36″ x 24″ poster of the John Cassaday’s wraparound cover!

When we last left our intrepid adventurers they had just realized that the “missile” wasn’t actually a missile and Kitty Pryde is riding the bullet towards the earth! Too much story for one regular issue, Joss Whedon (Buffy, Firefly) and John Cassaday’s (CAPTAIN AMERICA, Planetary) bring us a super special Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1! The Powerlords of breakworld seem bent on destroying the Earth, can our marvelous mutants do anything about it? And will the Avengers and the Fantastic Four have any better luck?

We’ve been told that one of the X-Men won’t walk away from this fight,” and most people’s money are on Kitty (due to her precarious position and Peter calling her “lost,” in the recent Uncanny X-Men, but that could be a red herring.

On shelves May 21, 2008

More images after the jump…

The story so far…
CBR synopsis and Images
more images and info from Marvel News!

and a flashback to the beginning…

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Tags: Astonishing, Comic Book, Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1, Joss Whedon, Marvel Comics, SFW, X-Men

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