Did you know Wolverine had a son? Well, hell, nobody did. But this year, to make absolutely sure, every single base in all aspects of Wolverine’s life are covered to make sure the tidal wave of Wolverine Origins are covered they’ve given him a bouncing baby boy. And to make things more interesting they have also given the son a few special traits
a) Made him an adult
b) Made him hate Wolverine
c) Made him an Avenger
Oh, and they’ve also given him claws, but see, that’s something you would have expected right? But as the storyline of “Dark Avengers” plays itself out things have gotten weirder. Norman Osborn is now in charge of the Avengers and he has essentially replaced all the good guys with bad guys. And Wolverine’s son has been shown to be a bad guy; with a history of callousness, mercenary work and a general bad attitude. Not so different from dad right!
But don’t forget about Laura! Who’s Laura, you ask? Why that’s Wolverine’s “daughter.” Not really she’s a clone. Code name X-23 because it took that many trials to get the process to work right. But a FEMALE clone. See? That’s the twist! Oh comic books, always so clever. Well the big difference between the daughter and the son is the she has undergone the claw enhancing adamtanium process. But maybe something similar is in the works for Daken, the son’s name is similar to the 80′s metal band Dokken. But to learn more about that you need to be reading Wolverine Origins…
Man, Obama’s influence is being felt everywhere these days and seeing this artwork of Wolverine and Spider-Man do a classic fistbump is definitely something we wouldn’t have seen during the Bush years. So as they say, “previously in Spider-Man…” all hell has broken loose. Spidey managed to put fist to face on Norman Osborn. Norman has become the de facto ruler of America-yes even Obama-seemingly.
But this state of affairs is driving Spider-Man crazy because Norman isn’t satisfied with just running things, he also wants to run his son’s Harry’s life. Spidey is now on the fence about how far he should take things. Another beating or something more serious. So he has a heart to heart with Wolverine. Who recommends a permanent solution. And it actually seems like a viable option…
It’s been an interesting year over at Marvel. About 12 months ago they let writer Brubaker kill off Captain America, and the aftermath of that has been “Dark Reign.” Which immediately followed “Skrull Invasion” which came right on the heels of “Civil War.” Hahahahahah. If you don’t read Marvel comics that must all seem like a bunch of words that have ZERO meaning to you, but trust me all it means is “interesting story lines.” It’s really not that much different that TV shows these days. Marvel (and DC) picks a theme or premise and has basically all (or most of) their comics touch on the topic. And it’s only these last few years that this sort of loose format has become a solid working model. And I guess I like it, the only downfall is these sort of all encompassing themes can really mess up a comic series you like if the theme takes things in a direction you DON’T like. Then, as a reader, you’re screwed. So look for more weird artistic depictions. We may even see The Thing playing basketball…
