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Abigail Brand, director of S.W.O.R.D., has been in some sticky situations, and she isn't the type who asks for help to get out of them. But when you're careening toward Earth in the cockpit of a damaged spaceship after being attacked on an exploding asteroid 7.5 million miles from Earth....it's time to call the X-Men. They might not have much of a plan, or much of a chance, but that's certainly never stopped them before. Watch as the X-Men go up against all-new versions of some of their worst foes: genetically manipulated Brood missiles, meat Sentinels and an island monster modeled after Krakoa. Superstar artist Phil Jimenez joins writer Warren Ellis for the second installment of this mind-bending series! COLLECTING:
Astonishing X-Men #31-35
Astonishing X-Men #31-35
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing and ultimately pointless...,
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This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Exogenetic (Hardcover)
After many shipping delays for the individual issues collected in this book, reading it in one sitting works in the story's favour. It's hard to feel the urgency of a crisis when there are months between chapters. By the time you'd get the next chapter, you had to re-read the previous ones as a refresher. The characterisation and interactions between the cast seem natural and genuine, and the art is good. It's just... without spoiling anything, the X-Men seem to encounter no difficulty resolving whatever crisis they're facing. There's no sense of danger. The big baddie turns out not to be so big after all, and the way our heroes deal with "it" is very much anti-climactic.Warren Ellis writes these X-Men well. The action set pieces and the "stunts" are exciting in themselves, but there it ends. Phil Jimenez supplies the art for this story (with Andy Lanning) and I must say that they do a good job. The cinematic angles used and the various designs used for the story are great. My only gripe is that Emma Frost looks like she aged 10-15 years since the last story arc, on top of having a '70s hair-style, like she's one of Charlie's Angels... What makes this story ultimately pointless is the fact that "Astonishing X-Men" (AXM), as a series, is never too bound by current continuity. In this particular story arc, the X-Men's base is still on the outskirts of San Francisco. They've had their own island nation for over a year now, and you know they all make it there... Again, there's no sense of danger. We probably won't see their wacky X-2 rescue jet (complete with scorpion legs!) - or that (really not) frightening baddie - ever again. (Yay!) AXM used to be the flagship X-Title, from which other X-books took their cues. But an irregular shipping schedule, as well as so-so stories , have changed all that. Pity. This title deserves more. 3 stars.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great artwork and Fun story.,
By C. Schifano - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Exogenetic (Hardcover)
Worth your time and money (through amazon.com of course) if you're even a casual X-Men fan. If you prefer the softcover, wait a few more months.Phil Jimenez is the artist - he is one of the best, detailed, great to look at. He did some Amazing Spider-Man issues I recommend that are available thru amazon.com as well. Again, great solid art work. The story is fun too - uses some of the X-Men mythos to it's advantage. Overall, New X-Men through Astonishing X-Men have been some of the best X-Men stories in recent years. Recommended.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Story, Good Art,
By Dax S. Torres - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Exogenetic (Hardcover)
I was hoping Warren Ellis would step up his game after the last story arc but I really didn't get into this story anymore than I did Ghost Box. Phil Jimenez art was very nice (with some amazing character renditions) but this story didn't do a whole lot for me either. Delays with the issues also hurt the first time I read this (although the collected makes for a better read).
2 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Such a Lame Duck,
By Tyler S. "Super-Review" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Exogenetic (Hardcover)
Most of my praise for the series, post-Whedon, has been for art. Simon Bianchi and Phil Jiminez have done a great job in Cassaday's absence. Warren Ellis, however, is failing hardcore. Ghost Box was ok, but this is just the most uninteresting X-book I've ever read. The whole plotline about a useless mutant going after the x-men by reanimating corpses didn't go far at all. It could have been great if Ellis's beats weren't so embarassing. He tried to replicate the humor from the original series, and it just falls completely flat. I lost interest halfway through and let myself be entertained by the pictures instead. While never being able to mirror the quality of Whedon's Astonishing X-men, Ellis's AXM is just a bad series by itself. My only desire to read this book, comes from me loving the characters and the line-up. But Warren doesn't do anything interesting with them. I know he's better than this. Hello? Extremis? Channel that energy you had before into something fun for the X-men.Please do what the people at the comic store begged me to do. Move on with your life and forget about Astonishing X-men. There's nothing left here. |
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