"Siege: X-Men" is definitely a misleading title. This should have been called "Siege: Dark Wolverine", since more than half the book concerns Daken, the son of Wolverine - and no other X-Men ever appear. This is followed by New Mutants #11, which concerns Dani Moonstar being called upon by Hela to act as a Valkyrie and bring the dead from the Siege battlefield to Hel; and finally, some HAMMER dossiers on all the players involved and the potential threat assessment of each.

This tie-in seems like an excuse to show some carnage on the battlefield as Daken literally hacks his way through enemies and allies alike. Meanwhile, readers get a running commentary inside his head about his views on the world and Osborn. A few scenes of the Fates hoping he'll bring about a new Ragnarok now that they've been separated from Asgard are thrown into the mix, and a really unexpected kiss in the middle of the mayhem which had me going WTF? Despite all that, nothing really happens other than his killing.

As to the Dani Moonstar story, I had already read it since it was included in the Thor Ultimate Collection by Gillen. However, it is a good story and a direct-tie in to Siege. Issue 11 provides follow-through on Loki's scheme to get Hela a new domain and Osborn's actions against the mutants which resulted in Dani owing Hela a favor. The story was exciting and satisfying. The dossiers that close the book, and take up almost one quarter of it, are interesting for those characters I was unfamiliar with, but for the most part are just filler to expand the book. Nothing of any importance is revealed.

Overall, this particular Siege tie-in was disappointing. Daken is a rather boring character to me, and the Dani story just wasn't worth it since I already had it in another collection. Recommended, if you can get it cheap or don't have Gillen's Thor; otherwise, readers won't miss much by skipping this. ( )

The X-Men stayed pretty low when it came to the Siege event; the only issues collected here are three from Dark Wolverine (featuring Daken, Wolverine's son) and one from New Mutants (I haven't read anything from that title yet and had no idea who any of them were). There's also some throw-away issue collected here about who is involved in Siege, but I never read those anyway.

I normally enjoy Daken, but these issues were pretty lame. Daken kills Norman Osborn...except he doesn't. Daken leads the charge and saves the day...except he doesn't. So what does he do? He runs into three Norse Fates who keep giving him do-overs, so the issues are just one big "haha this didn't really happen." The only interesting thing about the issues was Daken's interaction with Lester, which is always hilarious (and I hope it continues after Dark Reign is officially over, because they're just too good when he's messing with Lester). I had no idea what was going on in the New Mutants issues collected here.

My vote: pass this one up unless you're a diehard fan (and even then, just skim it). ( )

Dark wolverine #82-84, New Mutants #11, Siege: Storming Asgard-Heroes and Villians one shot ( )