Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday Omnibus
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Edition details
Publisher
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Pages
- 672
Creative team
- Character
- X-Men
- Writer
- Joss Whedon
- Artist
- John Cassaday
Edition
- Language
- English
- Format
- Oversized hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781302922689
Description
Background. After Grant Morrison's conceptual reinvention of the X-Men, Marvel brought in Joss Whedon to return the franchise to something more classically heroic. Whedon and John Cassaday launched Astonishing X-Men in 2004 with a simple mandate: make the X-Men feel like the X-Men again. Cyclops and Emma Frost lead a team that includes Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Beast and a resurrected Colossus — all rendered by Cassaday with the visual precision of a prestige film production.
What's inside. Astonishing X-Men #1–24 and Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1, the complete Whedon/Cassaday run. Includes Gifted (the mutant cure arc), Dangerous (Danger Room becomes sentient), Torn (Emma Frost's loyalties questioned), and Unstoppable (the Breakworld finale). ISBN 978-1-302-92268-9.
Why it's worth reading. Whedon writes Kitty Pryde the way she was always meant to be written — the heart of the book, the character whose courage defines what X-Men heroism means. Cassaday's pages are among the most carefully composed superhero art of the 2000s: wide-angle establishing shots, intimate character moments, explosive action sequences, all with an almost cinematic attention to pacing. This is the most accessible and re-readable X-Men run of the era.
Edition details. Hardcover omnibus, approx. ISBN 978-1-302-92268-9. Original English edition (VO).
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