Is Daken the biggest waste of potential in Marvel Comics

[Zvonimir Boban]

Huh... never saw him use it on males (Or I just forgot). Can think of many occasions where him using it on them would have made things a lot easier for him though.

Way Daken was written was always inconsistent as shit.

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I remember there was one time during the Dark Reign stuff where he used his powers to seduce some married Hammer agent who then ended up committing suicide I think? I'm sure he must have used it during that arc where he became a Hollywood groupie addicted to drugs, which is exactly the kind of situation that only someone related to Wolverine could get themselves into.

What a chump.

 

[RoninChaos]

Remember when ti was revealed that Romulus was pulling his strings all along?

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WHAT IN THE FUCK?! Who the fuck is Romulus?

 

[Slayven]

WHAT IN THE FUCK?! Who the fuck is Romulus?

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Supposely the farther of all animal type mutants. I don't know, the writers didn't seem to know where it was going either

 

[QuantumZebra]

The biggest waste of potential was bringing him back to life after Wolverine had to drown him in a shallow puddle lol.

Daken might be the worst Wolverine ever.

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This.

Literally Wolverine if redone by a early 2000's middle schooler.

 

[SOLDIER]

Oh my sweet lord in heaven Marvel comics are so fucking stupid....

 

[Daniel Westlake]

Supposely the farther of all animal type mutants. I don't know, the writers didn't seem to know where it was going either

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Wasn't it also that Wolverine was supposed to be a wolf-mutant subspecies and T'challa and Storm told him about it and then, whatever I'm not even going to bother trying to remember this.
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Was this all before or after he cut off Sabertooth's head?

 

[RoninChaos]

Supposely the farther of all animal type mutants. I don't know, the writers didn't seem to know where it was going either

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LOL So was he responsible for Weapon X too or did they not think that through either?

 

[Sandfox]

When's the last time Daken even showed up in a comic? Dude dropped off the Earth after Dark Avengers.

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Daken was in the Return of Wolverine book.

Didn't they retcon Laura to be his biological daughter

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Yes.

 

[Kinthey]

His claw layout just sucks. X-23 has him beat by a mile

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

LOL So was he responsible for Weapon X too or did they not think that through either?

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He was basically responsible for EVERYTHING, having been around for hundreds and hundreds of years and controlling everyhting I ckuding being a Roman emperor and all that shite.

Then for some reason he decided his life's goal was to just troll Wolverines bloodline for generations because Marvel really wants us to think that Wolverine is interesting for some reason.

 

[Mariachi507]

That's the most comic book name I've ever heard.

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Daken was in the Return of Wolverine book.


Yes.

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What? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[Slightconfuse]

Hope summers

 

[Dalek]

Laura was retconned as Logan's daughter and not clone? I didn't know that.

 

[Slayven]

LOL So was he responsible for Weapon X too or did they not think that through either?

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He clams to have had a hand in getting wolverine into it, but his sister says he lies. So who knows

 

[Sandfox]

Laura was retconned as Logan's daughter and not clone? I didn't know that.

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It was at the end of the Hunt for Wolverine book she was in.

 

[TheMango55]

When's the last time Daken even showed up in a comic? Dude dropped off the Earth after Dark Avengers.

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He's been in a lot of comics recently

He was in the solo Wolverine (Laura)
He was in solo Iceman
He was in the Weapon X team up book
He was in the Hunt for Wolverine: claws of a killer team up book.

 

[zon]

Wasn't it also that Wolverine was supposed to be a wolf-mutant subspecies and T'challa and Storm told him about it and then, whatever I'm not even going to bother trying to remember this.
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Was this all before or after he cut off Sabertooth's head?

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I think it was during cutting off Sabertooth's head, it was part of that whole mess.

 

[Ragnorok64]

What is even the point of making X-23 his daughter? Wasnt she already functionally his daughter? Were all the X-# before her also Wolverine's biological children? I'm quite confused.

 

[alexi52]

After going through this thread I was reminded of Hope Summers existence, she's the biggest waste, fallowed by Skaar and then Daken

What is even the point of making X-23 his daughter? Wasnt she already functionally his daughter? Were all the X-# before her also Wolverine's biological children? I'm quite confused.

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Easier to explain then her being a clone that looks like the women who birthed her but for some reason doesn't any of her DNA, all they did was change it so now she does have her mother's DNA which makes her no longer qualify as a clone which I prefer, It always bothered me that she wasn't Logan's daughter

 

[TheMadTitan]

Remember when ti was revealed that Romulus was pulling his strings all along?

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Shhh, we're supposed to forget he exists.

 

[MetalMagus]

Imagine Robert Kirkman creates a young Marvel superhero who gains a version of the Green Lantern powerset. The character is fun, engaging, and we see him grow and struggle to take on the mantle of what it means to be a hero. He's also openly gay.

Now imagine he's killed off in his fourth appearance.

Wait, you don't have to imagine, because he's Freedom Ring.

 

[Garlador]

Imagine Robert Kirkman creates a young Marvel superhero who gains a version of the Green Lantern powerset. The character is fun, engaging, and we see him grow and struggle to take on the mantle of what it means to be a hero. He's also openly gay.

Now imagine he's killed off in his fourth appearance.

Wait, you don't have to imagine, because he's Freedom Ring.

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When asked by a fan about the number of visibly gay comic book superheroes, Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, Joe Quesada, also touted the Freedom Ring as Marvel's leading gay hero. However, in the next issue, the character was killed ...

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OOF.

 

[Cabbagehead]

I mean only one kid naturally, 2 if you count Raze. The rest are clones . Now you want to talk about somebody virle? Hulk/Bruce Banner


Skaar

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Nah Skaar was given his due.

 

[Christian]

Imagine Robert Kirkman creates a young Marvel superhero who gains a version of the Green Lantern powerset. The character is fun, engaging, and we see him grow and struggle to take on the mantle of what it means to be a hero. He's also openly gay.

Now imagine he's killed off in his fourth appearance.

Wait, you don't have to imagine, because he's Freedom Ring.

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I read those Marvel Team-Up issues, and I still don't know why they had it play out the way it did...

 

[alexi52]

Nah Skaar was given his due.

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I actually really enjoyed the whole Hulk family, I argue they got the shit end of the stick since Marvel got rid of them all for no good reason

 

[Saifu]

The chances that MCU Daken might actually be good is quite high imo.
Feige will reimagine the character make him right.

 

[MetalMagus]

I read those Marvel Team-Up issues, and I still don't know why they had it play out the way it did...

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I get that it was Kirkman's intent going into the story (young hero gets in over his head and pays the ultimate price). It's honestly not that bad an idea of a story - and honestly one that maybe needs to be told more often. However, if ever there was a case to be made for a course correction when you see how things are clicking - this stands as a prime example.