Daken

Daken
Daken as he appears on the cover of Daken: Dark Wolverine #1. Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Daken: Wolverine Origins #10 (March 2007) As Wolverine: Dark Avengers #1 (March 2009) As Horsemen of Death: Uncanny Avengers #9 (June 2013)
Created by	Daniel Way (writer) Steve Dillon (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Akihiro
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Dark Avengers Dark X-Men Brotherhood of Mutants Horsemen of Death
Notable aliases	Daken, Wolverine, Dark Wolverine, "Daken Akihiro", Death
Abilities	Excellent martial artist Superhuman physical attributes Accelerated healing factor Retractable claws Hyper senses Pheromone manipulation Immunity to telepathy

Akihiro, codename Daken is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daken is the mutant son of Wolverine and his deceased wife Itsu. He possesses superhuman abilities similar to his father (e.g., healing factor, retractable claws), and was a member of the Dark Avengers under the name Wolverine until the conclusion of the 2010 storyline, "Siege". Daken was ranked sixth in Comics Alliance's "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics" list and is often recognized for his sex appeal.

Daken first appeared in Wolverine Origins #10. He becomes a member of the Dark Avengers, as part of "Dark Reign", taking the role of his father. The character also becomes the lead in the Wolverine series, which becomes Dark Wolverine in issue #75.Brian Bendis, writer of Dark Avengers has said:

Daken is one of the best things to come out of 'Origins,' and what better way to piss off his father? He's an iconic and legacy character attached to a number of cool things in the Marvel Universe, but he really hasn't had a lot of face time with it. So we can really roll up our sleeves and see what we've got there and help create a character.

As part of the team he is also a part of the crossover Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Utopia. He appeared as a regular character in the Dark Avengers series from issue #1 (March 2009) through issue #16 (June 2010).

Dark Wolverine continued after the end of "Dark Reign" and finished with issue #90 with the prelude for the "Empire" storyline, that continued in the new series Daken: Dark Wolverine #1. Writer Rob Williams took over the series in 2011, starting with issue #9.1.

In November 2011, it was announced that Daken: Dark Wolverine would be coming to a close. The series ended with issue #23.