History Characters / WolverineSupportingCharacters

The cloned sister of Comicbook/{{X 23}}, Gabby was created by Alchemax Genetics along with nine other sisters. After Laura helped the Sisters take down the ones who created and abused them, Gabby remained with her as her KidSidekick. She finally joined the ''X-Men'' when she and Laura joined [[Comicbook/XMenRed the resurrected Jean Grey's team]] after Cassandra Nova framed Jean for the murder of a UN ambassador.

* EndearinglyDorky: Gabby is all about this trope. For example, in ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine #2'': After Laura tells Bellona she won't kill the Alchemax goons because they might have families, Bellona snarks about cutting off one of the soldier's fingers because he might play piano. Gabby gathers them up so he can have them reattached later ''just in case it's actually true''.

* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Gabby is ''very'' protective of her [[ParentalSubstitute big sister]], Comicbook/{{X 23}}. If you so much as threaten to give Laura a bad day, she ''will'' come for you.
* {{Fangirl}}: She positively geeks out over meeting Comicbook/CaptainAmerica and Comicbook/JeanGrey. Her BigSisterWorship of Laura also edges in this direction.

* MutualKill: [[spoiler:Her counterpart in the [[Comicbook/OldManLogan Wasteland]] killed and was killed by the Laura of that universe]].

* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Gabby is this to Laura, who is about 20 years old as of ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', while she is physically and mentally 13. Exaggerated with Daken, who is in his ''70s'', having been born in the mid-1940s after World War II.

A small-time gangster and mutant capable of turning himself invisible, who ran afoul of Comicbook/TheKingpin and tried to muscle in on his territory. Furious, particularly when his own men failed to deal with him themselves, Kingpin instead hired the Facility to take care of the matter. X-23 subsequently assassinated him with the aid of a trigger scent-laced letter.

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!!Akihiro
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!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Wolverine, Dark Wolverine, Death, Horseman of Death
!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese, Krakoan
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine: Origins'' #5 (October, 2006)

-> ''"I never knew my father. I was raised... to be someone different than him. And now I'm supposed to be him. I never asked for that, but when the opportunity found me... I was curious. I wanted to know what it was like. To have people look at me and see... my father."''

''Akihiro'', more commonly known as ''Daken'', is the son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased wife Itsu. Blessed with his dad's {{Wolverine Claws}} (although with a twist or two there) and {{Healing Factor}}, as well as the added ability to give off pheromones, Daken is a younger, darker and edgier version of his dad, who was the dark and edgy poster child of the 70s-90s. He loves {{Xanatos Gambit}}s, seducing people just to prove he can and is smart enough to dupe ComicBook/NormanOsborn and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] -- but still gets his ass handed to him by his father. Speaking of dad, Daken has quite a few [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]].

Daken first appeared in ''"Wolverine Origins''" #10 (March, 2007), created by Daniel Way and Creator/SteveDillon. He went on to serve as a member of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers. He became the protagonist of Wolverine's ongoing (Logan got a new ongoing titled ''Wolverine: Weapon X''), which was retitled ''Dark Wolverine'', but kept the series numbering. He gained his own title ''"Daken: Dark Wolverine''" in 2010, which was ongoing until 2011.

Daken featured in Rick Remender's ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' and ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''. He also was one of five characters focused on in ''The Logan Legacy'', a seven-issue miniseries that explored the aftermath of the death of Wolverine, which starred in the weekly ongoing ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}''.

With the rise of the mutant nation of Krakoa, Daken was one of many villainous mutants offered sanctuary on the island. Seeking to set his past behind him, Daken sought a better relationship with his father and eventually joined the newest iteration of [[ComicBook/XFactor2020 X-Factor]], putting his enhanced senses to use in investigating the deaths of mutants to enter them into the resurrection queue. During his time on the team he got together with Aurora, and as of 2023 the two are still a couple.

* AbortedArc: Daken found out that ComicBook/BuckyBarnes was responsible for his mother's death, but despite a clear set-up he never confronted him.
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Just like Wolverine, his claws have tremendous cutting power, although, unlike him, his natural claws are actually of some kind of metallic composition
* AffablyEvil: Swings between this and {{Jerkass}} as it suits his whims or plans or both.
%%* AlasPoorVillain: ''Twice'', which is really saying something given his personality.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: While not intended to replace the original ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (who remained active), he operated with the ComicBook/DarkAvengers using the name Wolverine and is half-Japanese and bisexual.
* AlasPoorVillain: He has done this twice. The first time, he broke down while dying, asking to see his father and apologizing for placing a bomb at the Jean Grey Academy, before immolating himself with a bomb. The second, in which he inexplicably came back from the dead, involved him imagining how life could have been with his father and mother, had she not been murdered by Romulus. Wolverine is then forced to drown him to kill him, as by this point he is little more than a pawn for Sabretooth to use against him. Wolverine himself then breaks down, realizing they could have had a happy life too. Considering Daken was TheSociopath most of the time... damn.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It's apparently genetic. Both women and men are attracted to his bad boy status, even without him using his powers to seduce them.
* AnArmAndALeg:
** [[spoiler:He has his arm torn off by Mr. Sinister in ''Wolverines'' #1 after his healing factor was stripped from him by Siphon at the end of ''The Logan Legacy''. By the time of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' his healing factor had recovered and he grew back his arm.]]
** And he loses his arm ''again'' after being attacked by the Orphans of X in issue 25.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Under his Wolverine guise.
* AnimeHair: Daken's hair is a literal inversion of his father's. Where Wolverine's hair is big and tall on the sides, but more subdued on the top, Daken rocks a Mohawk on an otherwise bald head. As of ''Wolverines'' however, he lets his hair grow out to resemble more like Logan.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He hates his father to the point where he's attempted to usurp Sabretooth's role as Logan's {{Archenemy}}, he ''definitely'' counts, thanks in no small part to ParentalAbandonment and being raised by the murderous [[DrillSergeantNasty Cyber]]. He desperately wants to kill his father, though despite what he might think, he's not quite good enough to pull it off yet. Averted by his "sister", ComicBook/{{X 23}}, who, despite her issues, views Wolverine as a father figure and gets along with him fine.
* AntiHero: On the occasions he actually helps the heroes without any ulterior motives, he’s still kind of a dick and generally savage to his enemies. After joining X-Factor, it’s even lampshaded that they need to keep an eye on him lest he rub off his worse tendencies on the rest of the team.
* AntiVillain: He generally occupies this role rather than being an outright villain, though it's often DependingOnTheWriter. More recent works have swung him more towards the "anti" end of the scale.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Daken (駄犬) means "mongrel" or "dog" [[BilingualBonus in Japanese]] and was the name he was taunted with as a child.
* {{Archenemy}}: After Sabretooth, he's the strongest contender for the title, what with his EvilCounterpart status, personal connection to Logan, and popularity among writers and fans alike. Ironically and despite this, Daken is shown to be profoundly saddened by Logan's death and makes an effort to give him ''some'' form of proper burial. [[spoiler: Later during ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' he's insistent that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they're recovered, and is prepared to come to blows with Sabretooth when he (incorrectly) believes the latter is mocking him for it.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During their team-up to take down Malcolm Colcord's attempt to revive the Weapon X project, he tries to deliver one to his little sister, Laura Kinney a.k.a. ComicBook/{{X 23}}, by asking why she holds herself back by caring for others and is afraid to let go and fully embrace her training and skill as a killer. The question falls flat: Laura isn't fighting to prove anything but is instead fighting for something bigger than herself. She then [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech completely turns it around on him]] by asking why ''he'' holds back and is afraid to allow himself to care about others. ManipulativeBastard that he is, Daken still doesn't have an answer.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
** For all his antagonism towards Logan, he really ''did'' love his father in his way, and at times even expressed regret that he never truly got to be a part of his family. He even went out of his way to recover what effects of Logan's he could from an AuctionOfEvil so he could give him a proper Japanese funeral.
** Although his early interactions with X-23 were hostile, by the end of their second encounter in Madripoor he began to establish a grudging respect for her. By ''The Logan Legacy'' and ''Wolverines'' this had grown to something resembling brotherly affection, which Laura returned, openly considering him her family. In ''All-New Wolverine'' their relationship is firmly established when Daken agrees to help fight the disease ravaging Roosevelt Island ''entirely'' because Laura needs him.
* BackFromTheDead: Was killed at the end of ''Uncanny X-Force'' by Rick Remender. Was brought back in ''Uncanny Avengers'' as one of the ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} Twins' Horsemen of Death by Rick Remender.
* BadassBookworm: As per his assassin upbringing he received a top-class education and is very, very intelligent.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Occasionally when he's not in either a dark variant of his father's costume, average street clothes, or [[WalkingShirtlessScene pants and tattoos.]]
* BadassInDistress: "Orphans of X" kicks off in issue 25 with Daken getting ambushed in a BadGuyBar, captured, and having [[FingerInTheMail his arm lopped off and hung from a bridge as a message for Laura]]. He manages to escape in issue 26, killing one of his torturers in the process.
* BadWithTheBone: Daken has three retractable bone claws housed underneath his forearms, two claws that emerge from between the skin of his first and third knuckles, and one from his inner wrist. These claws are much harder and denser than normal human bone and their natural shape provides them with a razor-sharp edge capable of easily slicing through flesh and bone, and they have been shown to be able to penetrate metals as durable as ComicBook/IronMan's armor.
* TheBerserker: Subverted, people expect this of Daken, given who his dad is, and he has a tendency to take advantage of it at times. In one scene, Daken allows ComicBook/NormanOsborn to think that he has used Daken's temper and hatred for Wolverine to bait him, after which Daken smiles and points out the mistakes in Osborn's cultured facade.
-->'''ComicBook/NormanOsborn:''' "But more importantly, you're MY Wolverine. YOU are Wolverine. Do you know what a hero is?"
-->'''Daken:''' "You mean... like ComicBook/SpiderMan?"
* BigBrotherInstinct: His relationship with [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura]] eventually develops into this, if in his own, twisted way, becoming one of the few people he openly cares for, and she is likewise protective of him.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: By virtue of being Wolverine's son, he has three on each arm, but one of them juts out through the front of his wrist.
* BodyHorror: Like his dad, Daken's healing factor means that he tends to get put through the meat grinder on a regular basis.
** There was one particular incident where he acquired a Bloodstone, which grants a healing factor that, coupled with his own, gave him super lupus that caused tumors to sprout from his body. The more damage, the greater the tumors, and Frankencastle blowing him up with a grenade caused him to sprout into a giant mass he had to cut himself out of.
* BondOneLiner: Ira, the Orphans of X torturer, mocks Daken throughout the session and relishes the thought of making him whimper. When Daken frees himself and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shoves his claws into the man's head]] he sardonically asks if he heard ''that''.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Daken's healing factor still isn't back to full strength after the events of ''[[ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine The Logan Legacy]]'' and ''Wolverines''. As such, he's one of the first of the group to drop when the virus overwhelms him.
* BroughtDownToNormal: He has his HealingFactor stripped from him in the last issue of ''The Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy'' when he's attacked by Siphon. This bites him on the ass ''hard'' in the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' when Mr. Sinister [[AnArmAndALeg rips off one of his arms]] and [[EyeScream plucks out an eye]] for good measure.
* ButtMonkey: Daken is ''not'' having a good day during "Orphans of X." He's ambushed and blown up at a BadGuyBar, stripped naked, has his recently-healed left arm lopped off ''again'' while being tortured, escapes in a hail of bullets and has to resort to [[GrievousHarmWithABody using a dog as a projectile weapon]], gets his ass handed to him by Laura, Gabby, and ''[[BadassNormal Megan]]'' after he shoots [[spoiler:the clone of Sarah]] before he can explain, ''and'' gets shot by a bullet [[spoiler:coated with metal from the Muramasa Blade]].
* CListFodder: During ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', after he does some PR-damaging slaughter, Norman Osborn arranges for a few D-list villains, many of whom weren't seen in years, to get together and target him so Daken could come up as a good guy again. Three of them wound up killed, and the ones a bit less obscure managed to survive.
* CainAndAbel: He's the Cain to ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s Abel. However he and Laura actually get along rather well, and she's one of the only people he genuinely seems to care for.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: He generally addresses his dad as "Logan", since he didn't meet Wolverine until well into adulthood and has [[AntagonisticOffspring hated his dad's guts since day one]] for abandoning him (albeit unintentionally) and also for a period when he believed he had killed his mother. He has only ever called him "Dad" sarcastically or [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious in rare moments of emotional honesty]].
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He has a tendency to not be trusted due to him only staying on his own side and ends up abandoning others.
** In one issue, he faces Cyber (whom he was allied with in the past) and chooses to be on Wolverine's side. Then betrays W. and sides with C. because "C. has a better plan". Then comes out that ''there is no freakin' plan!'' Then betrays C. again and says he planned it all with W. from the start... and then he betrays W. too. And the X-Men, for good measure.
* CoolSword: He had part of the Muramasa Blade, which was forged for ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, contained a "shard of his soul", and was said to be the only weapon that could kill him (or his kin, apparently) for good, melted down and grafted onto his wrist claws (which retract, like Wolverine's).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Let's see.. he survived his mother's murder (which happened before ''he was born!''), watched his adoptive father commit suicide, and was raised by a hated enemy of his father's. Yup.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's his father's son.
* DeathIsCheap: He apparently died in an explosion he caused after his healing factor was destroyed. [[UnexplainedRecovery He later showed up]], revealing himself behind the new Brotherhood. Where, after fighting Logan a bit, [[BackForTheDead he died, again]]. After that, he became an undead Horseman of Death for the Apocalypse Twins, before an UnexplainedRecovery in time for ''The Logan Legacy''.
* DelinquentHair: His hair is done up in a Mohawk.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Daken's depiction ranges from slightly ugly to extremely handsome depending on who is doing the drawing.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether he's actually bisexual or an [[NoLoveForTheWicked Aromantic Asexual]] who only uses sex to manipulate people.
* DepravedBisexual: Daken has killed countless innocents, including poisoning wine he knew his disposable girlfriend would drink. He was in a relationship with Icemaster in ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018, and in ''ComicBook/XFactor2020'' he is into Aurora and jokes that his being this trope is balanced out by Prodigy's aversion of this trope while they're on the same team.
* DistaffCounterpart:
** His little "sister" X-23.
** Kirika from the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse timeline. Even more so since they both have Japanese mothers.
* DoubleEntendre: When Bullseye asks him which side he is on as the ComicBook/DarkAvengers and Dark X-Men quarrel, [[DepravedBisexual Daken]] responds that he always did like playing for both teams.
* DracoInLeatherPants: He gets a lot of this, even though he kills his lovers (both men and women) for shits and giggles. Doesn't help that his justification is [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} his father's]] [[DisappearedDad absence from his life]]. Fans who identify with his [[WellDoneSonGuy misplaced rage]] against said father, or the position [[SpotlightStealingSquad said father fills]] on his team, or maybe just like the idea of an [[NoBisexuals explicitly bisexual]] [[{{Expy}} version]] of their favorite badass, flock to him in throngs. In the first issue of his 2010 ongoing [[spoiler: it's strongly suggested that Daken raped a female assassin sent to kill him]]. [[BrokenBase Fandom has broken into three parts]] - those who deny it [[spoiler: saying he just mocked her before delivering the killing blow]], those who are disgusted by it, and... some [[UnfortunateImplications really sick individuals]] saying that [[spoiler: she deserved it]]. [[http://io9.com/5807707/why-wolverines-smelly-son-shows-the-true-dark-side-of-the-romantic-hero This article]] argues convincingly that Daken is a deliberate deconstruction of this character trope: he's the dark romantic hero ''without'' a wounded soul to protect.
* DueToTheDead:
** In ''Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy'' #5, ComicBook/{{Daken}} assaults an auction in Madripoor and slaughters everyone there [[spoiler: except Viper, Mystique, and a former lover]] in order to retrieve the remains of Logan that are being sold there so he can give his father a proper burial. He later angrily snaps at Sabretooth not to mock his insistence that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they recover them in ''Wolverines''.
** He reclaims the body of Laura's mother, Sarah Kinney, in ''All-New Wolverine'' #30 so Laura can finally give her a proper burial.
* DracoInLeatherPants: [[invoked]]Daken is very much a deconstruction of [[http://io9.com/5807707/why-wolverines-smelly-son-shows-the-true-dark-side-of-the-romantic-hero the dark romantic hero]]. Everyone who meets Daken -- his father, Mystique, Norman Osborn, the Fantastic Four, Moonstone -- thinks they've got him figured out. They all think they can reach him or control him. And they are ''all wrong''.
* EnemyMine: ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'' Vol. 3, the crossover between him and X-23 crossover involved this. Daken was initially working with Malcolm Colcord while playing all the other parties against one another in pursuit of his own goals. However, once Colcord's intent to recreate Weapon X is revealed, Daken and Laura throw in together to bring him down. Unlike Daken's relationship with their [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} father]], the team-up results in them becoming FriendlyEnemies when they [[NotSoDIfferentRemark realize they're not so different]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: His dead mother Itsu is one of the closest things to a soft spot that Daken has. The other is his "sister," X-23.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Zig-zagged. Daken's SmellsSexy pheromones are just as effective on males as on females, a fact that he ruthlessly exploits as a tool for manipulating people. Even ones who would otherwise find him personally repulsive due to his personality. Also, his attractiveness is nowhere near so effective against those who are not affected by his pheromones. For example, Hulkling of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' is unaffected, and can even tell that Daken is trying to manipulate him with his pheromones because Hulkling is a NonHumanHumanoidHybrid with absolutely no human ancestry.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: As a member of the Horsemen of Death, he wears a black variant of his Dark Avengers outfit.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Daken is this to his father.
** More so to his [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} sister]] since Wolverine [[ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} already has a long-established evil counterpart]]. Daken shows how [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} Laura]] could have turned out (and still might) without any positive guidance in her life. Despite that, after an initial violent encounter, they actually get along quite well, and in fact, she's one of the few people who he seems to have genuine affection for.
* EvilHero: As Wolverine as a member of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: Sort of (see below). Daken plays with gender stereotypes like they were jazz songs with no rules. As in the scene where he seduces a female anorexic supermodel by finger-feeding her a strawberry she had been afraid to eat and then flirts with the nebbishy male fashion designer on the same page without stopping for breath. He follows this up by flirting with the {{Shapeshifter}} Mystique before the end of the comic.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:See AnArmAndALeg above; Sinister ''also'' takes one of his eyes.]]
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Don't expect him to stay on anyone's side for more than a day. Why everyone is continually surprised by this is a question best left [[MST3KMantra for the ages.]]
* FanNickname: Sniktling. Trollverine has become the popular name for Daken.
* FantasticDrug: Heat, Daken's new psychotropic addiction. Also, while he's drugged, there is a rather neat ArtShift. It is also arguably a MacGuffin since it also negates his HealingFactor.
* FreudianExcuse: According to his creators.
* GenerationXerox: He and Skaar don't get along any better than Logan and the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]. Much to Wolverine's relief, because he was utterly terrified by the idea of Daken befriending gamma-powered [[RecycledINSPACE space]] [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]].
* GeniusBruiser: Although not the obvious muscle head his dad is, Daken can pull this off pretty well too.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: He's done his fair share of standing around and letting horrible injuries happen to him for no reason other than the fact that they'll heal quickly.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: He is half-Canadian and half-Japanese. His name even means Mongrel. He grew up in Japan right after World War II had just ended. Considering how [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan the culture]] would be responding to an abandoned child of mixed descent at the time, his Jerkass nature becomes a little more understandable.
* HandicappedBadass: Even with one arm, this is still ''Daken'' we're talking about. He manages to free himself from captivity by the Orphans of X and makes a mess during his escape.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Daken twice in the #8 issue of his comic, though it's not romantic. The power of using his pheromones to control people's emotions works best when he's in close contact, and that's as close as he can get without kissing.
* HealingFactor: His dad is Wolverine. Duh. He briefly lost it during the events of ''Wolverines'', and even after it restarted it remained severely compromised for some time.
* TheHedonist: When one of your powers is pretty much "seduce people", you might let it get to your head.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. Daken doesn't exactly go full Face, but [[spoiler: after Colcord double-crosses him, he and Laura are no longer at cross-purposes and work together to shut him down]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Generally a Heel but he has his moments of almost AntiHero, particularly when it concerns his "little sister" [[MoralityPet Laura.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He allows the Orphans to capture and kill him after [[spoiler:putting Megan's phone inside his body so Laura can track him to the Orphans' base]].
* HeroKiller: He ''killed'' the Punisher. Frank got better, though.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Like his father, Daken grows some and is hotheaded.
* HoYay: In ''ComicBook/DarkWolverine'', Daken snidely implies that Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, has feelings for his old pal, Johnny Storm. Ben's enraged response suggests that Daken hit a raw nerve.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Most of his enemies die like this.
* IncestYay: Some of Daken's private thoughts when he watches Laura in action read this way. Then again, it ''is'' [[DepravedBisexual Daken]].
* InformedAbility: The guy is supposed to be a highly-trained warrior, but from most of his appearances, the guy is repeatedly maimed and beaten, by far less skilled opponents, no less. His entire game plan can be summed up as: AttackAttackAttack. In one of his appearances, he is very easily taken down by a group of Z-list villains that Norman Osborne all but lined up for him to defeat. Heck, [[BadassNormal The Punisher]] almost KILLED Daken (to get revenge on Daken for [[DeathIsCheap killing Frank once]], in case you are wondering). And would have killed him too, were it not for Wolverine's intervention.
** Although, to be completely fair, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Punisher was Frankenstein monster powered by magic stone at the time]], ergo [[EmpoweredBadassNormal much stronger and tougher than usual]].
* KilledOffForReal: Drowned by Wolverine in ''ComicBook/XForce''. That didn't stick, as he came back in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' not long afterward, and he's back to normal by ''All-New Wolverine''.
* IcyGrayEyes: When the colorist actually [[DependingOnTheArtist remembers]] what his eye color is, it's usually depicted as a steely gray. This is done most likely as a contrast to his father's much warmer blue ones.
* IJustWantToBeLoved:
** Drunkenly confesses to Logan that sometimes, he wonders what he would've been like if Logan and his mother raised him.
** His relationship with Sabretooth was implied to be this, as Victor himself says the kid was so starved for fatherly love that he would do anything Victor said. This is retconned later in that Daken ''knew'' Creed was playing him all along, and just went with it because it served Daken's own purposes.
* ImmortalBreaker: ComicBook/{{Daken}}'s claws were bonded with metal from pieces of the Muramasa sword when it was broken, making him a dangerous threat to his father. Eventually, the sword and the claws (once Wolverine chopped 'em off) were buried - and found by new villains, who melted them down and made ''bullets.'' Uh-oh!
* ImportantHaircut: Following his HeelFaceTurn in X-Factor, he's mostly kept his hair in tied back in a bun instead of the wild mohawk he's most known for. This makes him look a lot more normal and fits his improving disposition.
* IncestYayShipping: His private thoughts about little "sister", ComicBook/{{X 23}}, upon seeing her in action once their various conflicts, double-crossings, and manipulations are put aside so they can focus on dealing with Colcord are out of the way, can easily be read with a romantic subtext. And considering this ''is'' [[ExtremeOmnisexual Daken]] we're talking about... it certainly puts fuel into the fire among some of the fans and makes Daken one of Laura's [[LauncherOfAThousandShips many fandom pairings]].
* LegacyCharacter: First he took the Wolverine mantle under nefarious circumstances but then her took the mantle of Fang under sincere and honorable motives.
* LegacyLaunch: He got his first solo series when he briefly stole the ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} identity while part of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers. Once that series ended, Daken received his own solo title without the Wolverine costume.
* ManBehindTheMan: Seizes control of Madripoor during "Collision", and sets himself up as this, leaving Tyger Tiger as the public face.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** He cares for nothing but his own desires and is willing to use ''anyone'' to get what he wants. He's helped by the pheromones he can emit, which allow him to toy with the emotions of people around him and pull off XanatosGambit after XanatosGambit. In one case, he completely takes over Madripoor by secretly supporting ''everyone'' in their bids for power after a shutdown of major utilities that he himself arranged, before putting up Tyger Tiger as a puppet, and ''that'' was just part of his master plan to get Malcolm Colcord to give him the full Weapon X treatment. And oh yeah, he had a backup plan for ''that'' (in the form of his little sister, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, whom he put in place ''by capturing her and turning her over for experimentation'', then allowed her to escape through a combination of unlocked restraints and a vial of Trigger Scent) in case Colcord tried to stiff him. [[spoiler: He did.]] The boy has so many plans within plans, you never know if he's genuinely being nice to you or is just setting you up.
** He once drove a lover he was messing with to ''suicide'' to get rid of any loose ends. Daken is himself manipulated into getting himself killed at his father's hands by Sabertooth, an even bigger bastard. Then after he got better, it's retconned that Daken ''knew'' what Creed was doing all along and just went with it for his own reasons.
* ManOfKryptonite: He is completely scentless, rendering Wolverine's legendary sense of smell useless.
* MeaningfulName:
** Daken is Japanese for "mongrel". He chose to keep this name after being called it regularly when he was a child in Japan, with the other people noticing that he was half white, hence "mixed breed".
** Akihiro means "bright", "autumn", or "boy", depending on the kanji used. This is the name his adoptive father gave him.
* MoralityPet: X-23 manages to be one for him (or at least about as close as it gets for him). This is most noticeable in ''Comicbook/{{Wolverines}}'' and ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'', as Daken is much more of a lighter shade of gray under her influence.
* MrFanservice: If there is a single issue that doesn't involve him not wearing a shirt, being in tight spandex, or catering to some form of fetish, the person who finds it deserves [[CosmeticAward a Marvel No-Prize]].
* MyRealDaddy: Majorie Liu is this for Daken -- it was once she joined his creator, Daniel Way, at writing the character, that he became the DepravedBisexual MagnificentBastard {{Troll}} people love. To be fair, Creator/BrianMichaelBendis putting him on ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and other writers using him for cameos with the rest of the team probably helped a bit.
* NakedOnRevival: [[spoiler:Happens to him twice: The first time when he wakes up after being tortured by the Orphans in part 2. The second time after he's been shot by a Muramasa bullet, and stuck in the morgue until Laura can remove it]].
* NoLoveForTheWicked: Despite being infamous as a DepravedBisexual, he is actually aro-ace according to WordOfGod. [[PragmaticPansexuality He only uses sex as a tool to manipulate others]].
* NonActionGuy: It's not that he isn't good at fighting or doesn't enjoy a decent brawl, but he spends a lot of his ongoing dealing out measured and calculated violence and only then when it's absolutely necessary. His stated reason for this restraint and his heavier focus on scheming is that he doesn't want to be the raging brute he perceives his father to be. [[spoiler:He ultimately fails and ends his series picking a fight with the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and whoever else was in New York City when he attacked it.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark:
%%** Daken says this to [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Skaar]] the first time they meet.
** He has one of those moments with Banner who, currently depowered, convinced him he is as much of a killer as him.
%%** The Issue in question ends with Logan telling Daken that, with their relationship as messed up as it is, at least it's not as bad as Banner's and Skaar's. [[NotSoSimilar Meanwhile, Bruce tells his son that at last they're not as bad as Logan and Daken.]]
** Used on Donna Kiel, an FBI agent who's been hunting down Daken for the past few issues. Daken tells her that he is fond of her, and regards her as his equal, as well as labeling her a psychopath, like himself.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: When Daken arrives on Roosevelt Island, he makes it clear he doesn't really give a toss about the people of Roosevelt Island. The only reason he's there is because Laura needs him.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He was born in 1946, which makes him old enough to be the father of most of his teammates when he served with the ComicBook/DarkAvengers. He barely looks like he's in his early 20s [[DependingontheArtist most of the time.]]
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He has this with his [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} father]]; he fought ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} when it seemed he was about to kill Logan. Of course, Wolverine set the whole thing up.
-->'''Daken:''' He's my father. And I'm going to kill him for it, not you.\\
'''Deadpool:''' [[AmbiguousSyntax So you're not going to kill me? Awesome!]]
* OutOfTheInferno: During a crossover with ComicBook/{{X 23}}, the pair are caught in the explosion of Malcolm Colcord's lab, and subsequently strolling out of the flaming wreckage.
* PetTheDog: He is a murderous, manipulative sociopath and AntiVillain. However, he does have a genuine soft spot for his little sister [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} Laura]] and her 13-year-old clone Gabby. In ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'', he comes to Roosevelt Island not to save lives, but simply because Laura wants him to be there.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He is the contemporary classic example of the DepravedBisexual because aside from the obvious claws/regeneration/bone strength he got from [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan his father]], he can also manipulate and release {{pheromones}} from himself, making people he chooses aggressive, losing their senses of perception and general thinking, or, more relevant to this trope, ''horny as all hell''. He's tried this on female ''and'' male targets, some of whom note specifically to him that they're immune to that ability. MagnificentBastard as he is, it goes without saying that he often uses this power to his advantage. In ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', he also uses this on [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Bullseye]] and Moonstone.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Daken was born just after World War II, making him no younger than his 70s. His sister, ComicBook/{{X 23}}, is 20 years old as of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine''. Gabby is even ''younger'', being thirteen years old.
* PragmaticPansexuality: He uses sex to manipulate both men and women. WordOfGod says that [[NoLoveForTheWicked sex is purely about control for Daken]] (although this may have changed after he got together with Aurora).
* PetTheDog:
** Daken loves to invoke and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk then subvert this trope]]. To put it more bluntly, this is a character who has very few redeeming qualities.
** He demonstrates genuine affection for X-23, who is one of the few people he treats as an equal. When he later comes to help out with ThePlague ravaging Roosevelt Island in ''All-New Wolverine'', he admits he doesn't give a damn about the island, and is only there for her. This extends to Gabby, as well, and Daken even gives her her first superhero name.
** He shows moments of kindness to street kids and children who have suffered rough upbringings.
** For all his antagonism towards Logan, he really ''did'' love his father in his own way, and at times even expressed regret that he never truly got to be a part of his family. He even went out of his way to recover what effects of Logan's he could from an AuctionOfEvil so he could give him a proper Japanese funeral.
** His relationship with Aurora started out as this, with the two bonding over their pasts and Daken genuinely wanting to be kind to her and have her be comfortable around him - he even makes it a point to tell her he will never use his pheromones on her.
* {{Pheromones}}: Daken can produce these to [[LivingAphrodisiac make people fall in love with him]], regardless of their gender. He can also manipulate people in more subtle ways, it's just that seduction is his favorite way of getting what he wants.
* PrettyBoy: Daken and [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] have [[http://pics.livejournal.com/mozzarellaroses/pic/0004gbgh a scene]] in Daken's solo comic where they snark at each other, using it as an insult.
%%* PsychoForHire
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Averted. Daken is regularly treated as an AntiVillain or a NobleDemon, and has a large number of fans, despite the fact he's a completely unapologetic rapist (primarily with his pheromone powers, but at least once he's just straight-up forced himself on someone). For note, his pheromone power works very similarly to Zebidiah Killgrave (AKA, the Purple Man), who by comparison is treated like an irredeemable monster because of his use of this power for the same reason.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: The part of his origin that involves him as a baby being abandoned on the doorstep of a Japanese couple and taken in by them caused some criticism for using an old plot device that could hardly work in the 20th century. In truth, this happened frequently to children of mixed race who were born right after World War II. Mothers would sometimes leave their children on the doorsteps of sympathetic neighbors in a gamble that they would be taken in.
* Really700YearsOld: Like his old man, Daken is older than he looks. Daken appears to be in his mid-twenties or so but was born just after World War II had ended in 1946.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Daken and Laura take turns delivering this to ''each other'' during their rampage through Colcord's base. Daken tries to call her out on her empathy for others, believing that her skills as a killer make her better than everyone around her and that her heart only forces her to hold back. Laura flatly tells him that she doesn't fight because she has something to prove, but for something ''bigger'' than herself. She then turns this around on him, asking why ''he'' holds back by not taking the risk of allowing himself to ''actually'' care for anyone. Daken doesn't really have an answer.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: He was widely despised by the fanbase during his initial appearances in ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Origins'', but started growing into a fan favorite after joining the ComicBook/DarkAvengers.
* TheResenter: He feels resentment towards his father, his sister, and anybody else who might have a better life than he does.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: He shares the same mutations (HealingFactor, SuperSenses, WolverineClaws) with his dad. He takes Logan's skill with the ladies even further by also having [[DepravedBisexual skills with men]], thanks to his manipulative nature and pheromones.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: At the end of his focus issue of ''The Logan Legacy'', Daken spares [[spoiler: Mystique, Viper, and Agent Kim -- a former lover who was acting as Hydra's spy at the auction selling off Logan's remains -- telling the latter to live a good and full life. After telling his story to his handlers but withholding his relationship with Daken, Kim is promptly killed when they probe his mind to find out just why Daken spared his life.]]
* SmallParentHugeChild: Downplayed. He is a whole head taller than his famously short father Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, but this merely places him at 5'9, and Wolvie is ''still'' a good deal stockier.
* SmellsSexy: He has pheromones that let him nudge people's emotions. The pheromones allow him to push people's emotions in many directions, and Daken has been shown to use this to good effect... He just prefers using it to make himself a sex god. It does not, however, work on non-humans, regardless of sexual orientation, as [[spoiler:Hulkling]] proved.
** However, with his HeelFaceTurn and the general realization that pheromone powers are just a mess for consent, his ''X-Factor'' run tries to thread the needle with Daken explaining that his pheromones don't create emotions, but just enhance what's already there. He can't make anyone sleep with him unless they already find him attractive. Still a little messy, but there is a chance any strong psychological barriers to just having sex with Daken would likewise get heightened to full anxiety.
* TheSociopath: He hates his father and cares for no one but himself, and unlike X-23 he has no problem using his powers to get what he wants and kill off anyone who gets in his way.
* StoryboardBody: He has a large tribal tattoo on his chest and arms.
* StupidSexyFlanders: He is this to Venom and Bullseye in ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. Add to that the fact that Daken is bisexual and also emits pheromones which can make him influence people of the opposite gender. Making his StupidSexyFlanders a ''superpower''.
%%* SuperHearing: He has this.
%%* SuperSenses: Inherited them from his father.
* SurvivorGuilt: Muramasa reveals in ''All-New Wolverine #28'' that the reason his HealingFactor remained compromised after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' is because of the immense guilt he carries over his father's death, and not being able to stop it.
* TrainingFromHell: Ever since he was a child he has been trained as an assassin at the unpleasant hands of Cyber.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: In an interesting inversion, he asks his father about his mother. Due to the fact they're in a mental plane of existence, Logan decides to show him rather than just tell him. It's a sweet moment until Daken can't touch her and demands more, which Logan can't give.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He's half-Asian and bisexual.
* {{Unobtanium}}: For a while there, Daken had his claws bonded with metal from the Muramasa Blade which negates healing factors, allowing him to threaten even his dad.
* UnexplainedRecovery: His solo series ended with him committing suicide by blowing himself up after losing his HealingFactor. He later returned in ''Uncanny ComicBook/XForce'' as the leader of the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, with no explanation as to how he'd survived or regained his powers.
** The series also featured the return of the ComicBook/{{Runaways}}, including Chase, who was shown barely clinging to life at the end of their own series.
* UnstoppableRage: Daken takes full advantage of his father's reputation and what he's well known for his BerserkerRage. So he uses this in battle as well.
* UnwittingPawn: In ''Uncanny X-Force'', Daken is ultimately an unwitting sacrificial pawn in Sabertooth's latest scheme to screw up Logan's life. It's afterwards turned on its head when it's revealed after his return that he ''knew'' Creed was just using him all along, and just went with it for his own reasons.
%%* VillainProtagonist: As opposed to Dad's Anti-Hero status.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: To the point of almost [[OncePerEpisode once an issue]]. Lampshaded in one issue when he begins to take off his costume for absolutely no reason whatsoever, seems to think about it, and then continues.
* WolverineClaws: As expected from the son of the TropeNamer, he has two knuckle-set claws on both hands and two underneath his wrists.
* WolverinePublicity: During the brief period where he was posing as Wolverine at the behest of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, he was a member of both the ComicBook/DarkAvengers and Dark X-Men. The writers decided to have several characters get in some digs by asking just how many teams Dark Wolverine could possibly be a member of.
* WolverineWannabe: Wolverine's son, who inherited a great deal of his father's powers. The main difference is that he also has emotion-controlling pheromone powers, and his healing factor functions voluntarily rather than passively.
%%* XanatosSpeedChess: This is Daken's go-to strategy for human interaction.
* WorthyOpponent: He and Laura come to view one another as this, and Laura becomes one of the ''very'' few people he genuinely respects.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Daken's reaction when, after escaping the TortureCellar he was being held in, the owner calls in reinforcements. And ''every car in sight'' rolls down their windows revealing them all to be driven by members of the Orphans of X brandishing [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]].
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[[folder:Gabby Kinney]]
!!Gabrielle "Gabby" Zelda Kinney / X23_4GAB / Honey Badger / Scout
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant (clone)
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''All-New Wolverine'' #2 (January, 2016)

The cloned sister of Comicbook/{{X 23}}, Gabby was created by Alchemax Genetics along with nine other sisters. After Laura helped the Sisters take down the ones who created and abused them, Gabby remained with her as her KidSidekick. She finally joined the ''X-Men'' when she and Laura joined [[Comicbook/XMenRed the resurrected Jean Grey's team]] after Cassandra Nova framed Jean for the murder of a UN ambassador.
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With the rise of the mutant nation of Krakoa, Daken was one of many villainous mutants offered sanctuary on the island. Seeking to set his past behind him, Daken sought a better relationship with his father and eventually joined the newest iteration of [[ComicBook/XFactor2020 X-Factor]], putting his enhanced senses to use in investigating the deaths of mutants to enter them into the resurrection queue.

** His relationship with Aurora started out as this, with the two bonding over their pasts and Daken genuinely wanting to be kind to her and have her be comfortable around him.

* PragmaticPansexuality: He uses sex to manipulate both men and women. WordOfGod says that [[NoLoveForTheWicked sex is purely about control for Daken]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: Or AmbiguouslyBi. When Jean is setting up a psychic bond with her team before a mission in X-Men Red, Gabby warns her not to do anything with the feelings she had for a girl she saw on a bus, because she hasn't fully explored them yet.

* PowerPerversionPotential: He is the contemporary classic example of the DepravedBisexual because aside from the obvious claws/regeneration/bone strength he got from [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett his father]], he can also manipulate and release {{pheromones}} from himself, making people he chooses aggressive, losing their senses of perception and general thinking, or, more relevant to this trope, ''horny as all hell''. He's tried this on female ''and'' male targets, some of whom note specifically to him that they're immune to that ability. MagnificentBastard as he is, it goes without saying that he often uses this power to his advantage. In ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', he also uses this on [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Bullseye]] and Moonstone.

* LegacyCharacter: First he took the Wolverine mantle under nefarious circumstances but then her took the mantle of Fang under sincere ones.

* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler: Megan is kidnapped by a SerialKiller who preys on children, and Deborah contacts Sarah for help. Sarah breaks rules to sneak X-23 out of her cell, and sends her to locate and rescue the girl.]]

* CloningBlues: Played with. Alice is aware she's a clone. Waking up after a previous self died is confusing, but she's otherwise ok with it. Colcord and Claudine, however, see her as disposable.

* CloningBlues: Much like the Facility did with Laura, Alchemax doesn't consider the Sisters to be people.

* CloningBlues: When Gabby learns it's the Cuckoos' declared birthday in ''X-23 Vol. 4'' #1, she begins to muse on her own nature as a clone, and insists she wants a birthday of her own even though Laura deems it unimportant.

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!!Allies

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[[folder:X-23/Wolverine II]]
!!Laura Kinney / ComicBook/{{X 23}} / Wolverine II
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''NYX'' Vol. 1 #3

--> ''"The Facility created me to be a weapon. Killing was all I knew. I didn't know how to say 'no.'"''
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A trained assassin, X-23, or Laura Kinney, was created by the Weapon X offshoot known as the Facility, or HYDRA, depending on universe, using a damaged sample of Wolverine's DNA. The damage was greatest on the Y chromosome apparently so Dr. Deborah Risman in the series and the similar Dr. Sarah Kinney in the comics eventually had the brilliant idea to create [[OppositeSexClone a female copy instead]]. At last the 23rd attempt to clone Weapon X was successful, thus X-23. However, Sarah Kinney states X-23 is technically a genetic twin rather than a true clone, making her Logan's sister. [[note]]Which is what a true clone actually is in RealLife, but not in comic books- as far as the comic is concerned the main difference is that she doesn't have Logan's 'GeneticMemory'.[[/note]] He later introduces her to her classmates at Xavier's this way, although they share more of a father-daughter relationship.

She grew up being trained to be an Assassin, so that the Facility could sell her talents to the highest bidder. She grew up being emotionally and physically abused, in order to remove such weaknesses as emotion and self worth. However, Dr. Sarah Kinney, the one scientist who treated her like a child, tried to free her, but X-23 had been conditioned with a special 'Trigger Scent' that would forcefully throw her into a BerserkerRage, and X-23 uncontrollably killed the good scientist. In her dying words, Dr. Kinney named her Laura, as she had yet to be given a name.

After tracking down Logan, she was invited to join the X-Men, after a few years on the run, and formed close relationships with some of the X-Men. However, it was retconned so that she only pretended to bond to them, and just saw them as interchangeable people, with only Logan being the one she would treat like a friend, and father. That changed after ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', where she was placed with some other students and eventually grew close to fellow students Cessily 'Mercury' Kincaid, who had also been through a lot, Julian 'Hellion' Keller, who wound up as her crush, and Sooraya 'Dust' Qadir, who she gains a mutual respect for. Logan later legally adopts her as a daughter to provide her with some manner of family. Their relationship is at times strained, but Logan nonetheless cares deeply for her well-being and path to recovery.

Following Logan's death, Laura has [[LegacyCharacter taken on the Wolverine name herself]] in ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine''.
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%%[[folder:Raze Darkholme]]
%%!!Raze Darkholme
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Kitty Pryde, Psylocke, Cyclops, Mr. Darkholme, X-23, Mystique, Dr. Gregory Sale
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' American
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human Mutant
%%!!!'''First Appearance:'''
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%%[[folder:Reine du Rien]]
%%!!Reine du Rien
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%%!!!'''Nationality:'''
%%!!!'''Species:'''
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Comics Presents'' (Vol. 3) #1 (January, 2019)
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%%[[folder:Gunhawk]]
%%!!William Downing / Gunhawk
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 4 #1 (September, 2010)
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%%[[folder:Saw Fist]]
%%!!Saw Fist
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' Mexican
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 4 #1 (September, 2010)
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%%[[folder:Cannon Foot]]
%%!!Cannon Foot
%%
%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:'''
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human Mutant
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 4 #1 (September, 2010)
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%%[[folder:Shadowstalker]]
%%!!Shadowstalker
%%
%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:'''
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 4 #1 (September, 2010)
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%%[[folder:Fire Knives]]
%%!!Fire Knives
%%
%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:'''
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 4 #1 (September, 2010)
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%%[[folder:Amiko]]
%%!!Amiko Kobayashi / Amiko
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Aki, Akiko, Kiko
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Uncanny X-Men'' #181 (February, 1984)
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%%[[folder:Erista]]
%%!!Erista
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:'''
%%!!!'''Species:'''
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure'' #1 (December, 1989)
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!!!Cousins

%%[[folder:Frederick Hudson II]]
%%!!Frederick Hudson II
%%
%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine: Origins'' #33 (April, 2009)
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[[folder:Guardian]]
!!Guardian
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' James Hudson
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Jamie Hudson, Jimmy, Mac, Jimmy Hudson, Dr. Hudson, Major Maple-Leaf Vindicator, Weapon Alpha, Antiguard
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #109 (February, 1978)

The original leader and founder of Alpha Flight. Department H, the section of Canada's government that works with superhumans, is named after him. Originally thought to have died in Alpha Flight #12, he later returned through some rather complicated circumstances involving aliens and becoming a cyborg. Briefly went by Vindicator, but is best known as Guardian.

[[folder:Vindicator]]
!!Vindicator
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Heather [=McNeil=] Hudson
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' "Mrs. [=McNeil=]", Miss [=McNeil=], Mrs. Hudson, Guardian, Heather Hudson, Heather [=McNeil=]
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #139 (November, 1980)

Heather [=McNeil=] Hudson was the wife of James Hudson, founder of Alpha Flight, as well as his secretary. As such, she was a supporting character for the team for some time. After her husband's "death" she became the leader of the team, mostly out of pity from the remaining members. Not wanting to be a burden, she took a super suit identical to the one her husband had worn from a villain and used it to become Vindicator, superpowered leader of Alpha Flight. She remained in this role until her husband's return some years later.

%%[[folder:The Professor]]
%%!!The Professor / Truett [=MacDonald=] Hudson
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Andre Thorton, Prof. Thornton, Thorton, Wayne Thornton, Andre
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' American
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #72 (January, 1991)
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%%[[folder:Victor Hudson]]
%%!!Victor Hudson
%%
%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Victor
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human Mutant
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' Wolverine: Origins #15 (August, 2007)
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%%[[folder:Claire Hudson]]
%%!!Claire [=MacNeil=] Hudson
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Claire [=MacNeil=]
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' Canadian
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men Unlimited'' #45 (June, 2003)
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!!Allies

[[folder:Mariko Yashida]]
!!Mariko Yashida / Scarlet Samurai
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #118 (February, 1979) [[note:]]As Mariko Yashida[[/note]]; ''Old Man Logan'' (Vol. 2) #31 (November, 2017) [[note:]]As Scarlet Samurai[[/note]]

--> ''"Logan... my Love... Even if you live forever, you will never learn how to lie.'"''
\\\
Mariko is one of Wolverine's most prominent lovers, a Japanese heiress with connections to both Japanese nobility and the {{Yakuza}}. She was born to the prominent Yashida Clan. She is a half-sister to the original Silver Samurai/Keniuchio Harada and a cousin to Sunfire/Shiro Yoshida and Sunpyre/Leyu Yoshida. She and Wolverine dated from 1979 to 1982. Then the events of ''Wolverine'' #1-4 (September-December, 1982) took place. Her father and Clan leader Shingen Harada returned after a lengthy absence. He forced to terminate her relationship with Wolvie and to marry his chosen heir Noburu-Hideki. Wolverine went to Japan to investigate what happened and Shingen targeted him for termination. Shingen ended up killed by Wolverine, and Noburu killed by Yukio.

The events made Mariko the new Clan leader and conveniently a widow. She became engaged to Wolverine and they scheduled their marriage. Events were complicated by the return of her half brother the Silver Samurai who wanted to become Clan leader in her place. He and his lover Viper, targeted Mariko for assassination in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #172-173 (August-October, 1983). Most of the X-Men almost died in the events of these issues. Wolverine did manage to save the day. But the marriage was cancelled. While everyone was busy with the duo of assassins, Mastermind got to Mariko and managed to corrupt her mind. Under his influence, Mariko declared Wolvie unworthy for her hand and dismissed him. Several issues later she regained her senses, but now felt unworthy of him.

Mariko and Wolverine continued seeing each other over the years. She even served as a surrogate mother for his adoptive daughter Amiko (Kobayashi). Then came the events of ''Wolverine'' vol. 2 #55-57 (June-July, 1992). She got into a gang war with Matsu'o Tsurayaba. She ended up poisoned and dying in pain. She asked Wolvie to MercyKill her to end the pain. He did so, a memory that has continued to haunt him over the years. He swore bloody revenge on Matsu'o. Once a year, Wolvie visits his old foe and mutilates him. Leading to Matsu'o looking barely human.

Mariko remained dead for 25 years and turned up often in flashbacks, dreams, and hallucinations with her soul turned up trapped in a version of {{Hell}}. She was eventually resurrected by the Hand to serve as an enforcer, the Scarlet Samurai, but the aid of Old Man Logan set her free and she departed to live her own life.

* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: The Earth-616 Mariko is a common human. The Earth-2109 is Sunfire, a mutant, member of the ComicBook/XMen, and a prominent member of the ComicBook/{{Exiles}}.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In ''Old Man Logan'' #32, it is revealed that she has been resurrected by the Hand and has become the Scarlet Samurai]].
* BeastAndBeauty: According to Creator/ChrisClaremont he pictured Wolverine and Mariko fitting this trope. Him being an unattractive man with violent, animalistic urges. She being a beautiful, calm woman which [[MoralityPet brings out the best in him]].
* DistaffCounterpart: [[spoiler: To the Silver Samurai after being resurrected]].
* {{Expy}}: According to her co-creator Creator/JohnByrne, she was based on Mariko Toda from the novel ''Literature/{{Shogun}}'' (1975). "I had just read ''Shogun'', which Chris had not read at that point. I just absolutely wanted to steal that character, just shamelessly steal the character. And as you probably know, she was created to die."
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Following her resurrection from the Hand, she briefly served them as the Scarlet Samurai. She broke free from it and went back to being a good guy]].
* Fiction500: She was one of the wealthiest people in Japan, with her own companies, a private army, and strongholds in the port city of Agarashima and the Meguro ward of UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
* KimonoFanservice: The Kimono-clad Japanese beauty had plenty of poses underlining her desirability, properness, and relative innocence.
* KimonoIsTraditional: She spends many of her appearances dressed in a traditional-looking kimono. Indicating her belief in the GoodOldWays.
* TheLostLenore: She is the love interest of the protagonist (Wolverine), dies relatively early in his career, and her death still has consequences on the way Wolvie interacts with her killer Matsu'o Tsurayaba and subsequent love interests.
* MayDecemberRomance: Bordering on MayflyDecemberRomance. Wolverine was born in the 19th century and is much older than Mariko. She died a lot sooner than him.
* MercyKill: Kill by Wolverine as an act of mercy, ending her suffering. She was dying anyway from poison and was in a lot of pain.
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: Her relationship with Wolverine fits this trope. He is the powerful white warrior, she is the "delicate flower" (as Creator/JohnByrne described her) of Japan. He ends up saving her a lot.
* MoralityPet: Even after her death, Mariko continues to serve as this to Logan; [[spoiler:he once rejected a chance to bring her back to life because it would have required him to spare another evil individual, Logan stating that he loved Mariko because she was a better person than him in every way and she would never have accepted being brought back to life under such circumstances]].
* {{Ojou}}: A wealthy, high-class Japanese woman who died young.
* OppositesAttract: She and Wolverine are opposites in looks (unattractive man, beautiful woman), style (he wears casual clothes, she wears stylish looking ensembles), temperament (HairTriggerTemper versus master of self-control), and social status (wandering vagabond, wealthy property owner). They have the hots for each other. (Notably, when one LotusEaterMachine situation tried to tempt Logan with a vision of Mariko who dropped the ProperLady thing to be a "wild woman for [her] wild man", he ''hated'' it, and it strongly contributed him to breaking free.)
* ParentalSubstitute: She was the surrogate mother to Amiko (Kobayashi), whose real mother died back in 1984.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: After being resurrected, she has shown to be more powerful as the Scarlet Samurai]].
* {{Yakuza}}: Her Clan is part of the Yakuza and she served as a competent and reluctant leader to a crime family.

[[folder:Maverick/Agent Zero]]
!!Christoph "Christopher" Nord
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[[caption-width-right:350: L: As Maverick R: As Agent Zero]]
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Agent Zero, Christopher Nord, Chris Nord, David North
!!!'''Nationality:''' German
!!!'''Species:''' Human Mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' (Vol. 2) #5 (February, 1992) [[note:]]As Maverick[[/note]]; ''Weapon X: The Draft - Agent Zero'' #1 (October, 2002) [[note:]]As Agent Zero[[/note]]

An ally of Logan and former member of Team X. Christopher Nord was attacked by his former teammate Sabretooth and he was so badly injured he had to make a deal with Malcolm Colcord of Weapon Plus to save his life. He became Agent Zero who would handle tougher missions that the Weapon X strike team couldn't handle. He was later de-powered on M-Day and has seldom been seen since.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without his mutant powers, Zero is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, a precision marksman, and an expert in covert operations and demolitions.
* CoolMask: The Maverick costume included a mask that covered the upper half of his face.
* EnergyAbsorption: This was Marverick's Mutant power before he lost it, he could adsorb Kinetic energy which would allow him to survive great falls and superhuman forces without harm.
* TheGunslinger: Carries and uses a vast array of shooting weapons including pistols,rifles and wrist mounted blasters.
* HealingFactor: When he joined team x he was given an artifical version of this and while much weaker than Wolverine's it did allow for him to recover from injuries faster than a normal human and slowed his aging process.Unfortunatly he lost this ability after contracting the Legacy Virus.
* LegacyCharacter: After he abandoned the Maverick identity to become Agent Zero, he was succeeded by Christopher Bradley until his own death.

[[folder:Remus]]
!!Remus
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
%%!!!'''Nationality:'''
%%!!!'''Species:'''
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' (Vol. 2) #310

--> ''"My name is Remus. As in 'Romulus and.'"''

One of the Lupines, a humanoid race of mutants with similar abilities as Logan, Remus is the twin sister of their leader, the villainous Romulus. She aids Wolverine against her twin and his army of Sabretooth clones, asking that in return, Logan kill Romulus.

* ActionGirl: She's introduced stabbing her brother from behind with a sword, and later massacres an army of Sabretooth clones.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Romulus' Cain.
* GenderBenderName: Remus is typically a male name.
* GoodCounterpart: To her brother, possessing the identical powers, but hoping to bring him down.
* HealingFactor: One that has kept her alive for tens of thousands of years.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Another of the red headed women Logan has been attracted to.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Wields one for some reason.
* LeotardOfPower: Wears a golden one.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Like Romulus, Remus' age can be measured in eons. She remembers the Neolithic Period.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Wolverine, fitting for a redhead.
* WolverineClaws: One in each wrist.

[[folder:Yukio]]
!!Yukio
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!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Wild One
!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' (Vol. 1) #1 (September, 1982)

--> ''"Death is the prize that awaits us all. Since it's inevitable, why worry about it?"''

A ronin and free spirited thief-for-hire who has assisted Wolverine on numerous occasions, Yukio sees each day as an adventure, and delights in risking her life. No matter what life throws her way, Yukio enjoys it, an attitude that baffles Wolverine.
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* ActionGirl: Ninja variety.
* BoyishShortHair: She usually appears with boyish cuts, although she's been seen with pigtails too.
* FragileSpeedster: Yukio is fast, agile, and well-trained, but lacks the durability and raw strength of a Wolverine or Silver Samurai.
* FriendsWithBenefits: It's been mentioned by Storm that Wolverine engages in frequent casual sex with her whenever he happens to be in Japan to the point where refusing due to his relationship with Melita Garner caused her some degree of irritation.
* MeaningfulRename: According to Wolverine, she changed her name from "Yukiko" so people wouldn't assume she was female.
* {{Ninja}}: Hits all the stereotypes.
* OddFriendship: With both Wolverine and Storm.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Wolverine's foster daughter, Amiko.
* {{Ronin}}: Considers herself to be one.
* SpyCatsuit: Usually wears one instead of a ninja outfit.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Melita Garner]]
!!Melita Garner
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!!!'''Nationality:''' American
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine Weapon X'' #1 (June, 2009)

A pugnacious and stubborn investigative reporter for the San Francisco Post that became Wolverine's love interest.
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* ActionGirl: Took up marksmanship practice with weapons given by Wolverine and basic martial arts to defend herself from threats instigated by Wolverine's enemies.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Admitted she had a relationship with a Navy serviceman who had his share of crazy experiences and became heavily involved with Wolverine despite him being heavily dangerous.
* FearlessFool: She has no problems with the dangerous and lethally finite station that is being Wolverine's girlfriend and blatantly writes off dangers with sarcasm. She even physically threatened Kid Omega when he badmouthed Wolverine after his most recent death despite Kid Omega being an Omega-Class Mutant that could flatten her on a whim.
* HappilyFailedSuicide: She admitted she once tried to commit suicide and failed, and vowed to "never look back".
* IntrepidReporter: Once something interests her in terms of news, she will not stop until she gets the whole story about the topic. It's how she formed her relationship with Wolverine.
* RescueRomance She became enamored with Wolverine after he saved her from a mugging by two thugs on a subway.
* TwoferTokenMinority: She's a biracial African-Mexican American.
[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:John Wraith]]
%%!!John Wraith
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Wraith, John Carlisle, Halcon, Kestrel, Carlisle, Expediter, Ray Johnson
%%!!!'''Nationality:''' American
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human Mutant
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' (Vol. 2) #60 (July, 1992)

%%John Wraith was a member of Team X during the Cold War, and later became a test subject for Weapon X. He was the team's extraction expert, using his teleportation powers to get the team out of trouble.

%%[[folder:Silver Fox]]
%%!!Silver Fox
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Zora de Plata, Fox

%%!!!'''Species:''' Human Mutant
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' (Vol. 2) #10 (August, 1989)

%%Originally thought to have been killed by Sabretooth on the North American Frontier, Silver Fox was romantically involved with Logan (aka: Wolverine).

%%[[folder:Native]]
%%!!Native
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%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' The Native, Feral
%%!!!'''Nationality:'''
%%!!!'''Species:''' Human Mutant
%%!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine'' (Vol. 3) #13 (June, 2004)

%%She's a mutant with regenerative healing, six retractable bone claws and animal senses (just like Wolverine but without the adamantium).

* StupidSexyFlanders: He is this to Venom and Bullseye in ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. Add to that the fact that Daken is [[AnythingThatMoves Bi]] and also emits pheromones which can make him influence people of the opposite gender. Making his StupidSexyFlanders a ''superpower''.

* CoolBlade: He had part of the Muramasa Blade, which was forged for ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, contained a "shard of his soul", and was said to be the only weapon that could kill him (or his kin, apparently) for good, melted down and grafted onto his wrist claws (which retract, like Wolverine's).

Daken first appeared in ''"Wolverine Origins''" #10 (March, 2007), created by Daniel Way and Creator/SteveDillon. He went on to serve as a member of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers. He became the protagonist of Wolverine's ongoing (Logan got a new ongoing titled ''Wolverine: Weapon X''), which was retitled ''Dark Wolverine'', but kept the series' numbering. He gained his own title ''"Daken: Dark Wolverine''" in 2010, which was ongoing until 2011.

%%* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Just like his Dad.

** [[spoiler:Has his arm torn off by Mr. Sinister in ''Wolverines'' #1 after his healing factor was stripped from him by Siphon at the end of ''The Logan Legacy''. By the time of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' his healing factor had recovered and he grew back his arm.]]

* BadassInDistress: "Orphans of X" kicks off in issue 25 with Daken getting ambushed in a BadGuyBar, captured, and having [[FingerInTheMail his arm lopped off and hung from a bridge as a message for Laura]]. He manages to escape in issue 26, killing one of his torturers in the process.

* AntagonisticOffspring: Given that he hates his father to the point where he's attempted to usurp Sabretooth's role as Logan's {{Archenemy}}, he ''definitely'' counts.
* AntiHero: On the occasions he actually helps the heroes without any ulterior motives, he’s still kind of a dick and generally savage to his enemies. After joining X-Factor, it’s even lampshaded that they need to keep a eye on him lest he rub off his worse tendencies on the rest of the team.

* {{Archenemy}}: After Sabretooth he's the strongest contender for the title, what with his EvilCounterpart status, personal connection to Logan, and popularity among writers and fans alike. Ironically and despite this, Daken is shown to be profoundly saddened by Logan's death and makes an effort to give him ''some'' form of proper burial. [[spoiler: Later during ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' he's insistent that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they're recovered, and is prepared to come to blows with Sabretooth when he (incorrectly) believes the latter is mocking him for it.]]

** Although his early interactions with X-23 were hostile, by the end of their second encounter in Madripoor he began to establish a grudging respect for her. By ''The Logan Legacy'' and ''Wolverines'' this had grown to something resembling brotherly affection, which Laura returned, openly considering him her family. In ''All-New Wolverine'' their relationship was firmly established when Daken agreed to help fight the disease ravaging Roosevelt Island ''entirely'' because Laura needed him.

* BadassBookworm: As per his assassin upbringing he recieved a top class education and is very, very intelligent.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Occasionally when he's not in either a dark variant of his father's costume, average street clothes or [[WalkingShirtlessScene pants and tattoos.]]
* BadWithTheBone: Daken has three retractable bone claws housed underneath his forearms, two claws which emerge from between the skin of his first and third knuckles and one from his inner wrist. These claws are much harder and denser than normal human bone and their natural shape provides them with a razor sharp edge capable of easily slicing through flesh and bone, and they have been shown to be able to penetrate metals as durable as ComicBook/IronMan's armor.

* BigBrotherInstinct: His relationship with his sister eventually develops into this, if in his own, twisted way.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He has a tendency to not be trusted due to him only stay on his own side and ends up abandoning others.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Daken's depiction ranges from slightly-ugly to extremely-handsome depending on who is doing the drawing.

* DepravedBisexual: Daken has killed countless innocents, including poisoning wine he knew his disposable girlfriend would drink. He was in a relationship with Icemaster in ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018, and in Creator/LeahWilliams's ComicBook/XFactor2020 he is into Aurora and jokes that him being this trope is balanced out by Prodigy's aversion of this trope while they're on the same team.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Zig-zagged. Daken's SmellsSexy pheromones are just as effective on males as on females, a fact that he ruthlessly exploits as a tool for manipulating people. Even ones who would otherwise find him personally repulsive due to his personality. Also, his attractiveness is nowhere near so effective against those who are not affected by his pheromones. For example, Hulkling of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' is unaffected, and can even tell that Daken is trying to manipulate him with his pheromones, because Hulkling is a NonHumanHumanoidHybrid with absolutely no human ancestry.

** More so to his [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} sister]] since Wolverine [[ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} already has a long-established evil counterpart]]. Daken shows how [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} Laura]] could have turned out (and still might) without any positive guidance in her life. Despite that, after an initial violent encounter they actually get along quite well, and in fact she's one of the few people who he seems to have genuine affection for.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: Sort of (see below). Daken plays with gender stereotypes like they were jazz songs with no rules. As in the scene where he seduces a female anorexic supermodel by finger feeding her a strawberry she had been afraid to eat, and then flirts with the nebbishy male fashion designer on the same page without stopping for breath. He follows this up by flirting with the {{Shapeshifter}} Mystique before the end of the comic.

* GenerationXerox: In the end, he and Skaar don't get along any better than Logan and the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]. Much to Wolverine's relief, because he was utterly terrified by the idea of Daken befriending gamma-powered [[RecycledINSPACE space]] [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]].

* HandicappedBadass: Even with one arm, this is still ''Daken'' we're talking about. He manages to free himself from captivity by the Orphans of X and make a mess during his escape.

* HotBloodedSideburns: Like his father Daken grows some and is hotheaded.

* KilledOffForReal: Drowned by Wolverine in ''ComicBook/XForce''. That didn't stick, as he came back in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' not long afterwards, and he's back to normal by ''All-New Wolverine''.
* IcyGrayEyes: When the colorist actually [[DependingOnTheArtist remembers]] what his eye color his, it's usually depicted as a steely gray. This is done most likely as a contrast to his father's much warmer blue ones.

* ManipulativeBastard: Oh God, do you want a list of the people he's messed with? He once drove a lover he was messing with to ''suicide'' to get rid of any loose ends. Daken is himself manipulated into getting himself killed at his father's hands by Sabertooth, an even bigger bastard. Then after he got better, it's retconned that Daken ''knew'' what Creed was doing all along, and just went with it for his own reasons.

* MrFanservice: If there is a single issue that doesn't involve him not wearing a shirt, being in tight-spandex, or catering to some form of fetish, the person who finds it deserves [[CosmeticAward a Marvel No-Prize]].
* NakedOnRevival: [[spoiler:Happens to him twice: The first time when he wakes up after being tortured by the Orphans in part 2. The second time after he's been shot by a Muramasa bullet, and stuck in morgue until Laura can remove it]].
* NonActionGuy: It's not that he isn't good at fighting or doesn't enjoy a decent brawl, but he spends a lot of his ongoing dealing out measured and calculated violence and only then when it's absolutely necessary. His stated reason for this restraint and his heavier focus on scheming is because he doesn't want to be the raging brute he perceives his father to be. [[spoiler:He ultimately fails and ends his series picking a fight with the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and whoever else was in New York city when he attacked it.]]

%%** Issue in question ends with Logan telling Daken that, with their relationship as messed up as it is, at least it's not as bad as Banner's and Skaar's. [[NotSoSimilar Meanwhile, Bruce tells his son that at last they're not as bad as Logan and Daken.]]

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The part of his origin which involves him as a baby being abandoned on the doorstep of a Japanese couple and taken in by them caused some criticism for using an old plot device that could hardly work in the 20th century. In truth, this happened frequently to children of mixed race who were born right after World War II. Mothers would sometimes leave their children on the doorsteps of sympathetic neighbors in a gamble that they would be taken in.
* Really700YearsOld: Like his old man, Daken is older than he looks. Daken appears to be in his mid-twenties or so, but was born just after World War II had ended in 1946.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Daken and Laura take turns delivering this to ''each other'' during their rampage through Colcord's base. Daken tries to call her out on her empathy for others, believing that her skills as a killer make her better than everyone around her, and that her heart only forces her to hold back. Laura flatly tells him that she doesn't fight because she has something to prove, but for something ''bigger'' than herself. She then turns this around on him, asking why ''he'' holds back by not taking the risk of allowing himself to ''actually'' care for anyone. Daken doesn't really have an answer.

* {{Unobtanium}}: For a while there, Daken had his claws bonded with metal from the Muramasa Blade which negates healing factor, allowing him to threaten even his dad.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained how he survived his apparent suicide at the close of his solo series, since the entire point was that he no longer had a HealingFactor.

* WolverineClaws: As expected from the son of the TropeNamer, he has two knuckle set claws on both hands and two underneath his wrists.
* WolverineWannabe: Wolverine's son, who inherited a great deal of his father's powers. The main difference is that his HealingFactor functions voluntarily rather than passively.

* WorthyOpponent: He and Laura come to view one another as this, and Laura becomes one of a ''very'' few people he genuinely respects.