The wound’s left from Magento/Xorn’s attack and Jean’s most recent death are still fresh. History due to Whedon’s obvious love and homages to Chris Claremont’s historic run on the team, and chemistry due to not only Whedon and Cassaday’s cohesion as a creative team but also the team dynamic of the characters Whedon has written.Īs I said before Astonishing X-Men kicks off almost exactly where New X-Men ended. If I had to use two words to describe what made the first 24 (and the Giant Size) issues of Astonishing X-Men so great, they would have to be chemistry and history. As the X-Men take action on both fronts, they soon find themselves entangled in a web of lies, mistrust, betrayal, revelations, and tragedy that prove to change the team forever. At the same time as the good doctors announcement, a mysterious man named Ord holds a group of wealthy socialites hostage. Things aren’t all fun and grading though as a scientist named Kavita Rao has discovered a supposed cure for the mutant X-gene. The StoryĪfter a leave of absence, Kitty Pryde AKA Shadowcat has returned to the Xavier School in order to help mold the young mutant minds of tomorrow. Whedon and Cassaday not only managed to follow Morrison’s narrative, but in some ways even surpassed it.
Marvel brought back Astonishing X-Men specifically for Whedon to work his magic to pick up right after Grant Morrison’s legendary New X-Men. Most recently Cassaday drew the first few issues of Uncanny Avengers. John Cassaday was also a really popular artist at the time who had illustrated issues of Captain America, The Flash, and the critically acclaimed Planetary.
Vaughn left, and even wrote comics cenetering on some his own properties like Buffy and Firefly. He has written an issue of Batman/Superman, took over the reigns of Runaways when series creator Brian K. Joss Whedon, a friend to fanboys and girls alike, was no stranger to writing for the big two or comics in general. Originally beginning as a limited series that sporadically appeared in the 90’s, Astonishing X-Men saw a rebirth in 2004 under the care of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. Today we’re here to talk about a certain X-Men run that ran from 2004-2008 and why it was, in a word, Astonishing. I could sit here all day and recount why the X-Men are one of if not the most prolific group in comic history, but that’s a comic rant for another day.
While the Avengers may be Marvel’s “premiere super team”, the X-Men have certainly been involved in some pretty big events themselves, for better (The Dark Phoenix Saga) or worse (Anything from Chuck Austen’s run). Amazing, Uncanny, X-Treme, New, Young, Ultimate, and that’s not even counting all of the splinter teams. The X-Men, a team with just as many monikers as members.
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