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Astonishing X-Men 10: Northstar Paperback – January 1, 2013

by Marjorie Liu (Author), Tom Fish (Author), Scott Lobdell (Author),

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The Marauders return with a vengeance when Chimera leads the squad into battle against the X-Men! Karma discovers an unknown but incredibly powerful telepath is controlling their assailants, and Wolverine leads his team on an investigation that puts their minds and hearts to the ultimate test. When a psychic ambush pits the X-Men against their teammate Northstar, he learns the true meaning of devotion - as his civilian boyfriend Kyle holds a gun to his head! Northstar's decision in the face of death will lead him to the wedding that the world's been waiting for - if he can survive a harrowing battle against his teammates and the love of his life! Plus: the classic landmark Marvel moment when Northstar publicly announced that he is gay.
COLLECTING: Astonishing X-Men (2004) 48-51, Nation X 2 (Northstar story ), Alpha Flight (1983) 106

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136 pages
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English
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Marvel Enterprises
Publication date

January 1, 2013
Grade level

10 - 12
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6.75 x 0.25 x 10.25 inches
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0785161805
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978-0785161806
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Enterprises (January 1, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785161805
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785161806
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 10 - 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.25 x 10.25 inches

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Marjorie M. Liu
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Marjorie Liu is an attorney and New York Times bestselling novelist and comic book writer. Her work at Marvel includes the series X-23, Black Widow, Han Solo, Dark Wolverine, and Astonishing X-Men. She is also the co-creator of The Night Eaters series (Abrams) and Monstress, from Image Comics, which has won multiple Hugo Awards, British Fantasy Awards, the Harvey Award, and five Eisner Awards, making Liu the first-ever woman—and woman of color—to win an Eisner in the best writer category.
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Mike Perkins is an illustrator for Marvel Comics having worked on Captain America, Thor and The X-Men. After wrapping up the 31 issues adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand he transitioned into illustrating Astonishing X-Men, re-launched Deathlok and Carnage as well as co-creating Rowans Ruin. He has been nominated numerous times for Eisner and Harvey Awards and, as well as winning the Eagle Award, counts being on the New York Times Bestseller list and being exhibited in Munich, London and Paris amongst his career achievements. His website is : www.mikeperkinsart.com
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S. H. Wells

The Marvel Wedding Of the Decade

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2012

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Collecting: Astonishing X-Men #48-51
Nation X #2
Alpha Flight #106

Bonus: Variant cover art Gallery

At the center of the issues collected here is the marriage between Northstar and his boyfriend Kyle. Just as the X-Men pushed readers nearly 50 years ago to accept an international and multiracial group of superheroes (and in doing so perhaps question the xenophobic and racist tendencies in America), the X-Men today ask readers to take part in a gay wedding (and in so doing perhaps question some of the culture wars raging about the topic today). Bravo X-Men! Bravo Marvel!

Writer Marjorie Liu handles Jean Paul and Kyle's relationship with expert touches. It is a very real relationship with its problems and its joys. Moreover Liu establishes the wedding without too much concern for the wedding's incredible importance in connection with modern politics. The two men love each other, it's natural they want to be married. Wolverine and the X-Men are Northstar's friends, so they are of course happy to attend the ceremony. Liu only allows a few small nods to acknowledge the marriage's controversial nature. Very well done!

Not to worry, this is not simply a wedding episode. There is a fight with the Marauders. An evil corporation seems to be scheming in the background. And something very not right is going on with Karma.

Artist Mike Perkins creates many beautiful panels, particularly the lavish attention to the details of the New York City background. Perkins full-page panels are perfect.

The bonus materials are also good. The excerpt from Nation X #2 (if crudely drawn) offers readers a glimpse into the difficulties of long-distance dating an X-Man. The Alpha Flught issue contains the episode when Northstar publicly became a homosexual superhero.

X fans will want to read this issue. Everyone who espouses a desire to see a more tolerant society will want to read this issue. I believe this issue will be as culturally significant for the X-Men as X-Men were 50 years ago when they had a Russian team mate during the cold war and had an African teammate when the country was still grappling with integrating schools.

5-stars. Special ovation for the X-Men providing a fully realized gay relationsip.

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Serene Night

Love Northstar

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2013

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I love Northstar, so reading a book where he gets married is wonderful. The main storyline is great, and although the art is not my favorite (Northstar looks awful in some panels), it is great to see him and Kyle. I liked the writing as well. One thing that felt rushed was how Kyle/Northstar hooks up after Kyle declines his offer. Seemed kind of rushed.

There are two stories also included, one a sort of romantic short between Kyle and Northstar which is adorable, and a second a sort of ham-fisted consciousness-raising story about AIDS which had a very dated feel. I realize this issue is an important one, however, I personally would've preferred another Kyle/Northstar story.

I am taking off a star because of the art. Northstar- the protagonist- is not very attractive, and he is suppoed to be a good looking man. He is drawn inconsistantly, often looking rather fat, othertimes unrecognizable.

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Greg Castro

Story doesn't live up to the historic moment

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2022

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I bought this volume after enjoying Northstar's appearances in other X-Men comics I've read. I've also always appreciated Marvel's decision to make him a representative of the gay community. But the story here is extremely forgettable - it's not even clear who the main villains were or what they wanted. They're just an excuse for Northstar to have some conflict to motivate him to get married. His boyfriend, Kyle, is written as a very cliche put-upon spouse, who complains about everything Northstar does. He has very little character beyond that. It's unclear why they are together at all. I wish that Marvel's first gay marriage had featured a couple that was a little more likable/believable. The art from Mike Perkins is really unpleasant to look at - everything seems muddy and the expressions are very awkward. Definitely don't bother with this collection.

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2019

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Amazing addition to my collection, perfect condition

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2013

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I felt like this focus of this TPB was solely to deal with the controvercy of having a gay character in comics. It handles it well enough, but I'm not looking for a soap opera, these are supposed to be X-Men. The story meanders about, focusing on the relationship between Kyle and Northstar with most of the rest forgettable. It's not as bland as Ghost Boxes, as strange as Exaulted, or as terrible as Monstrous, but it's definitely making me wonder what happened to the once-great Astonishing X-Men that Joss Whedon started. Of the TPBs so far, this ranks in the bottom half. Besides Whedon's gold mine Gifted, Dangerous, Torn, and Unstoppable, I enjoyed Exogenetic and Children of the Brood much more than this. Crossing my fingers that Weaponized is better.

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Cody

Great Hard Cover Book

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013

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I chose this rating because i loved the price of the book and everything the only thing i didn't like was that there was a sticker on the back side of the book, overall i am very satisfied with this book

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ｓａｋｕｒｉｓｕ

ご結婚おめでとうございます。

Reviewed in Japan on September 9, 2015

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か、かわいい～～っ！思ってたよりずっとちゃんとプロポーズも結婚式もやるんだね。
仲間もみんな祝福してくれてるし、すばらしいことだよね。

絵はねえ、日本のコミック目線で見ちゃうとちょっときついですが。人物がゴツすぎて区別がつかないとか。
あとハードカバーでフルカラーなのでお値段がお高め…。マンガの値段ではないなあ。うう。

一気にざっと読んで、あとはちまちま単語調べながら読んでます。んで、これしか読んでないからノーススターは飛ぶ以外の能力ってなんなんだべ…。

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julien

Ça c est du x-men

Reviewed in France on November 28, 2020

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Du très bon x-men... Plutôt passé inaperçu... Le mariage de vega n est pas le plus important événement de l histoire.. Du très bon avec des personnages qui ont été sous-utilisés trop longtemps ( karma, vega, iceberg....)

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Heart captivated comic

Reviewed in India on July 29, 2016

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This comic is so wonderful... graphics are great too... the story is awesome took..

Mira

Ein Durchbruch in der schwulen Comic-Welt

Reviewed in Germany on January 8, 2013

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Dieses Comicbuch ist ein echter Glückstreffer.
Wer sich schon immer mal gefragt hat, ob es auch schwule Superhelden gibt, ist hier genau richtig.
Die erste schwule Hochzeit im Marvel-Universum, vorher mit viel Action und Spannung. :)
Nur zu empfehlen.

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W. Sloesarwij

love it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2013

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the first gay marriage in comic history. great story. hope they will last for a very long time. makes for me the x men nr 1

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