Wolverine #82 - Marvel

This book is actually part of Siege crossover . . mega event . . whatever. But . . it's not . . not really. Well . . it is, but . . it's kind of on the periphery. Basically, HAMMER, as well as Norman's Avengers are getting ready for their assault on Asgard. Everybody is standing around in eager anticipation. The beginning of the book seems more like the Dark Avengers title. Everybody is kind of poking at each other to blow off a little steam, and tension. Daken is picking on the younger infantry men. While Mac is throwing a little play at Moonstone. But then Daken gets bored so he starts messing with Lester and Norman. However, before they know it . . they're right in the thick of things . . knee deep in dead bodies . . HAMMER agents and Asgardians alike. That's when Daken really starts playing head-games. I don't know if he was just trying to distract one of the Asgardians, or if he was serious, but he tells him that he'll deliver Norman's head to them on a platter . . as well as the Avengers. But before we can find out if he really means it or not . . Norman blows the Asgard's head off. That's why I'm not really sure if he was serious. But then . . Daken makes his move. With all of the confusion going on, he's sure that no one is really watching them. He talks to Norman for a little while, to distracts him. Then, with a little misdirection, he shoves his claw through his heart from behind. However, we see that Daken is indeed being watched. Some of the mischievous Norse gods are keeping an eye on him. They're looking for him to be the bringer of Ragnarok. It struck me as kind of funny . . not 'ha-ha' funny . . I think it's funny that with all the fighting going on, all the dead bodies piling up on both sides, and the adrenaline and testosterone that's probably flying around, Daken still finds time . . fighting through his boredom . . to play head-games and try to manipulate the waves of aggression on either side. Either he's a genius, or he has severe ADD. Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu wrote this book. I really like the dialogue that they write between Daken, and . . well . . everybody. I think it's hilarious the way that he manipulates everybody, even from the most innocent of dialogue. He's definitely not Wolverine. But . . he's a hell of an interesting character. Giuseppe Camuncoli does the art. I'm staying away from this Siege stuff, but . . I still thought it was an interesting book.