Weekly Comic Review: Astonishing X-Men
 

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I've got to agree, Joss did the absolute best he could with what the mess X-Continuity has become, with all the stupid ideas and piss poor "plot" in the last 15 years or so. This isn't the end all be all, but this is absolutely readable, even enjoyable, which is something I haven't been able to say about the X-men in a long time.

Looks like I'll be picking up an X-Men comic?

Did I just say that?

Is this the series where Kitty has an orgasm and falls through the floor into the X-mansion living room?? When I heard about that I said..."Looks like I picked the wrong decade to quit reading X-Men."

Yeah, this run had a ton of memorable moments. Whedons pacing and dialogue are honed to perfection by his years of TV work. Each arc is like a Buffy or Angel season and I totally agree with Proto that Wolverine (and for that matter, each character) gets held in reserve until they are what's needed to balance the moment. He measures each players strengths not just in terms of superpowers, but in diction, wit, timing, who they click with and who they hate. He's the perfect script writer for a team book in that he treats them like an acting ensemble.

In this day and age, with all the money at the disposal of the big companies, there is just no damn excuse for not having this kind of quality more often. I guess you can make the same complaint with TV and movies, all that talent out there and they just shovel crap at you, but it makes me sad.

This wasn't ground breaking stuff like "Watchmen" or "Dark Knight", but that's not what it tried to be. It's just good, solid comics, what ought to be the damn baseline of the form, not miraculous home run.

I'll wait for the compilation(s) which, knowing the comic industry, will be out a few weeks after the last issue.

I miss FireFly :(

Looks like one to add to the list. He's a good bloke, that Whedon.

Whedon done the impossible and made me actually give a damn about the X-men, especially with the way he messes with Wolverine. I've read a few issues and I'm actually looking forwards to reading the entire series.

Let me the first to say: Meh, Whedon.

I like beer.

Snikt...

I refuse to believe there is such a thing as a decent X-Men comic.

I didn't like the Danger retcon. Otherwise, good.