| 1. Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted | 
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By: Joss Whedon, John Cassaday
Publisher: Marvel Comics
December 29, 2004
There are just too many X-men titles out there. Not being an X-men fan, this comic book was a revelation on how a new writer could continue to inject interest into a tired genre.
Prof Xavier's sabbatical provides a convenient starting point for a new team of X-men to be formed under the shaky leadership of Cyclops. Perhaps mindful of the recent demise of Marvel Girl (aka The Phoenix)... more
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| 2. Astonishing X-Men Omnibus |
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By: Joss Whedon
Publisher: Marvel Comics
October 21, 2009
I've never watched Buffy. Ive never seen Angel the only reason I've skimmed through Doll House is because Eliza Dushku and never even heard of FireFly till this year. I hate capes, no let me rephrase that despise capes. That being said I picked this up only because my comic book shop begged me to buy it. Boy am i sure glad i did this series single-handedly restored my faith in the comics. Buy this... more
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| 3. Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 2 (v. 2) |
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By: Joss Whedon
Publisher: Marvel Comics
December 31, 2008
Definitely didn't live up to my expectations or build on how awesome Vol. 1 was!... more
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| 4. Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable |
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By: Joss Whedon
Publisher: Marvel Comics
July 16, 2008
This book is great. I didn't want to put it down once I started reading it. Joss Whedon is a great storyteller and really gets the characters. Also, did not see the plot twist coming at the end. Hopefully that's not the end of the character. The artist is really great too and I can only think of maybe 2 others that would've brought equal success to the book in terms of artistry, but no matter... more
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| 5. Astonishing X-Men Vol. 5: Ghost Box | 
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By: Warren Ellis
Publisher: Marvel Comics
December 23, 2009
I read the Astonishing X-Men run with much interest. Until now it had good ideas, darn impressive artwork and excellent writing, so if you're a fan of Whedon & Cassaday, you'll be slightly disappointed by this volume.
Ghost Box has an interesting concept behind it (spoiler: parallel universes) and throws in some interesting details about how the X-Men work, like telepathically learning... more
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| 6. Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3: Torn (v. 3) |
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By: Joss Whedon
Publisher: Marvel Comics
February 28, 2007
After the truly astonishing vol 1 comic, followed by the confusing vol 2, vol 3 sees some restoration of continuity to this X-men series. The title Torn refers (I think) to Emma Frost's state of mind whereby she betrays the X-men because she was brainwashed by members of the Hellfire Club into releasing a ghoulish looking lump of jelly from some pod. Naturally in turn, Emma brainwashes Kitty Pryde... more
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| 7. Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1 (v. 1) |
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By: Joss Whedon, John Cassaday
Publisher: Marvel Comics
May 31, 2006
Let's start off with my biases: I think seasons 2, 3, and 5 of Buffy are the greatest network television ever made. I'm also a huge fan of the run preceding this book, Grant Morrison's New X-Men. So I really wanted to like Astonishing X-Men.
And for the most part it's solid. The art is pretty enough and the dialogue is fun. The utterly boring villains and the stupid Emma Frost plot... more
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| 8. Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Box | 
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By: Warren Ellis
Publisher: Marvel Comics
September 16, 2009
This one is book 5 of the Astonishing X-men and it is not good. It jumps around quite a bit and is unbelievably confusing in the end... more
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By: Warren Ellis
Publisher: Marvel Comics
July 07, 2010
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| 10. Astonishing X-Men: Kitty Pryde - Shadow & Flame |
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By: Akira Yoshida, Paul Smith
Publisher: Marvel Comics
February 15, 2006
Kitty Pryde is lured back to Japan and caught in a conflict with ninjas, dragons, spies and yakuza.
This is a pretty straightforward story acting as a sort of follow up to the 80s series Kitty Pryde and Wolverine. It has plenty of action with Kitty battling ninjas, thugs and the Silver Samurai and lots of her pet dragon Lockheed.
The art by veteran X-Men artist Paul Smith... more
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