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56 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Joss Whedon comes up with a cure for the Astonishing X-Men, December 3, 2004
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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"Astonishing X-Men: Gifted" brings together the first half of the twelve issue mini-series scripted by Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire," "Angel," and "Firefly." I have been reading this series because Whedon wrote it and except for the "Ultimate X-Men" this is my first time reading one of the titles about Marvel's Merry Mutants in many years (when we got to the "New Mutants" the whole proliferation became too much for me). So when Kitty Pryde returns to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and walks through a wall to find Emma Frost addressing the student body, I knew that I was going to have a bit of trouble catching up with what had happened to that old gang of mutants. However, Whedon's storyline is grounded what has been the backbone of the "X-Men" storyline since the beginning: that humans will always hate mutants. Professor Xavier's approach has been to exercise control and non-violence to prove that mutants are a peaceful people.

But the interpersonal problems of the X-Men (Scott and Logan are still coming to blows over Jean) quickly take a back seat when the renowned geneticist Dr. Kavita Rao tells the world that mutants are neither angels nor devils, they just people...with a disease. Therefore, mutants are not the next step in evolution or the end of humankind, they are simply the victims of a corruption of healthy cellular activity and Dr. Rao announces that she has found a cure.

What made the X-Men the most interesting of Marvel's super groups for me, more than the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, or any of the other groups created over the years, was that they were considered outcasts because they were mutants. As such, the X-Men were the counter-part to Spider-Man, as superheroes who were more commonly treated as villains by the public at large. The sub-text was always the oppression of the minority by the majority, which I always found to be un-American (specifically in the sense embodied by the ideals of Jeffersonian democracy, which is characterized by a respect for the rights of the minority by the majority). As a minority mutants have represented the "other," so that it was never a specific minority group. But when we talk about curing the disease of the mutant gene it seems to be that the subtext is now much more specific because there is only one minority in modern society that is defined by some as needed to be cured of their disease (although it is explicitly stated that homosexuality does not represent a threat to human existence, a point that clearly would be debated in the current political climate.

Meanwhile, the X-Men have become a group of superheroes again, just trying to use their powers to help the community at large. When they learn that mutation can be reversed Frost votes for killing her and Scott does not know what to do. But it is the Beast who goes to see Dr. Rao, not to discuss the ethics of her "mutant cure" or to destroy it, but just to know if it works. The next day there are over sixteen hundred mutants lined up outside Benetech labs demanding the "cure." Hank McCoy is the perfect choice to have be tempted by the cure because he is in a secondary stage of his mutation and he may well be devolving.

Of course there is more going on. Ord of the Breakworld, an alien, is after the X-Men because they are a threat to his planet, and Kitty discovers that somebody they thought was dead is very much alive and kept in a cell at Benetech. There are no coincidences in the "Astonishing X-Men," and by the end of the six issues making up "Gifted" we know most of what is going on, but the fun is just beginning. I have some suspicions as to what we will find out in "Dangerous," the second-half of the series, but I am sure there will still be some surprises.

Those familiar with Whedon's television shows will find the familiar quick quips thrown into the dialogue mix (even Scott makes a joke), and it is not surprising that his focal character is going to be Kitty Pryde. The "Gifted" storyline is character driven, which is what you would expect with Whedon and focusing on Beast, Kitty and the resurrected character allows him more liberty than emphasizing Logan and Scott, not that the supporting characters do not have their moments.

The idea of "curing" mutants is certainly a different approach to the efforts of humanity in general and the U.S. government in particular to solve the mutant problem. The key idea is that this cure is something mutants might actually embrace, especially when the alternative is the Sentinels or something equally cheerful. John Cassady's artwork has an interesting quality: I keep wanting to say they look like free frames where motion is always captured but without the sense of dynamism you usually expect. "Gifted" is a twist on the basic humans hate mutant storyline and while I am in no position to judge its freshness relative to what has been happening in the "X-Men" comics the last decade it strike me as being interesting enough. Besides, this is only the first half.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Joss Whedon has single-handedly redeemed the X-Men, June 12, 2005
By James B. Lynch "SOUL" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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Growing up, I was the biggest X-Men fan. In the early nineties, I collected X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Excaliber, and occassional issues of X-Force, X-Factor, Generation X, Wolverine, and the various other character specific series and minis. But above all, my favorite title was "X-Men Classic" ("Classic X-Men" in its early days). That title reprinted issues that started a few years before I was born, starting with Giant-Sized X-Men #1, and followed through the Claremont Byrne years. Those were just the best. There was a small, well defined team having great adventures and plenty of character interaction/drama. The newer issues were great, but there were too many conflicting titles, too many X-Men running around, and too many creative team switches. The stories couldn't maintain any direction because whichever writer happened to be plotting a given issue would have their own ideas of where the books should go, and would likely be off the title in under 4 months. Add to thise conflicts with the editor, and you get one sloppy read. So, eventually, I lost interest. Then Grant Morrison and company began their run, and I was appauled. I realize many liked his take on the team, but to me, they weren't the X-Men. That was the whole point, really. To come up with something that was completely new and different, in Morrison's "love it or hate it" style. It was that, but to this old time reader, it wasn't the X-Men. Through the black leather, secondary mutations, and lord only knows what else, I vowed never to pick up another X-book.

Then Marvel did the smartest thing they ever could have. They hired Joss Whedon to write his own X-Men book. Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, is a well known X-Men fan (he's the guy responsible for the "You're a dick" line in the X-Men movie, the only thing to remain of a complete rewrite he did of the film, just because he loved the characters and didn't think they were being handled right). Not only is Whedon a huge fan of the X-Men, but he's also one hell of a writer. The guy's proven time and again that he can blend drama, comedy, action, and believable characters like no one else.

The following part of the review contains SPOILERS. While they're now fairly common knowledge in the comic book community, some of you might not know them and might not want to have any of this terrific story ruined for you.

Astonishing X-Men begins with a rebuilding period for the characters, which I feel is only appropriate, given how many wayward readers were also finding their way back to the X-Men. Kitty Pryde is, appropriately enough, our point of view character for the first issue, much as she was when I began reading X-Men Classics (and including the phenomenal "Days of Future Past" storyline). Kitty's finally been allowed to grow up, so she's fresh out of college and ready to start her role as a teacher at the recently rebuilt Xavier's Institute. Whedon has professed that he loves the character of Kitty Pryde, and I commend him for how she's being handled. Chris Claremont, Kitty's overly protective creator, hasn't been able to write a decent Kitty story in years. Thank God we have Joss Whedon to maintain the character's integrity. When she's strolling through memory lane in the opening scenes, I got a great feeling of nostalgia. Even if you're unfamiliar with the classic issues that those images are drawn from, you can still appreciate that the writer was a big enough fan of the property that he probably didn't even have to look through his back-issue bin to come up with the highlight's of the character's life.

The rest of the team, hand selected by Joss Whedon himself, include Cyclops (now head of the Institute in Charles Xavier's absense), Emma Frost (the former White Queen of the Hellfire Club, and one of the X-Men's greatest foes), Wolverine (of course), and Beast. Colossus is brought in later, as soon as Joss is able to resurrect him (and, as much as I loathe comic deaths/ressurrections, Joss handles that event about as well as anyone could ever be expected to). Right away, there are conflicts within the team (a trademark of the X-Men that hasn't been handled this well in a couple of decades). Wolverine and Cyclops are at odds because Cyclops is shacking up with Emma Frost when the dirt is still fresh on his wife's grave (yes, Jean Grey is dead again. Really original, Morrison. Now maybe kill Magneto... oh, wait...). Kitty is extremely uncomfortable with Emma's presence at the school, which I must say, I agree with. When I was coming of age, the White Queen and her Hellfire Club were among the X-Men's deadliest foes, up there with Magneto, Apocalypse, or Mr. Sinister. Now she's one of them, and she's together with Cyclops (which makes me about as comfortable as it seems to make Kitty and Logan). Wolverine is at odds with Beast, whom he feels is betraying the X-Men by studying a supposed "cure" for mutancy. Yeah, Logan's mad at just about everyone here, save Kitty. Their relationship easilly slides back into place after all this time. Whedon proves he really knows these characters and can handle them well.

But of course, just having these great characters and having them interacting isn't enough to fill them funny books. And especially with Joss Whedon, you know there has to be some sort of underlying twisting and turning beneath the main plot. As I hinted at earlier, the main story involves the X-Men returning to what they really are: super-heroes. They finally dicth the pug-fugly black leather and get back into the brightly colored uniforms, even if some of them aren't all that great (Beast) and some take a bit of getting used to (Cyclops, Wolverine). Some even required a few running alterations (Kitty). While the X-Men struggle to convince the public that they're once again general-purpose super-heroes, not just champions for the mutant crusade, they must face growing public hysteria related to a supposed cure for the mutant gene, as well as a new foe in Ord of the Breakworld. As anyone who knows Whedon knows, there are no such things as coincidences, so all of this comes together as the story unfolds. The pleasure is in seeing how it fits together, and in having fun along the way (Whedon can somehow manage to keep things very tense and dramatic while injecting some hillarious lines and gags into the story). And of course, there's those twists. Beast wants the cure? Colossus is back? And then there's that ending, which is, in typical Whedon fashion, even more mysterious and pondersome than anything that's come before it. It's not resolved within this first collection, but we should hope that it will be in the second.

END SPOILERS.

Joss Whedon should be commended for making a story that's not only a great read, with phenomenal character development (squeezed out of 30+ year old characters), but doing so within Marvels rigid "6-issues-so-we-can-make-it-into-a-convieniently-sized-trade-paper-back" story length requirements. When many other writers are forced to do this, the pacing is often uneven; either too rushed, too drawn out, or, often, a bit of both. I guess all those years of having to fit stories into the rigid time limits set by TV networks has taught Whedon a thing or two about pacing.

The art fits the story well. John Cassaday's style took a bit of getting used to (I've been reading too many Jim Lee/John Byrne/Michael Turner pencilled books lately). Cassaday's style is very realistic. He manages the awesome feat of giving each character a very distinct face and body type. So many artists these days have a sort of "male figure" and "female figure" talent range, and each character model is simply a transmogrified version of that (Wolverine = male figure with funny hair, shortened). The colors are also very well done, which in this day of digital coloring is no surprise. But here, they're used to very good effect, complimenting Cassaday's realistic pencils. The way it all comes together, you almost feel like you're reading an adaption of an X-Men TV show, written by Joss Whedon.

So how do I sum this all up into one final pitch? Like this: you must read this book. If you are, or ever were, a fan of the X-Men, comic books, or just Joss Whedon's style, you will love this book. I have yet to encounter anyone who hasn't. People who've never read an X-book before, or who haven't read one in years, are being drawn to this book in droves, and rightly so. This is what the X-Men really are, and should be. I cannot heap enough praise on Joss Whedon for ressurrecting what, in my eyes, was a dead franchise, one that I'd loved too much and for too long not to miss. Thank you Mr. Whedon. I can't wait to see what's next.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Calling this astonishing is an understatement, November 17, 2004
By N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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The highlight of Marvel's X-Men: Reload event is the launch of Astonishing X-Men, drawn by superstar artist John Cassaday (Planetary, Captain America) and written by famed Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel creator Joss Whedon. This first storyarc finds Xavier School co-headmasters Scott "Cyclops" Summers and Emma Frost re-opening the school and reformating the team. Ditching the practical black leather outfits featured in Grant Morrison's brilliant New X-Men run and replacing them with new variations of their classic costumes, the X-Men are presenting themselves once again as a super hero team, and thanks to Whedon's vast writing talent, Astonishing X-Men is truly something special. Cyclops, Emma, Wolverine, Shadowcat, and Beast find themselves among chaos when it is announced that a cure for the mutant gene has been found. However, it is somehow connected to a mysterious creature named Ord, who himself has plenty of secrets, including one of the biggest jaw droppers to be seen in comics in the past decade. The return of a dead X-Men member stirred much fanfare when it was first seen in these pages (and if you don't know I'm not going to spoil it), and it is one of the absolute greatest moments in X-Men history. Whedon's odes and nods to the classic X-Men stories he grew up with that inspired him to create Buffy are pleasent joys to behold, and Cassaday's art is just plain awe-inspiring. All in all, please ignore John Q's review below, and if you've ever considered yourself an X-Men fan pick this up, you won't regret it.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!!, January 6, 2005
By S. Brown (Alpharetta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews
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I haven't been buying much of the newer x-men comics lately... but I read some good things about this title in Wizard and I picked it up...

What can I say? Astonishing X-men is amazing! The first thing you will notice is the artwork, which is beautiful! The artist has captured the emotions of the characters perfectly! At times it will take your breath away.

The story of this comic is what really stands out to me though. Each issue will leave you hanging on every word, glued to the pages not wanting to miss a bit of it.

Astonishing X-men draws on themes of old, and it brings me back memories of the Clarmount/Bryne issues of years ago. Cyclops, Wolverine, Emma Frost, the Beast, and Shadowcat (my fave character) join up to restart the X-men school.

They are plagued with problems from the start- constant fighting between Emma and Shadowcat, bickering between Wovie and Cyclops... but then a sceintist discovers a cure for the mutant gene, and the Beast wonders if he still wants to be a mutant. A furious battle between Wolverine (who thinks beast is selling out) and Beast ensuies. I won't spoil it for you...

I just want everyone to read this comic.
And check out the old school x-men series- Excalibur.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "I am a human being." "Wrong. You're an X-Man.", August 4, 2008
By Linda Bulger (Avon, Maine) - See all my reviews
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Let me start with a partial list of things I know nothing about, and in some cases never even heard of before:

* X-Men
* Comics about anything at all
* Graphic novels
* Joss Whedon's writing; John Cassaday's artwork
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly

This volume of Astonishing X-men, 2: Gifted (Astonishing X-Men) came my way and I thought, why not? Halfway through the book, I realized that I just wasn't getting it. I decided that if eleven-year-old fanboys can "get" this stuff, so can I; so I started at the beginning again and fell right into the story. You have to start somewhere, don't you?

Other reviewers have done a terrifyingly thorough job with the history of this series as well as the plot of this particular volume. There's a lot of both here! Readers of this review will have to settle for a beginner's impressions.

This volume is the first six chapters of a multi-part series by the gifted team of Whedon and Cassaday. Whedon's writing surprised me with its complexity and humor. Since it's all dialogue, it has the same constraints as a play and it works very well. The characters are well-differentiated after one overcomes the complication of their multiple names, and there are flashbacks clarifying some of the story. The group has been re-formed after a devastating incident in the past; those in the know are delighted to have Kitty Pryde on board, all grown up and ready to flex her powers.

The art work? I can't begin to imagine how Cassaday illustrated this six-part volume in one lifetime. I'd love to watch him draw! The expressiveness of the characters, the complexity of the backgrounds blew me away. This art form is something I've lived without for too long. I want more!

As for the plot, and I HOPE there are no spoilers here ... The X-Men are mutants and their relationship with un-mutated humans is uneasy. They want to use their super-powers for the good of the world. There is the hope ... or possibly the threat ... of a cure for their mutation, and its siren song calls to one of the group. This causes trouble in X-land! Another element of the story, which is apparently common in super-hero comic series, is the return from the dead of at least one key character. There are scenes of real sentiment, and flashes of humor that had me laughing out loud.

The relationships are as complicated as in any soap opera and this no doubt offers a sense of continuity to readers familiar with the series (comics, TV, movies, who knew?). The beginner is slightly challenged by all this history and I notice with pleasure that the next two volumes begin with a page of text labeled PREVIOUSLY; this should help me out as I pursue my "fangirl" career.

While I acknowledge that the failing is probably my own, I did take one star off for the lack of an introduction. A page of text could have provided a helpful orientation to beginners, if there are any others out there. Apologies for that to all readers who think it would have been lame and unnecessary...

Many thanks to the friend who sent this to me. It's fun to try something new and this X-Men comic has been a real treat. If it's new to you too -- jump right in, you might love it!

Linda Bulger, 2008
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Please read and enjoy this title. Please. Naysayers notwithstanding..., January 17, 2006
By C. Okoye "MasterCKO" (Cupertino, CA) - See all my reviews
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This is a review of basically both Astonishing X-men Trade Paperbacks, "Gifted" and "Dangerous".

First, I'll admit that I very much disliked Grant Morrison's run on New X-men. The whole, let's make the X-men more "realistic" was interesting, but I think that Morrison took it too far in points. And what also bugged me is that for all the talk of taking the team in new directions and what-not, he plodded out the same stuff that people have been using in X-men for forever. "I'm so new and different that I'll reintroduce the Phoenix Force, kill Jean Grey, reintroduce and kill Magneto" *sigh*

What I really like about this particular series is that Whedon doesn't muck about with it. He's taking the X-men back to what he thinks is their best and he let's you know that he's doing that in the first couple of pages. If you didn't get that, or didn't want to see the X-men of the "Glory Days" basically retold in what I for one think a splendid fashion, then the book is wrong for you.

I personally think that Whedon does it admirably. I don't know what to tell the people who don't like his wit, because frankly, I think that it's brilliant, and well-placed throughout. The pacing is great, and for all the grumbling about it being obviously paced for a TPB...um, you're reading a TPB. What's the big deal?

Oh, and while the basic ideas for the story aren't brand new, I think that Whedon does a good job of putting a cool spin on it all. Sure, alien invasion isn't exactly the newest thing ever. But WHY this particular alien is invading is a very interesting twist. True, the general hatred of mutantkind by humankind is certainly not new, but this whole thing of casting it as a disease that can be cured and what that does to the mutants themselves as a community is new and interesting. Indeed, an evil AI bent on the X-men's destruction is pretty stale stuff. But the particular AI that is evil in this and WHY it's evil is a pretty cool development. Especially since it calls into question the motives and trustworthiness of a VERY IMPORTANT X-man (without resorting to the cheap trick of making it some deep, dark recess of the mind that's responsible -- and all about 5 mins after you were just cheering for this person). How does one not see the freshness in all this?

All while staying true to the core ideas of the X-men. It's good stuff.

Whedon also has a knack for humanizing characters and making them sympathetic and believable. Beast, to me, is the best example of that talent in this collection. It really is interesting to see the Beast's true feelings about his current state portrayed so well. And not just him bucking up and taking his newest mutations in stride in "true X-man fashion". It makes him an interesting character. Kitty was also given a great treatment as well, obviously, and the Kitty-Colossus thing just doesn't get old. And even somewhat minor characters like "Wing" get a GREAT treatment by Whedon.

Cassady's art is very impressive. VERY. I've seen someone compare it to Frank Quitely. While I might see where they get the comparison from (with both of them going at a somewhat more realistic style), I think that Quitely is a terrible artist -- he's consistent, I'll give him that, but all of his characters in the New X-Men, for lack of a better word, looked very ugly to me, and all about 20 years older than they should have -- whereas Cassady actually has some real talent. Actually, I take back part of what I said about Quitely. His Beast looked very good. I remember liking him a lot, but that's about it.

Anyway, I think that this is a very entertaining book that, in a sort of backswing from Morrison's run, succeeds marvelously at taking the X-men back to their roots as a real superteam. It shouldn't be passed up. YMMV, as this, like every other review, is my personal opinion, but I really think that the two TPBs that make up the Whedon-Cassady run of Astonishing X-Men (Gifted and Dangerous) are definitely worth a read. And I mean a read, not a skim.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As Good as Comics Get, January 1, 2006
This series is brilliant. The characterizations are spot on. The dialogue sharp and witty. The interactions between the characters realistic and entertaining. The action intense and stunning. The art some of the best in the bussiness. The emotional impact of certain scenes as powerful and real as comics, novels, or movies can ever get. And it's very funny in places as well (a hallmark of Whedon's. The man has a tremendous talent to develop believable characters, intense situations, strong suspense, and still make it funny without lessening any of the tension or reality.)

This is a darn good series, and some of the best comics ever produced -- and I'm certainly not the only one to think that. I don't remember exactly, but it won somewhere around eight or nine Wizard fan awards this year, (far, far more than any other series,) including best writer, best artist, best moment, and best series. It's hard to argue any series with that much support behind it isn't good. That said, anyone who gives this series one star either doesn't like comics at all, or somehow has a completely different outlook on reality than most people do. I know some people don't get Whedon (or don't want to get Whedon because they like to feel like rebels,) but the awards and sales show that most people do get and appreciate him, and that should make anyone look at a one star review as being so far outside the normal view that it's an anomoly. Personally, I can't say if the story is at all dirivitive of 70's era Xmen, but even if it is, I don't see that as a problem for a couple of reasons -- One, that was 30 years ago, and many readers today are not familiar with things that happened to the characters way back then, so if those things are relevent, there's nothing wrong with bringing them to the attention of current readers. And two, comics have improved in pretty much every way over the last few years, comics I loved in my youth don't compare at all to comics I can buy today, so even if a storyline is dirivitive (which I'm not saying this is,) it can be looked at as a much improved remake akin to the new King Kong or Spiderman movies (remember those old 70's Spiderman movies staring Nicholas Hammond? Probably not. The production values were laughable by today's standards. The new Spiderman movies are written and acted much, much better, and the effects are far more believable.)

This is a great, entertaining, fun, action packed story with touching, funny, and believable dialogue, an interesting villain, an intrigueing plot, and some scenes that will go down as all time classics (including the Collosus returns scene which won Wizards fan award for moment of the year, but many others as well.) It also has some of the best, most dramatic, most realistic art in the medium, and fantastic coloring to go with and enhance it. All the characters look as good or better than they ever have before, and I personally really, really like the new look for Beast. Beast's continued evolution has made him a much more interesting character both emotionally and visually. This book is well worth the purchase.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Amazing Story, December 12, 2005
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted encompasses the first six issues of Astonishing X-Men, published in 2004. The creative team of Josh Whedon as writer, and artist John Cassaday have created a story arc that will resonate like an A-Bomb through the Marvel Comic Universe. I wish I could give Gifted ten stars. It is far superior in story and art to any X-Men story I have ever read, superior - in fact - to my favorite, Batman/Gotham DC comics.

As Gifted opens, Kitty Pryde aka Shadowcat has returned to Xavier's school as an assistant faculty member. Kitty has been invited by Emma Frost, who is the school's new head in Xavier's absence. While she is pondering her first time back in quite a while, Wolverine taunts Cyclops, who has taken Emma to his bed now that his wife Jean Grey has died. The trip down memory lane and the fight between Wolvie and Scott is interrupted as a prominent Indian doctor is making a stunning announcement: a permanent cure for the mutant gene has been discovered.

The ramifications that this news has on both the new students and the old X-Men, especially Beast, is heartbreaking. A chance to be normal: is it enough to make an X-Men hang up his suit?

Meanwhile, an alien named Ord seems to be manipulating behind the scenes. Nick Fury guest stars as S.H.I.E.L.D seems to also be involved. And an old team member long believed dead returns - with a vengeance (no, it's not Jean - sorry Jean Grey fans).

The original cover art is included, and it is simply breathtaking. Even if Whedon did write for Buffy, he seems to have a deep understanding and affection for X-Men.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Got me back !!!, September 1, 2008
Astonishing x-men has got me back into the x-men. The story telling and the art are wonderful, the trade flows really well. After reading it I picked up the other 3 trades and started getting the title pulled in my comic shop with issue 25. Astonishing also got me excited for the x-men stories again. When i added astonishing at the comic shop, I also added x-men legacy, and uncanny. I highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My son loved it!, August 27, 2008
By J. Zimmel (PIpe Creek, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book for my son for his 11th birthday. He loved, loved, loved it! He is a huge Marvel Comics fan and this book really made him happy.
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