Astonishing X-Men
| Astonishing X-Men | |
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Cover art for Astonishing X-Men #1.
Art by John Cassaday. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Format |
(vol. 1–2) Limited series (vol. 3) Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) |
(vol. 1) 1995 (vol. 2) 1999 (vol. 3) 2004–2013 (vol. 4) 2017 |
| No. of issues |
(vol. 1) 4 (vol. 2) 3 (vol. 3) 68 (1 Annual & 1 Giant-Size) |
| Main character(s) |
Gambit Mystique Rogue Fantomex Psylocke Bishop Old Man Logan Archangel |
| Creative team | |
| Written by |
(vol. 3) Joss Whedon (issues 1–24 & Giant-Size #1) Warren Ellis (issues 25–35) |
| Artist(s) |
(vol. 3) John Cassaday (issues 1–24 & Giant-Size #1) Simone Bianchi (issues 25–30) Phil Jimenez (issues 31–35) |
| Collected editions | |
| Omnibus | ISBN |
| Gifted | ISBN |
Astonishing X-Men is the name of three X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were limited series. The ongoing series began in 2004, with its first run written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassaday. It was then written by Warren Ellis with art by Simone Bianchi and Phil Jimenez.Daniel Way and Christos Gage then took over the title writing alternating stories. They were followed by James Asmus who wrote one issue, then Greg Pak, who took over for four issues in November 2011.Marjorie Liu wrote the final 21 issues of the series until its end at issue #68 (October 2013).
The original Astonishing X-Men was a four-issue limited series that replaced Uncanny X-Men during the 1995 alternate universe storyline Age of Apocalypse, in which all X-titles were given new names and issue numbers. In this storyline, Professor X was murdered 20 years in the past by his own son, Legion. Magneto, witnessing his friend's death, committed himself to Xavier's dream and created his own team of X-Men. However, he was unable to prevent the rise of the despotic Apocalypse and hence the series primarily dealt with the X-Men's battle against him.
Astonishing X-Men, written by Scott Lobdell and illustrated by Joe Madureira, featured a team of X-Men led by Rogue and consisted of Sunfire, Blink, Morph, Sabretooth and Wildchild.
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