At last! An X-men tale anyone can enjoy
With over a dozen monthly comics and a cast of thousands of characters Marvel's X-Men franchise has always been one of the hardest to follow. Even long-time fans can become lost in the maze of alternate time lines, alien worlds and minor characters.
Which is what makes Whedon and Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men so darn good!
It focuses on a small group of X-men, gives them strong characterization and tells a coherent story free from decades of continuity. In this final volume of Whedon's run the X-men are stranded on an alien world, a world one of them is fated to destroy. And a world with plans to destroy the entire Earth to prevent that fate. There is much fighting, witty dialogue and some clever plot twists. In the end the day is saved but not without a price.
Whedon's background in film and TV is well-displayed here, the way the scenes are laid out and they way they cut from one to the other for humor, suspense or contrast shows his great timing and skill at using the visual medium.
Cassasday's art is among the best in American comics. He manages to give each character a different face, body type and even body language.
The four volumes of Astonishing X-men are among the best the X-Men have ever been.
Buy Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable by Joss Whedon At The Lowest Price!
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