Why does this title have big sales?
This could be the best issue of Wolverine Origins so far. It's not because it's all that good, it's just that there's less stuff to complain about then usual. The flashbacks that plagued earlier issues in the series are completely gone now. It's almost a shame however, as that one the only real glimpse into Wolverine's past, but it was never executed properly.
This issue is kept fairly simple, although a lot of the elements in the story make no sense. Wolverine breaks into a bank after hours... and for some reason the vault door has been left open. Those are the little things that kinda scream out "lazy writing". There's another very odd scene... and I mean ODD, where either Daken turns invisible, or he's so fast that Steve Dillon's pencils can't keep up with him. I mean really... the sequence is confusing, and there's no explanation as to what's going on.
I almost started liking Daken for a split second this issue, but then Daniel Way chickened out. He's trying to make Logan's son seen creepy, but badass at the same time. Way should just bite the bullet and go all the way and make Daken into a creepy sicko, instead of hinting at it, and then pulling it back to try and make him look like he's a badass. It would have been much more interesting to just make him a disturbing character to the very core, with no redeeming qualities at all. It would give Logan an even tougher dilemma.
That is probably the biggest problem this series has. It's playing it safe, and not taking any chances. Instead we get "safe" stories about Logan's past that are littered with C-List characters, and when they finally do something big (Logan's son), Way seems confused as to exactly what kind of character he wants to create here.