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I like the premise of this series - Logan training Kitty Pryde at a time relatively early in their careers as X-Men. For this story arc however, Logan just kind of ditches Kitty in the woods like she's Gohan. Meanwhile, Wolverine gets caught up in some other story about... some werewolf lady. Not a fan of this issue in particular. Art isn't great... until the endingg as werewolf Wolverine doe s look awesome. more

I was hoping for something a little deeper or even darker given that Logan just tore out Daken's wrist claws. This issue just showed how meaningless that all was as it barely has affected Daken's character and he still has his fist claws.

I am really digging the loose anthology structure of this series. Ruiz's art is great here. Writing was quite cliche, though it won me over, more or less. It's Wolverine vs. Al Capone at one point, so that was cool. Is Wolverine supposed to have metal claws here? That part was... well, whatever, we're having fun and I don't understand Logan's timeline at all anyways. Sabretooth was a welcome appearance.more

What a lousy fake-out right at the start. Not a good sign of how painful this is all going to be. Still I guess Cloak's presence explains how the Daken part of the story ended nicely. I don't love this story arc but that was one hell of an ending that does stick with me positively.

Segovia's art really stands out compared to the Wolverine: Origins series in a generally good way (for this issue at least). It looks good but also some facial expressions and some of the action is a little iffy for my tastes. The writing is much more mid. The ending was weird. I thought Daken really got Romulus for a second and then he just... teleports away? Thanks to Logan? So strange, so anti-climactic on a few levels.more

I was just warming up to Romulus in the first part of Reckoning. He's less fun here and kind of comes across as a bit of a chump. So much for building him up as an intimidating threat over in the Daken series.

Romulus was such a wiener in the stories I'd seen him in outside of Evolution so it's nice to have him actually be intimidating in something again, even if that is limited. I quite like the art even if faces and perspective are weird at times, and the writing in this comic works overall in building up this confrontation between Daken, Wolverine, and Romulus. The ending of this issue fell a littl e flat for me, though. Feels like a forced confrontation between Daken and Logan just to end the issue on a moment.more

This issue opens up really strong visually and in the text, with Logan being hunted by people in the Canadian wilderness with drugs that can actually harm him. Very stunning art and a nice, quiet, dark, emotional and bloody issue to end the series on. It is a little weird and I had to check it was even standalone, the way it kind of just plops you into the middle of a story, but I had a great ti me reading this overall.more

Norman's kind of been a chump this story arc so it is nice for him to show some real teeth here. Really dumb and weird ending where the guys Daken and Norman have been setting up are saved by Daken, only for him to kill them anyways.

Action wasn't great and the art is pretty weird in this issue. Kind of childish which is a shame because Daken working as a Dark Avenger should be an interesting political thriller. This is not an interesting political thriller.

This art is alright. I don't remember liking Dark Reign that much when it came out but this issue has at least something to offer of substance, even if it isn't a lot.

A full-fledged superhero battle against Roston that falls a little flat for me. Roston is a very boring character in spite of being in a good chunk of this series.

More bad writing, but now with the Runaways. I don't like this artist on this run, either. It's neat to build on the Pride a little bit but it took us way too long to get to this point. At least Marcus Roston gets a cool moment as a villain.

I still find this incredibly lame and disengaging. Just painful writing, unbearable at times. For the Runaways being on the cover they're only introduced at the very end of the story...

I groaned at this one. Serious content warning as this comic shows off a lot of self-harm. Decent action at least, but I don't love this art and there's a lot of groan-worthy lines in the writing.

It's great to see Daken getting the short end of the stick for a change, he has become a junkie, lost his healing factor and his influence, chef's kiss.

The quality of this story arc has kind of been all over the place, but I think I liked Wrath more than I didn't. There really are some beautiful pages here, but this issue in particular is dialogue-heavy. Once we get to the final fight with the crazy guy though, it is appropriately brutal. Wrath as a whole is probably worth the read even if it is rough around the edges.

We're stepping back up in quality with some really engaging, well-drawn violence. It's pretty good even if it goes on a little long for my tastes.

The boat voyage depicted on here could have been a good opportunity but isn't explored well in the art or the writing. A big step down from last issue.

Like the art, time period, and setting. It's Logan in prohibition times smuggling stuff in Canada, I found it quite unique and compelling. Wolverine's character is not very savage, though.