I supported everything that Daken was up until the heat arch started. He was his brightest during the Dark Reign saga and really drew me in and got me hooked on comics again because it was so nice to read a character that was so deliciously screwed up and didn't apologize for it. His ego was huge, and he just knew he was the best thing since milk chocolate. If you didn't think so at first, you would after you smelled him ahah. He was an amazing anti-villian of the likes I hadn't seen in a long time and reading his appearances monthly to find out what he was scheming next kept me fascinated each month. I loved how he pushed boundaries so aggravatingly and had mad crazy ambition with a power set that allowed him to accomplish most of it through turning a troop topside with being a dude with pheromone control that wasn't afraid to use it on ANYONE to meet his goals. With each naughty thing he did I found myself surprised and captivated to the lengths to which he would go through perusing and objective or sometimes all together just stop when you would expect the worst to come from him at times. He was totally refreshing to read and an amazing break from the usual, because he really knew how to ruffle feathers. Whether they were on his side or not and I couldn't help but be entertained by that. He represented a side of comics that made me feel good to be a part of but at the same time so bad, and I loved the conflict it arose in me because he really helped add to the diversity and range that comics have to offer to the public.
As much as I wanted to see him become a king pin, I didn't think Marvel would follow through with that route, but I was hooked reading each of his steps as he reached for the top. When I heard about the series ending I was hella sad, but with the introduction of that dang drug (that just derailed everything and just was so out of place for mister control freak), everything just started to fall apart, and it wasn't even in a clever way where his dubious deeds started crashing in all around him, it was over a drug....a drug that made his healing factor go away that then started killing him. I seriously had to sit back and wonder what the heck happened from Wolverine Origins to the height of awesomeness in Dark Reign till this Heat arch. In any case the only piece of hope I hold on to for Daken is that his body wasn't recovered so yeah. Maybe when someone who actually cares about how Daken's character works and has a grasp on his motivations and capabilities better decides they want to give him ago again, I'll be rite there ready with an updated pull list at my shop and cash in tote.
Love him or hate him that dude made an impact and was hard to ignore when in a crowded room. How in the word can you end that definitely.
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