by Joss Whedon
I watched the motion comic on Netflix not too long before I read this, and it was like déjà vu for me. That is to say, the motion comic suits this series very well. As with the first volume, Whedon's unique voice comes out in his writing. Emma Frost's bitingly sarcastic comments are very suited to W...
Genre: Superheroes / Action / Adventure Year Published: 2004 Year Read: 2011 Series: Astonishing X-Men #2 Publisher: Marvel Comics Flashback: After reading the first volume, “Astonishing X-Men: Gifted,” I just could not wait to read the second volume in this fantastic series, “Astonishing X-Men: ...
The Danger Room kidnaps the students in the school, the Professor is missing and tension is high. Interesting episodes, I liked it.
This was pretty cool to see the Danger Room become a villain in itself considering its well-established place in X-men stories. I thoroughly enjoyed this volume as much as the first.
I know Joss Whedon has his own projects... But couldn't he have just kept writing X-Men forever? He gets the characters, he can set up an interesting plotline, he can write good, even funny dialog... He can even take the Colossus/Shadowcat relationship, which I've never, ever liked, and make me actu...
Unexpectedly tangential to the huge Mutation Cure! Alien Attacks! SWORD Secret Research Lab! Plot arc of the previous volume.
See my short note on it: [http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/07/short-booknotes-on-graphic-novels-3.html]
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