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I'm not particularly attached to anyone, and it's easy enough to pick the book up and put it down. I really enjoyed the first volume, and I think that I've been filled in with enough past storyline that I'm not totally at a loss. I like that this a return to X-Men roots - somewhat goofy costumes, nods to Beast's change in appearance, the team getting out there and being seen by the public as protectors. I stink at trying to keep up with all the X-Men storylines, past and present. If you're looking for a comic fix and like a little tongue-in-cheek humor without a lot of badassery, I'd suggest picking this up. Joss Whedon's storyline was recommended to me and I wasn't a Buffy fan but I did love Dr. My knowledge mostly ends with the 1990s X-Men cartoon. Horrible, so I thought it was worth a shot.
Astonishing also got me excited for the x-men stories again. Astonishing x-men has got me back into the x-men. I highly recommend it. When i added astonishing at the comic shop, I also added x-men legacy, and uncanny. 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.
He is a huge Marvel Comics fan and this book really made him happy. I bought this book for my son for his 11th birthday. He loved, loved, loved it.
The characters are well-differentiated after one overcomes the complication of their multiple names, and there are flashbacks clarifying some of the story. Since it's all dialogue, it has the same constraints as a play and it works very well. There is the hope. 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). This volume is the first six chapters of a multi-part series by the gifted team of Whedon and Cassaday. It's fun to try something new and this X-Men comic has been a real treat. 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. If it's new to you too -- jump right in, you might love it.
I want more.As for the plot, and I HOPE there are no spoilers here. Readers of this review will have to settle for a beginner's impressions. 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 FireflyThis volume of Astonishing X-men, 2: Gifted (Astonishing X-Men) came my way and I thought, why not. 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 X-Men are mutants and their relationship with un-mutated humans is uneasy.
There's a lot of both here. This art form is something I've lived without for too long. The art work. Halfway through the book, I realized that I just wasn't getting it.
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. of a cure for their mutation, and its siren song calls to one of the group. 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. They want to use their super-powers for the good of the world. This causes trouble in X-land.
I'd love to watch him draw. A page of text could have provided a helpful orientation to beginners, if there are any others out there. Linda Bulger, 2008 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. 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.
or possibly the threat. The expressiveness of the characters, the complexity of the backgrounds blew me away. Whedon's writing surprised me with its complexity and humor. I can't begin to imagine how Cassaday illustrated this six-part volume in one lifetime.
from what i hear, the rest of the series is equally amazing. Whedon's story-telling is amazing while Cassaday's art is some of the best I have seen. Cyclops, Beast, Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde, and Wolverine. these are the Astonishing X-Men, set out to protect the very people that hate them, and now someone has found a "Cure" for the mutation chromosome people are calling a "disease".This is one of the greatest X-men Franchises ever.
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