Astonishing X-Men Vol 1
Overview: Dream-team creators Joss Whedon and John Cassaday present the explosive, all-new flagship X-Men series – marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men!
Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of “astonishing” the world. but when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the “mutant cure” reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally – and some unexpected adversaries – tipping the scales!
Collecting Astonishing X-Men #1-6
Pages: 152 Pages
Writer: Joss Wheddon
Artist: John Cassaday
Colorist: Laura Martin
Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos
Recommendations:
I was walking through our local book store one day and I spotted this title, picked it up and noticed that Joss Whedon was writing. I did hear that he was writing for Marvel but really never paid much attention. As I thumbed through the book, the artwork started to shout out to me to purchase the book. So here I am reviewing this book. So the story is good, but it has a lot in common with the story of the movie X-Men 3. A cure has been found and all the turmoil that a cure would cause. It also has a little girl that is an example of how the cure works. Seeing any similarities yet! It does have a segment of the story that has the team leader Cyclops telling the X-Men team that they need to get better press. So they go take care of a hostage situation and then meet the press. The scene felt so much like the Ghostbusters walking out of the hotel with a captured ghost and meeting the press, or at least that is what it made me think of. Like I said earlier, the artwork was good in this book, I liked how they have drawn the characters.
Overall, this is a good book, the story gets better as you go. It also stays true to some prior relationship problems that some characters have. I think most comic books readers will like this book but am sure that all the X-Men fans will like it if they have not already read it.