Comics Astonishing or Uncanny?

[CConn]

I really hate to be one of *those guys*, but I can only add one to my pull list, and I gotta ask...what's better, Astonishing or Uncanny?

 

[Havok83]

without a doubt Uncanny. Its the better of the 3 core titles

 

[CConn]

And I do love the art. And Fraction's a great writer.

Although, from what I've read, the storylines seem a bit...out of my league. I'm not someone who reads every crossover, and thusly, can be a little lost when they delve real deep into the current goings on of the X-Universe.

 

[Havok83]

well fortunately for you each book is its own entity and hasnt done any crossovers since the big one last year, Messiah Complex. The exception being one Legacy/Wolverine Origins arc and in a few months X-force will team up with Cable. But as for Uncanny and Astonishing, you really dont need to read or follow any of the other titles in order to get whats going on within their pages

 

[usagicassidy]

This is a difficult question to answer. If we're talking all-encompassing: Uncanny, obviously, it has 40 years on Astonishing. If we're talking over the last 5 years since Astonishing' "birth", then Astonishing without a doubt. However, if we're talking right now as in the past few months, Uncanny.

 

[CConn]

This is a difficult question to answer. If we're talking all-encompassing: Uncanny, obviously, it has 40 years on Astonishing. If we're talking over the last 5 years since Astonishing' "birth", then Astonishing without a doubt. However, if we're talking right now as in the past few months, Uncanny.

You misunderstand. I'm not talking about which one is better historically. I'm asking which one I should be reading now...on a monthly basis.

 

[javi1024]

You misunderstand. I'm not talking about which one is better historically. I'm asking which one I should be reading now...on a monthly basis.

then absolutely Uncanny. but like he's mentioned, i do recommend going back and reading Whedon's Astonishing run (#1-24 + Giant-Size). its not essential to whats happening now (expect for Kitty) but its just that good. besides Astonishing still has the same delay problems as always so you'll be waiting 2-3-4 months for your next book.

 

[sniktsnakt]

Yeah. Whedon's run on Astonishing was one of the best X-Men arcs I've seen for years . . . possibly for decades. Check it out.

For the moment, though, Uncanny's in the lead with interesting things going on, character development, etc.

 

[mightiest_mortal]

Hmm.. now I'd say that his Astonishing run was the most overrated X-Men run that I've seen for years.

With all the time and effort and delays, all it amounted to was another species of alien attacking and the holodeck malfunctioning again. There was some great character dialogue and interaction but the whole thing was just steeped in unoriginality. (and this is coming from a huge Angel and Firefly fan)


(...and as for the giant sentinel, suddenly deciding that it felt guilty for killing all the mutants, the less said about that the better)



As for the Question. Astonishing if your new to X-Men. Uncanny is maybe the better, but relies a lot more heavily on past continuity.

IMO just get X-Force. Its pretty brainless and bizarrely entertaining considering its premise.

 

[Havok83]

IA that Astonishing was very overrated. The only arc I really liked from that run was Torn

I didnt suggest it bc you were simply asking about these 2 X-men titles, but Id also have to agree with mightiest mortal about X-force. Its the best title in the X-line. Along with UXM and Cable, those are my 3 favorites

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Uncanny fo' sho!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Hmm.. now I'd say that his Astonishing run was the most overrated X-Men run that I've seen for years.

With all the time and effort and delays, all it amounted to was another species of alien attacking and the holodeck malfunctioning again. There was some great character dialogue and interaction but the whole thing was just steeped in unoriginality. (and this is coming from a huge Angel and Firefly fan)


(...and as for the giant sentinel, suddenly deciding that it felt guilty for killing all the mutants, the less said about that the better)

Amen

 

[UraniaChang]

I think you should at least try a couple of issues from each title first...cause likes of everone are a very subjective matter.

Personally, I like Whedon's Astonishing better, cause (Fraction's) Uncanny, while getting better, hasn't given me many thrills yet, and Land and Dudson are too disappointing imo.
And Ellis' Astonishing is also getting better imo, but he chose a somewhat more depressing road to write his story (in the part of the Ghost Box storyline, good, but very depressing), and Bianchi is not one of my favorite artists, and the title still delays!

As for Carey's Uncanny, can't give you much advice cause I didn't read much of his run.

 

[usagicassidy]

Honestly, the Uncanny title hasn't been very good since the 90's - but that's just me.

Everything Brubaker has written on it has been hum-drum, and now that we have a new writer (mid-storyarc it seems), things might be getting a little better?

Quite frankly, all the X-titles are slightly stale right now, whereas a year ago, I was fully enjoying X-Factor, New X-Men, and X-Men (and obviously Uncanny when it was tied to the Messiah CompleX which was a nice read if you haven't read it - tho pick up Carey's X-Men 188-204 and New X-Men's Childhood's End and Mercury Rising arcs as backstory if you want).

 

[LexCorp]

As for the Question. Astonishing if your new to X-Men. Uncanny is maybe the better, but relies a lot more heavily on past continuity.

Well that is me then as I have yet to read Uncanny - but have done Astonishing.

 

[javi1024]

As for the Question. Astonishing if your new to X-Men. Uncanny is maybe the better, but relies a lot more heavily on past continuity.

that may be the case, but i think with this move to San Fran and change in status quo, now is the best time for new readers to start reading UXM. i think youd be alot more confused if you were trying to read Legacy.

 

[Hotaru]

Astonishing.
After years of reading Uncanny Brubaker nad Fraction convinced me to let this title go - I didn't enjoy an issue in over two years.

 

[Psykoelf]

Both are good. Astonishing has been a fantastic read, but I'd have to recommend Uncanny for continuity purposes mainly, but I'm finding the stories are arcing off on interesting tangents.

BTW. Wasn't Astonishing supposed to sit outside of 616's continuity?

 

[javi1024]

Both are good. Astonishing has been a fantastic read, but I'd have to recommend Uncanny for continuity purposes mainly, but I'm finding the stories are arcing off on interesting tangents.

BTW. Wasn't Astonishing supposed to sit outside of 616's continuity?

as far as i understood it, Astonishing was just in its own time bubble, where it doesn't worry about whats happening in the other books and the Marvel Universe, and it fits in after the story is told. but its still in every way in-continuity. i mean the very first issue is about the rebuilt mansion and has Wolverine getting in Cyke's face about dating Emma right after Jean's death. plus you two Colossus stories running right now that deals with how he was effected by what happened in GSAXM.

 

[Psykoelf]

as far as i understood it, Astonishing was just in its own time bubble, where it doesn't worry about whats happening in the other books and the Marvel Universe, and it fits in after the story is told. but its still in every way in-continuity. i mean the very first issue is about the rebuilt mansion and has Wolverine getting in Cyke's face about dating Emma right after Jean's death. plus you two Colossus stories running right now that deals with how he was effected by what happened in GSAXM.

Hmm true, I just had a crazy recollection that it was framed by events in 616, but it's stories were separate from the rest of the continuity. Heh more to read I suppose

 

[Havok83]

Hmm true, I just had a crazy recollection that it was framed by events in 616, but it's stories were separate from the rest of the continuity. Heh more to read I suppose

basically the title is delayed so much that Marvel's way around the glaring continuity issues was to say that it works within its own timeline. Thats why Scott was still wearing his visor in other books, yet had brief control over his powers in Astonishing for example. The book simply cant catch up with everything else so it has its own written rule that it doesnt worry about whats going on outside of it and the other titles try not to reference it for obvious spoiler reasons. Everything about it however is canon. Its not an alternate universe based on the current 616 timeline if that helps

 

[TwilightPro101]

Enjoyed Astonishing during Whedon's run. Not sure how its being handled at present. My biggest issue with it was the fact that it was pretty much out of continuity with all the other main events going on. Otherwise, I was onboard for that.

 

[Manic]

I'm gonna be frank. One of the main reasons everyone loved Whedon's Astonishing run was because it ran at the same time as Milligan's adjectiveless run, Claremont's over-the-hill Uncanny run, and the beginning of Brubaker's "nobody seems to like space stories" Uncanny run. It was quite possibly the only X-Men title that was being written well at all.

Plus his dialogue was great.

 

[OutcryX]

i dont like Ellis and i HATE that he is on another X-Book...and Bianchi's work is fugly

 

[Manic]

I wouldn't say Bianchi's work is fugly.

Awkwardly posed, far too elaborate in places that need to be simplified, unbalanced, facially incorrect, over-rendered, terribly colored, occasionally difficult to follow, and at times clearly incomplete.

But fugly?