Astonishing X-Men #33
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Warren Ellis and Phil Jimenez are taking Astonishing X-Men back to the big-screen theatric level that Whedon and Cassaday captured when the title began.
2009 is the year of the zombie.We have undead events Blackest Night and Necrosha, but now not only do the X-Men have to worry about Selene burying them in techno-organic corpses, but also have to watch for mutant-slaying robot Sentinels made of meat and bone, wearing the skin of one of their own deceased teammates. Thye might wanna start considering cremation.
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And as the X-Men fight for their lives, they’re left to wonder: What could this monstrosity have to do with THE BROOD?
Loving the artwork of Phil Jimenez and so happy to see Abigail Brand and S.W.O.R.D. again. I was losing interest in this title during the last arc, but this seems to be bringing back the excitement. But what’s with Emma transforming? Thought she was stuck in diamond form? Is this pre-Nation-X?
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11/03/2009 at 5:52 pm
Yeah, this is taking place post-Manifest Destiny, pre-Nation X. So, figure somewhere around the Sisterhood of Evil Mutants timeframe. It’s the same kind of “dancing between the raindrops of continuity” that Joss did while he was on Astonishing (other than that last arc, which made all the other X-Books dance around it until it came out).
Still, it’s a very fun story so far, and I’d by anything Jimenez draws anyway.
11/03/2009 at 6:56 pm
Well they tried burning a lot of their members and that’s hardly been effective. Back when Colossus was dead they burned him (in metal form? human?) but that was the wrong body, Wolverine’s been incinerated alive a few times, and this would obviously never work on Jean/Phoenix.
As for the continuity issue, I think they’ve given up all pretense that Astonishing is supposed to be their X-flagship title. Or it’s meant to be their prestige X-title but the big plot machinations aren’t really there anymore like they were under Morrison’s New X-Men. I think they had to give up after that first cure story arc when they ended rendering all of that moot with M-day. Or W-Day? That House of M thing.
11/03/2009 at 7:06 pm
Alls I know is that I love how PJ is rendering Emma Frost. She looks so unique. I really like that this series takes place “between continuity”. I can no longer the regular X stuff; not a criticism, just had too much of it growing up.
11/03/2009 at 7:22 pm
I read the first issue and loved it. I love Phil’s art and I’m liking the storyline too. I like seeing Sword and Abigail back visiting Hank and the X-Men. Cool. Awesome post. It will be good to see what Phil and Warren too in the storyline.
11/04/2009 at 1:24 am
I hate being buried in techno-organic corpses!
Seriously, is Phil doing the best work in his entire career on Astonishing? I mean, he’s always been great, but he’s taking it to a new level here.
11/08/2009 at 3:04 am
love this