Astonishing X-Men Vol 11

Overview: It’s the explosive aftermath to the year’s most talked about wedding! The X-Men are on the run, and Northstar accepts a deadly assignment. Meanwhile, newlywed Kyle learns the hard way that marrying Northstar also meant marrying his family. And in this case, that means the X-Men! Meanwhile, Susan Hatchi reveals her connection to the X-Men. How long can the team survive with her nanobombs circulating through their bloodstreams? As Hatchitech weapons start showing up around the globe, and civilians are caught in the crossfire, the X-Men must make a decision…take down Hatchi or save their teammate Karma!

COLLECTING: Astonishing X-Men (2004) 52-56, Astonishing X-Men Annual

Pages: 128

Writers: Marjorie Liu

Artists: Mike Perkins and Gabriel Hernandez Walta

Colorist: Jay David Ramos & Cris Peter

Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna

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Review By: Jason Schulte

Rating: 3 Star

I am this deep into this series so I have kept going even if the last book was a bit of a let down.  I suspected in the last book it was setting up some big story lines.  I was correct about that.  In this book we see some Hatchitech in action.  We see that the X-men are going to be tested.  The lines between friends and foes will be blurred.  We also see the impacts of a X-men being married to a non mutant.  How the mutant wants to protect, how the non-mutant feels about that, and how the non mutant must adapt more than one might think.

Overall this series of stories brings up the level, brings some action, brings some depth, and does develop the stories that were setup in the last book.