Astonishing X-men are truly astonishing... in the pants
A few months back, by the recommendations of one of the Comic Shop guys, I picked up the first two trades of "Astonishing X-men," one of the multitude of spin-offs that twist and turn the X-men universe into directions previously only the wet dreams of comic geeks everywhere.
This is one of those comics.
Firstly, let me say that it's refreshing to read an X-men series that doesn't feature Wolverine or Jean Grey. I love both characters, but they're old, cliche, and, honestly, overdone. Instead, Astonishing X-men features a post-Jean Grey/Phoenix school run by Emma Frost after the "disappearance" of Professor X. And she's banging Cyclops.
Let the record reflect, I hate Emma Frost. Her powers are over-done and pitiful, she dresses like a whore, and she's just not good-guy material.
Luckily for me, she isn't a good guy.
For all those X-men readers who want to see what happens when Cyclops stops being a pussy, Wolverine spends an entire issue talking like an English school girl, Kitty Pryde goes hardcore and kicks massive amounts of ass, and Emma Frost is the ultimate villain, go spend a few bucks and pick these up. I won't go into terrible detail reviewing these, because I hate spoiling some of the best comics I've read in a long time for other people.
But holy god "Astonishing X-men" kicks butt.
Amy out.
3 comments:
P-R-Y-D-E.
Agree with the rest, though.
Pretty much the only non-Ultimates superhero comic I like. Joss Whedon is a genius. But if that's one of the best comics you've read in a long time, you need to check out more graphic novels.
I separate comics from graphic novels. They're really two very different art styles, and therefore, at least in my mind, ranked in separate categories.
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