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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Noel
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Format:Paperback
Daken sets out to Hollywood to make something of himself - unfortunately, "making something" to Daken means controlling yet more drug trafficking in another city from Madripoor to Los Angeles. But as he plugs in to the LA drug scene, tied inexorably with the movie industry, he finds a new drug called Heat is the only drug to affect him, beating his healing factor like nothing else before. The downside to the euphoria are the blackouts and, just as these start, someone is going around LA cutting up wannabe actors...
Daken is a great character but I think in the hands of an inferior writer to Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu such as Rob Williams, he can devolve into a rather dull anti-hero, chasing drugs, money and power rather than something more interesting. And while the sub-plot of the mysterious murdering butcher of LA is mildly interesting, the cop character investigating the murders and Daken is more of a template character that many people who have read crime books or seen crime TV shows or movies will have seen before (think Clarice Starling).
Ron Garney supplies art for the first of the four issues, a less talented artist picking up the bulk of the book though I did like his depictions of Daken's mind on Heat.
Daken as a character is deeper than he is presented here and his actions, while villainous, are far from the complex charm of his earlier stories and I feel he deserves better stories than the one in "Big Break". For a better Daken story see "The Prince".
Daken is a great character but I think in the hands of an inferior writer to Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu such as Rob Williams, he can devolve into a rather dull anti-hero, chasing drugs, money and power rather than something more interesting. And while the sub-plot of the mysterious murdering butcher of LA is mildly interesting, the cop character investigating the murders and Daken is more of a template character that many people who have read crime books or seen crime TV shows or movies will have seen before (think Clarice Starling).
Ron Garney supplies art for the first of the four issues, a less talented artist picking up the bulk of the book though I did like his depictions of Daken's mind on Heat.
Daken as a character is deeper than he is presented here and his actions, while villainous, are far from the complex charm of his earlier stories and I feel he deserves better stories than the one in "Big Break". For a better Daken story see "The Prince".
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
What happened to the anti-hero?
1 April 2012
By Michael S Katz
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I started out reading this character's books because I thought he was a really interesting antihero, but I have trouble seeing Daken in the same light now. I just left a review for the novel The 13th Zookeeper by Bernd Struben because someone else was complaining about the lead character being too violent and evil. That put me in mind of Daken, so I picked up his latest collection, which I had been eagerly awaiting because of the mystery: who was the Claws Killer? Daken or someone framing him.
In comparison to The 13th Zookeeper, Daken started out as a more obvious antihero, like a John Constantine, but as his series has progressed he has become much less of a hero and much more of a villain. What he did in Madripoor was bad enough, but what he did in L.A. was even worse--killing innocents and cops? What happened to the Daken who hung out with the Fantastic Four? Maybe that's why the series has been canceled, they took the character too far in the wrong direction. The bisexual stuff confuses me, too, because it is hard to tell if he is serious or just using people. But although it makes me uncomfortable it doesn't keep me from reading.
I still liked the book, mainly because of the guest stars (although Moon Knight's mental issues had me a little confused). The art was uneven, but the good pages were good, reminded me of Invincible. I'll finish off following Daken's story because I know it will be ending, but if it was going to continue I probably would have stopped by now.
In comparison to The 13th Zookeeper, Daken started out as a more obvious antihero, like a John Constantine, but as his series has progressed he has become much less of a hero and much more of a villain. What he did in Madripoor was bad enough, but what he did in L.A. was even worse--killing innocents and cops? What happened to the Daken who hung out with the Fantastic Four? Maybe that's why the series has been canceled, they took the character too far in the wrong direction. The bisexual stuff confuses me, too, because it is hard to tell if he is serious or just using people. But although it makes me uncomfortable it doesn't keep me from reading.
I still liked the book, mainly because of the guest stars (although Moon Knight's mental issues had me a little confused). The art was uneven, but the good pages were good, reminded me of Invincible. I'll finish off following Daken's story because I know it will be ending, but if it was going to continue I probably would have stopped by now.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Broken down
13 Jun 2012
By Noel
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Daken sets out to Hollywood to make something of himself - unfortunately, "making something" to Daken means controlling yet more drug trafficking in another city from Madripoor to Los Angeles. But as he plugs in to the LA drug scene, tied inexorably with the movie industry, he finds a new drug called Heat is the only drug to affect him, beating his healing factor like nothing else before. The downside to the euphoria are the blackouts and, just as these start, someone is going around LA cutting up wannabe actors...
Daken is a great character but I think in the hands of an inferior writer to Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu such as Rob Williams, he can devolve into a rather dull anti-hero, chasing drugs, money and power rather than something more interesting. And while the sub-plot of the mysterious murdering butcher of LA is mildly interesting, the cop character investigating the murders and Daken is more of a template character that many people who have read crime books or seen crime TV shows or movies will have seen before (think Clarice Starling).
Ron Garney supplies art for the first of the four issues, a less talented artist picking up the bulk of the book though I did like his depictions of Daken's mind on Heat.
Daken as a character is deeper than he is presented here and his actions, while villainous, are far from the complex charm of his earlier stories and I feel he deserves better stories than the one in "Big Break". For a better Daken story see "The Prince".
Daken is a great character but I think in the hands of an inferior writer to Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu such as Rob Williams, he can devolve into a rather dull anti-hero, chasing drugs, money and power rather than something more interesting. And while the sub-plot of the mysterious murdering butcher of LA is mildly interesting, the cop character investigating the murders and Daken is more of a template character that many people who have read crime books or seen crime TV shows or movies will have seen before (think Clarice Starling).
Ron Garney supplies art for the first of the four issues, a less talented artist picking up the bulk of the book though I did like his depictions of Daken's mind on Heat.
Daken as a character is deeper than he is presented here and his actions, while villainous, are far from the complex charm of his earlier stories and I feel he deserves better stories than the one in "Big Break". For a better Daken story see "The Prince".
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
daken
24 Mar 2013
By elmo poteet
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
final chapter of this and daken's story. definitly an interesting ride since wolverines son has entered into the marvel universe. and just as interesting as he has been goes out in an interesting and entertaining way. i hope they bring him back but if not this is the final book of his story.
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