Comics Official ASTONISHING X-MEN Discussion Thread

[Manic]

At least she's open about the whole "I'm attracted to a man who reminds me of my father" thing. It's creepy when you meet your girlfriend's parents, and you soon find yourself thinking "Holy ****, her dad is me if I was older and [insert one other difference here]."

On the other hand, she might've been trying to say (in an awkward and easily misunderstood way) that her father's people are Cookie Monsters like Hank, and she's attracted to men who resemble her non-human half.

 

[UraniaChang]

And what if Hank is no longer blue and furry?

Will that kill her interests?
Though I think Hank would still be rough *cough and blush* enough for her, seeing how he was in Uncanny #1, which I finished reading a week ago in an attempt at going through the fandom thoroughly, again, actually.

 

[Specter313]

MuhollandDriver not interested in waves; he’s just looking for a cool breeze...

Despite the great mini last year, it still feels like Storm’s relevance as an X-Man has diminished. I always think of Ororo as the complex leader who had interesting relationships with her teammates. I never thought, over a decade later, she would be sitting on a sofa watching television. Any big plans for her? Outside of her marriage?

DANIEL KETCHUM: While running back and forth between Wakanda and San Francisco has caused a slight decline in her screentime in the X-books, be assured that Storm still plays an important role in the X-Universe. Not only is she one of the most powerful X-Men, but the fact that she’s mutant royalty makes her invaluable. Keep an eye on upcoming issues of “Uncanny” for more on this, especially as the X-Men build their own sovereign nation – Utopia.

And if it’s simply some awesome Storm action you’re looking for, keep an eye out for “Astonishing X-Men” #31. It just so happens that both myself and artist Phil Jimenez have a love of your favorite windrider…

Blair R. Campbell gets the last question of the day, and it’s a head-scratcher…

Am I mistaken, or did the X-Men basically abandon Forge, one of their own, to certain death in “Astonishing X-Men” #30? I re-read this issue several times but I can't make sense of it. For the last few years, a major theme of the X-books has been that every mutant life is precious and the struggle for the mutant species to survive. So when the X-Men are faced with the choice of either saving Forge or abandoning him to die, they decide to do the latter?

Could you please offer your thoughts on why they did this and how it makes sense in the context of the survival of their species? I'm a big fan of Forge and it made me quite upset to see him treated so shabbily.

NICK LOWE: First, of all, Blair, I think you’re oversimplifying the situation the X-Men were in with Forge. Not only did Forge open a Ghost Box, pointing terrifying beings from other universes right at ours, create a race of monsters and try to sacrifice the X-Men to solve the problems that he created, but he also went mad. They tried to get Forge out, but he wasn’t going to go and he had the forces to make it impossible for the X-Men to take him out. They had to make a tough choice; although if history tells us anything, I’d hazard a guess that we haven’t seen the last of Forge.


As for what it means to their struggling species, they had to leave so the race only lost one mutant and not the six of them as well. It’s a wartime decision that isn’t easy to make, but that’s life.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22961

 

[javi1024]

ugh....why is he still drawing her in that costume. he couldve been the one to finally kill it.

 

[Havok83]

At least he slightly redesigned it and its not as fugly

 

[UraniaChang]

Yuck, saw the one thing I hated to see in the morning.

 

[Havok83]

Yuck, saw the one thing I hated to see in the morning.

lol...the costume or Storm in general?

 

[UraniaChang]

Both of them, is this an option as well?

 

[Specter313]

ASTONISHING X-MEN #33
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
“EXOGENETIC,” PART 3
Dead mutants turned into biological weapons…genetically-reprogrammed Brood sleazoids…missing data on Henry McCoy's research computers…the truth about what Abby Brand was trying to burn out on Cruithne. It all adds up to an attempt to remove mutantcy from the planet Earth entirely -- and the rise of the Bio-Sentinels.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

 

[Specter313]

WHAT IF? ASTONISHING X-MEN
Written by JIM MCCANN & MATTEO CASALI
Penciled by DAVID YARDIN, KAI SPANNUTH & MIKE GETTY
Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL & KAI SPANNUTH
From the pages of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's classic Astonishing X-Men run, see two titanic tales unfold: In the first, what if Ord from Breakworld brought Jean Grey back from the dead instead of Colossus? What happens when she’s reunited with the X-Men? And Emma? And how will this change affect the entire galaxy? A story of life, death, love and loss resulting in one word that strikes fear into all: Phoenix! “WHAT IF JEAN GREY WAS RESURRECTED INSTEAD OF COLOSSUS?” by Jim McCann (NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION) and David Yardin (X-MEN ORIGINS: GAMBIT). In the second, when the artificial being known as Danger is out to destroy Xavier and his X-Men, someone else picks up her signal. Someone deadly they’ve never faced before... someone who's ready to fall in love with the mutated Danger Room! “WHAT IF DANGER BECAME ULTRON’S BRIDE?” Written by Matteo Casali with incredible art by Mike Getty! Plus a “SAY WHAT?” comedy strip by Mike Gallagher (Mad Magazine) and Dave Manak (Spy Vs. Spy).
48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Instead of Colossus!?

 

[UraniaChang]

Don't be so sensitive.

The important thing is that Colossus *is* resurrected, not her.

And the cover for AXM 33 alone gave me a fright more than the book "Half Minute Horror" did. I can't wait for the story!

 

[Havok83]

Why Is Emma front and center with the Phoenix behind her and not Jean? I would think Jean would be there in the middle with Scott and Emma looking shocked on the side

 

[Manic]

Maybe Emma steals the Phoenix from Jean, thereby contradicting what we saw in Endsong.

 

[javi1024]

even though Scott looks like the spy from Team Fortress 2, i really like Campbell's covers.

 

[UraniaChang]

Jean looks like she doesn't want to let go of the bird.

 

[Specter313]

​

ASTONISHING X-MEN #31


STORY BY Warren Ellis
ART BY Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning
COLORS BY Frank D'Armata
LETTERS BY Chris Eliopoulos
COVER BY Phil Jimenez, Travis Charest
PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics
COVER PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE DATE: Wed, October 7th, 2009

Abigail Brand, director of S.W.O.R.D., has been in some sticky situations, and she isn’t the type who asks for help to get out of them. But when you’re careening towards Earth in the cockpit of a damaged spaceship after being attacked on an exploding asteroid 7.5 million miles from Earth…it’s time to call the X-Men. They might not have much of a plan, or much of a chance, but that’s certainly never stopped them before. Superstar artist Phil Jimenez joins writer Warren Ellis for the second arc of the mind-bending ongoing series!

 

[Havok83]

I dont know what happened to Jiminez's art but it looked better in New X-men

 

[UraniaChang]

Still it's better than Bianchi's.





Ps. Can't believe that my bookstore labeled Astonishing X-Men Omnibus "sold out" two days after it's release day...I want that book!

 

[chris moore]

Looks pretty good. But I'm bored with it now. I like the integrated Universe and I'd read independants if I wanted stand alone characters in stand alone worlds. Astonishing going off and doing its own little thing without mentioning co-existing events but with the exact same core cast as Uncanny just bores me now. Its a shame, but I can get these characters in other books that go deeper, and save myself the £2.80 (or possibly more as for some reason Astonishing despite its constant lateness was always above ASM in cover price)

 

[Havok83]

Thats why I thought AXM should have been cancelled after Whedon left. Title is so irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and seems a bit redundant

 

[triplefive]

WHAT IF? ASTONISHING X-MEN
Written by JIM MCCANN & MATTEO CASALI
Penciled by DAVID YARDIN, KAI SPANNUTH & MIKE GETTY
Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL & KAI SPANNUTH
From the pages of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's classic Astonishing X-Men run, see two titanic tales unfold: In the first, what if Ord from Breakworld brought Jean Grey back from the dead instead of Colossus? What happens when she’s reunited with the X-Men? And Emma? And how will this change affect the entire galaxy? A story of life, death, love and loss resulting in one word that strikes fear into all: Phoenix! “WHAT IF JEAN GREY WAS RESURRECTED INSTEAD OF COLOSSUS?” by Jim McCann (NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION) and David Yardin (X-MEN ORIGINS: GAMBIT). In the second, when the artificial being known as Danger is out to destroy Xavier and his X-Men, someone else picks up her signal. Someone deadly they’ve never faced before... someone who's ready to fall in love with the mutated Danger Room! “WHAT IF DANGER BECAME ULTRON’S BRIDE?” Written by Matteo Casali with incredible art by Mike Getty! Plus a “SAY WHAT?” comedy strip by Mike Gallagher (Mad Magazine) and Dave Manak (Spy Vs. Spy).
48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99

i'm so there!

Why Is Emma front and center with the Phoenix behind her and not Jean? I would think Jean would be there in the middle with Scott and Emma looking shocked on the side

yeah, I know covers can have little to do with what's inside, but I'm interested to see if this plays out as emma-centric.

 

[UraniaChang]

^I just want to say, your avatar is made of love~

 

[Mike555]

WHAT IF? ASTONISHING X-MEN
Written by JIM MCCANN & MATTEO CASALI
Penciled by DAVID YARDIN, KAI SPANNUTH & MIKE GETTY
Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL & KAI SPANNUTH
From the pages of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's classic Astonishing X-Men run, see two titanic tales unfold: In the first, what if Ord from Breakworld brought Jean Grey back from the dead instead of Colossus? What happens when she’s reunited with the X-Men? And Emma? And how will this change affect the entire galaxy? A story of life, death, love and loss resulting in one word that strikes fear into all: Phoenix! “WHAT IF JEAN GREY WAS RESURRECTED INSTEAD OF COLOSSUS?” by Jim McCann (NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION) and David Yardin (X-MEN ORIGINS: GAMBIT). In the second, when the artificial being known as Danger is out to destroy Xavier and his X-Men, someone else picks up her signal. Someone deadly they’ve never faced before... someone who's ready to fall in love with the mutated Danger Room! “WHAT IF DANGER BECAME ULTRON’S BRIDE?” Written by Matteo Casali with incredible art by Mike Getty! Plus a “SAY WHAT?” comedy strip by Mike Gallagher (Mad Magazine) and Dave Manak (Spy Vs. Spy).
48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ ...$3.99

Must get this.When is this coming out?

 

[triplefive]

Must get this.When is this coming out?

December 23, 2009

http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=13653