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Rating:  -
When compared to the first volume, this second volume of Astonishing X-Men is way,way off the mark. As a stand-alone comic, it is completely confusing and is dependent on Vol 1 for continuity. Having said that, the plot here veers off completely to encompass a Danger room suddenly transforming itself into Artifical Intelligence with enhanced sentient thoughts, courtesy of Shiar Technology. This was given as a throwaway remark and one has to be aware of past X-men stories for this to make some sense.
There is some hint of Emma Frost's duplicity, hinted at in Vol 1 but now further developed here to involve the Hellfire Club, another X-Men thing requiring some explanation which was not offered here.
But the whole plot of this comic seems to hinge on the Danger room killing off one student and endangering the others. Prof Xavier appears in this issue to combat the Danger room but then drops out of the scene. There is the pointless cameo appearance of the Fantastic Four which is just padding. If not for the drawings, I would have rated this a one star. I am not quite sure what the other 5 star reviewers see in this comic.
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Excellent package. The only problem for me was that I'm not familiar with X-Men canon enough to know what the Hellfire club and Cassandra Nova are - thus first ark in this volume ("Torn") was pretty hard to grasp. But once I did some Wikipedia digging and rereading the arc it became much better.
The ending of the saga really shines. Hope Whedon returns to this series someday and resolves all unresolved topic he left.
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Collecting the second half of Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men, this book is the best the X-Men have been in YEARS. It's a truly astonishing conclusion to a fantastic run.
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Joss Whedon continues to impress me throughout this series. He touches on deep and interesting subjects, such as Colossus's and Kitty's love. Not only is that fun to read, but the Emma Frost revelation made my heart skip a beat. The title of the series is the most appropriate for itself. These X-men stories are Astonishing!
The humor, action, and suspense hold this thing together strong. It is really hard to find dialogue as valuable as these through the history of comic writing. I feel like I'm watching a grade A science fiction movie, and not a chopped up plotless action movie. Joss induces a sense of fear within his readers. We genuinely fear for these poor X-men. I won't say much more than that, because your in for a total suprise. This may be the most dangerous task yet for our X-men!
Rating:  -
When I read Astonishing X-men vol. 1 ''Gifted'', I was amazed. It was such a great story, with ''astonishing'' art. The rest of the run is good, very good, but... I just can't explain, it's not a match to the first one. Nevertheless, good read.
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