The series has been excellent, and I really want Whedon on for a 50 issue run! This is the first time ever for me that I can hardly wait for the next issue of an X-Books (I read Claremont's run at clips of 10-20 by having the back issues handy), and I can't handle the anticipation!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Welcome back to the fold
As long as it's not one of The Blob's folds...!
And I wouldn't call it a full-blown relationship just yet; Mmmmmaybe a one-book stand...
It -does- feel good, though. I missed these guys. My complete run from 131-375 is one of the highlights of my collection, second only to my Legion stuff. It's like Joss read my mind for what made the X-Men great.
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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Didn't I tell ya about the Wolvie/Petey Fastball Special in #6? Didn't get all choked up? Quite suddenly, this is *my* X-Men again...
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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One of the best scenes showing how cool Cyclops *can* be, with the right writer writing him.
(A friend shared it with me, I'm still awaiting my shipment)
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From: Everywhere, nowhere... | Registered: Dec 2004
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Yeah, they goofed up before by saying it was 24 more issues. But nooo.
*sniff*
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From: Everywhere, nowhere... | Registered: Dec 2004
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What I got from the article was that their CURRENT run is going to only be another twelve issues, but that they also are planning on another 12-issue arc PLUS a "Giant-Sized" Astonishing 1-shot at a furhter time. Not too shabby.
P.S. to Des-- I just remembered a really crappy drawing I did of Wolvie and Colossus in a Fastball Special back in HS-- if I find it, I may try to post it here. We'll see if it's as terrible as I remember...
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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This little bit posted at Newsarama confirms they're doing 24 issues total, plus the GS Astonishing:
quote:Joss Whedon spoke extensively about his upcoming Serenity movie on Saturday at WonderCon, but also had a few words about his comic book work, first off, confirming what Marvel's solicitations for May suggested, that Astonishing X-Men #1-#12 is the creators's first year on the series.
From the panel:
Whedon and Cassaday announced at the Serenity panel that they will stick around for another year of Astonishing X-Men. Whedon said that after issue #12 ships, there will be a brief respite, followed by another 12-issues by Whedon/Cassaday. This will be capped off by Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men Annual #1 as Whedon called it.
-------------------- "Anytime a good book like this is cancelled, I hope another Teen Titan is murdered." --Cobalt
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From: Up a Gumtree | Registered: Jul 2003
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This latest storyline with the sentient Danger Room doesn't really do anything for me. The concept itself seems done to death (it's a bit too "2001" for me) and is it me, or does most A.I. seem to have the same personality? Needless to say, I'll reserve final judgment since the story's not over, but it hasn't captivated me so far.
It also seems like there's less interesting character interactions going on too.
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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I have actually dropped Uncanny, marking the first time since 1989 I've skipped an X-core title. Depressing, actually, but I'm pretty convinced that the X-Verse needs a good cleaning out. Why does Legion, with a relatively clean history, keep getting rebooted, while X-Men, with a freaking universe of alternate histories and futures, a timeline stretching back to WWII that is becoming increasingly untenable, and more false deaths than a bad soap opera keep slouching towards Babylon? Yeah yeah, read Ultimate X-Men, but I will NOT! As much as I bitch about DC, at least they're not subjecting me to 14 mediocre books about the same 20 characters that don't even make sense when put together.
It's my own fault. I kept buying every miniseries, solo title, and crossover in the early 90s. If only I'd known I was helping to create a monster...
That being said, Astonishing makes me happy in a way that hasn't been since the debut of the second X-Men. Why has no one since Claremont been able to write Kitty?
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quote:Originally posted by armsfalloffboy: That being said, Astonishing makes me happy in a way that hasn't been since the debut of the second X-Men. Why has no one since Claremont been able to write Kitty?
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I liked Alan Davis' Kitty during his stint of writing and drawing Excalibur -those are some of my favorite books of all time.
To have Davis and Claremont working with Nightcrawler and Storm is pure heaven to me. Uncanny and Astonishing are just the top of the list on X-books, especially after I dropped every X-book and said I would never buy them again when Larroca was forcibly taken off of Extreme to work on the ridiculous SubMariner.
Regular X-Men has a crazy Golgotha storyline and none of the characters really appeal to me except Polaris.
I Love Whedon's work on Astonishing -not surprising as Buffy is my favorite show of all time- and I love his take on all the characters. Though I do have to admit that I'm tired of seeing Wolverine in every book and now Emma is getting that way also. Leave them in Astonishing. The fact that Wolverine is on almost every cover is particularly annoying to me.
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