Warning: The following contains spoilers for "32 Warriors and a Broken Heart" from  Wolverine: Black, White and Blood #3 by John Ridley, Jorge Fornés and VC’s Clayton Cowles.

Logan’s regenerative powers allow him to live all sorts of lives in all sorts of places; from a heroic X-Man and Avenger, to a lumberjack in the wilds of Canada, and even a samurai in Japan. Of all Logan’s mantles, that of “the Good Samurai” is the most unexpected, due to his status as a foreigner. But Logan earned the title from his adopted daughter Amiko, with whom he has a complex relationship. That relationship came to center stage for the first time in nearly a decade as Amiko drove a sword through Logan’s heart.

Wolverine: Black, White and Blood #3 gives a recap of Amiko's life so far and dives deep into Logan’s role as a father figure and honorary “samurai.” Locked in battle with the Silver Samurai, Kenuichio, Logan reflects on the repetitious nature of such battles and how this one is different because he fights for his daughter. The X-Man recounts how Amiko’s dying mother left the infant girl in his care and how he and his fiancée, Mariko Yashida, took her in. Logan then shares that he was too busy with the X-Men and Mariko with her own life to give Amiko the attention she needed. Rather than neglect her, they sent their daughter to boarding school.

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It was there that her uncle Kenuichio kidnapped her and issued a warning to his sister and Logan: they were negligent parents and the only way to prove themselves worthy of Amiko was by defeating 32 of his finest warriors. After battling ninja, ronin, monks, samurai and Kenuichio himself, a lone fighter remained. Amiko emerges from the snow wielding a katana and, in a rage, drives it through Logan’s chest. She sobs, realizing that while her anger is justified, her hate and actions are not. Logan muses that most humans learn hard lessons too late, but lucky for him, he’s no normal man. He rises from the blood and walks off into the sunset with his family with his heart literally pierced.

While Logan’s exploits in Japan are oft-explored in comics, TV and film, creators overlooked Amiko for most of the last decade. She first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #181 by Chris Claremont and John Romita, Jr. in May of 1984, though she hasn’t had a major appearance in a comic book since Wolverine’s solo series in 2012. As previously mentioned, Amiko is the adopted daughter of Logan and Mariko Yashida, but she is also a descendant of the Shosei Order, which defends the world from demons. Her lineage places her in Marvel’s magical world as much as its mutant one.

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Logan and Mariko came in and out of Amiko’s life for the 30 years she was most active in the comics. After Matsu’o Tsurayaba, the leader of the Hand, killed Mariko, Logan asked his friend Yukio to become Amiko’s primary caretaker. Yukio and her new ward had a few adventures of their own, but Amiko was still a character defined by her relationship with her father. Logan would rescue his daughter or take her out on small excursions, but she never became a regular part of his life.

“32 Warriors” is a poignant exploration of Logan’s attributes as a father. In only ten pages, Ridley and Fornés critique his shortcomings and negligence, highlight Logan’s struggles within a superhero and multicultural family and suggest that what makes his position so difficult is also what makes it necessary and rewarding.

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