comic book store every month, faithfully buying that book and furiously turning the pages. I couldn’t wait to see what unfolded, how Wolverine was going to exact his revenge, and of course Daken’s big reveal.

And it was good.

But now, over a year later, I wonder if having the two characters resolve their issues wouldn’t be more interesting.

See at first the whole my-son’s alive/I-hate-my daddy storyline was exciting.

Daken leapt off the page. He had all his father’s rage but seemed more in control of it. I loved issue #13 when he royally kicked Wolverine’s ass. But now it’s like “ok we get it, the kid’s got daddy issues”.

Can we move on and develop this guy a little more now?

The problem with Daken is that he’s nothing without Wolverine. His very existence in the Marvel world is centered around his father. Therefore, his personality and interests are heavily influenced by him (and his hate for him) as well. That’s great and all, but after awhile it gets old.

If someone wrote into the comics next month that Daken forgave his father and was no longer hell bent on destroying him, then some writer somehwere would be forced to give the kid a life. And a personality. Give him something as a driving force other than Wolverine (because really, Wolvie has enough titles on the shelf as it is, he doesn’t need another one via Daken proxy)

I just want to see this kid grow. And this neverending storyline he’s caught in doesn’t seem to really exercise his tremendous potential as a character.

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