false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250053931m/31979.jpg 31979 4 Dream-team creators Joss Whedon (TV's Buffy the Vampre Slayer) and John Cassaday (Planetary, Captain America) present the explosive, all-new flagship X-Men series - marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men! Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the "mutant cure" reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally - and some unexpected adversaries - tipping the scales! Collecting Astonishing X-Men #1-6. 154982 book 29 12 2004 Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted total:1035|5:369|4:454|3:179|2:31|1:2| 1035 4262 1207 80 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 20 18:26:44 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 22:46:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 01 11:06:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:06:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri May 15 08:45:08 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 14:41:12 -0700 2009
I quite liked this collection! I really liked the writing--the characters' "sound" different from each other (they don't all talk the same way) and as for the storyline, the very beginning is quite dark but the rest of it w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 20:54:41 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 21:12:10 -0700 2009
I'll be honest, I've not read X-Men in a looooong time and am missing quite a bit of history...Professor X is gone. The Beast, is well, really...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 17:13:47 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 17:13:47 -0800 2009 Anyway...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:39:28 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 15:46:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 19:33:27 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 09:25:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 02 22:00:46 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 15:29:07 -0800 2009 this is the best place to start for new readers; not the vaunted morrison run.

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I still have to head on over to the "young adult" section, however, to snag anything like this. Apparently, the X...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 17 11:41:48 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 11:46:13 -0700 2007 Professor X is on sabatical, leaving his school to be run by the remaining X-Men: Cyclo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 09 05:59:40 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 06:06:53 -0700 2009
And before any old school types bash me, I will say that the Phoenix run wa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 23:23:33 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 00:52:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:15:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:18:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:19:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:19:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 25 12:56:04 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 07:15:21 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 11 16:07:34 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 16:10:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 10:11:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:12:51 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Feb 10 14:50:28 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 15:13:17 -0800 2008
Cyclops, whose wife (Jean Grey) died (again!) during New X-Men: Planet X, beg...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 12:14:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 12:17:50 -0700 2009 At least no one was a lesbian yet. With Joss Wheadon, though it's only a matter of time.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 09:09:36 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 09:09:36 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31979