Wolverine Origins #26 - Marvel

This was a fantastic book. We're finally going to learn the origin of Daken. Well, actually his name is Akhiro. Daken is sort of his . . um, playground name. But, when he was disowned by his adopted father, the only parents he ever really knew . . he decided to keep it. In Japan, circa 1946, Akhiro was left on the doorstep . . or the equivalent . . of Akhira and Natsumi. They took the boy in lovingly, but the local children were not as accepting. We all know how cruel kids can be . . especially to each other. They took to calling him Daken . . . a person of unknown origin, mongrel, bastard. Which is when his anger and hatred seemed to start . . and flourish. Eventually he ends up killing one of the boys, and shortly after Natsumi starting talking of how she felt he was cursed and a blight on their home. Also she and Akhira were about to have a child of their own. However, about a year later, Akhiro, Daken, kills it also. That was when he was disowned by his family. In their final moments Natsumi comes at him with a gun. Daken tries to defend himself, and that is when his claws pop out. The result . . isn't pretty. Akhira wants to kill him, but having loved him once . . cannot. Instead . . he kills himself for being weak. Shortly after is supposedly when he runs in to Romulus. Around the same time . . 1943 actually. Logan is also dealing with some Japanese people. It's in the United States and it's around the end of WWII when the Government had started gathering up people of Asian origin and putting them in internment camps. Logan was in charge of about a dozen that were being taken to the caves in the lava beds near Newell California. There, they were experimented on for 118 days. Logan was basically their guard. He made sure no-one got in, and no-one got out. At the end of the experiment, is was also tasked with making sure no one ever found out about it. He had to silence the experimenters, the victims . . even the lab. The remnants of which is where he takes Daken to keep him while he searches for Romulus. He also says he wants to bring his mother back to him, Itsu. But, before he can leave, he's attacked by . . he thinks . . Romulus. Actually, it's what looks to be some of the survivors from the experiments. As always, Daniel Way has constructed an incredible story here. I really enjoyed all the details he put in to this issue. As you can see, it has an incredible Greg Land cover. And the interior art is by Stephen Segovia. I was a bit apprehensive about the art at first glance, but, by the end of the issue . . I was completely bought in. This is another story-arc that's going to end up being a classic.