- ISBN13: 9780785122548
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Strap yourselves in, folks! It’s Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s final arc on Astonishing X-Men! After the shocking and brain-smashing events of recent issues, the X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld. And when it’s all over, nothing will ever be the same! No, really, we mean it! Whedon and Cassaday prove they are more than Astonishing: They are unstoppable! Collects Astonishing X-Men #19-24 and Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1…. More >>
Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable
I have to start by saying that I’ve loved Joss Whedan’s work since the moment I saw the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I own every video and DVD he’s worked on, including all of his television programs, and many (though not quite all) of the written media he’s created. I loved the first three installments of Astonishing X-Men. This one, however, is just plain bad.
The art is so sloppy that I couldn’t tell Cyclops from a powered-down Colossus. I could have done better with a crayon.
The story jumps so much that I couldn’t follow without re-reading pages over and over. Even then, I wasn’t sure I knew what was really happening in the story.
And Joss seems to have forgotten that this is a story involving the X-Men, not Buffy! His oh-so-famous witticisms would be more appropriate from Xander to Buffy, rather than from X-Men to Cyclops. I think that Joss confused these two characters (Buffy and Cyke) because they share the last name, “Summers.” Most of the quips are verbatim from the Buffy series.
I could elaborate much more, and give specific quotes, but this book simply isn’t worth the time. Do yourself a favor: skip this one. Rating: 1 / 5
Alas, Joss has used his tricks one too many times. Plot “surprises” he has used in everything from “BTVS” (TV) to “Serenity” to “Dr. Horrible” (which rocked regardless) appear here. His repeated attempts to invoke pathos are getting as old as the Vaudeville pie-in-the-face bit.
Joss, steal or invent some new twists before you write any more eps of “Dollhouse.” And not to be harsh, but go back to TV and leave the crossover comic-book work to, say, Kevin Smith (the “Buffy Season 8″ series is already lame, only a fifth or so of the way through the series!).
If you’re an X-Men fan who’s not a Joss fan, you’ll love this book. If you’re a Jossaholic who bought this simply because Joss wrote it, it’s a case of been there, done that. Rating: 2 / 5
good story been following the astonishing x men collosus has been brought back we see more tension between kitty and emma well the stopry is okay but kitty sacrifices herself something x men has always done yerah she’s gone for now but I think ashe’ll be back in the future how many times the x men died and came bnack xavier, jean, cyclops, wolverine. Rating: 4 / 5
This book is great. I didn’t want to put it down once I started reading it. Joss Whedon is a great storyteller and really gets the characters. Also, did not see the plot twist coming at the end. Hopefully that’s not the end of the character. The artist is really great too and I can only think of maybe 2 others that would’ve brought equal success to the book in terms of artistry, but no matter-I’m pleased with the way it turned out. And FINALLY, Scott starts acting like the leader that he is-in New X-men he seemed to take a backseat to Jean and even Emma in this series but he finally shows that he has smarts and great tactics that make sense in the last 2 volumes and it was really fun to read about him again. Overall, get this whole entire series (volumes 1-4) and you won’t be dissapointed. Rating: 5 / 5
Astonishing X-men has been one of those series that is hard to stop reading. It’s so intelligent and entertaining that I feel smarter after reading it. Whedon has an incredible talent for cinematic storytelling and I bet by now all of us wish this could be directly translated into a film. The characterization and interaction is so well structured and utilized, that we love every character. So when all the characters split up there is no difference in entertainment between each of their paths. It’s all astonishing!
The ending to Whedon’s story is very profound and impressive. I do want to read the whole series over for clarification, but you should be able to graps the main components of the story. Vol. 3 and 2 got a little complex, but I think this one wraps it up very nice and neat. When I read, I can tell Whedon is having fun throwing in twists and foreshadowings, so that I may feel anxious for the next panel. There are times when a piece of dialogue makes no sense, and then at the turn of a page there is a huge revelation to that line. I was blown away by how original and powerful that method had been used. The creators of this comic series know how to be different from all the others, and yet be just as entertaining if not more than the rest. Rating: 5 / 5