ASTONISHING X-MEN Returns This Week!

ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 (vol. 4) arrives just when you thought it was impossible for Old Man Logan to star in yet another book. Well, there he is…front and center…again. 

ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 written by Charles Soule looks like a pretty typical X-book. Big threats loom, mutants ban together, characters clash about their hypocritical morals, so on and so forth. But I will say, I’ve been really enjoying X-MEN: BLUE, X-MEN: GOLD, JEAN GREY, and CABLE, so I like the odds that this will be a good book. 

ONLY THE X-MEN CAN SAVE US! An ancient evil is attacking the world’s most powerful minds. It will have them by the time you finish this sentence, and a moment later, it will have us all. A band of X-MEN discovers the truth behind the threat, but there is no time left. PSYLOCKE, OLD MAN LOGAN, BISHOP, ARCHANGEL, FANTOMEX, ROGUE and GAMBIT will attempt to save a world that hates and fears them. Why? BECAUSE THEY ARE THE X-MEN. From blockbuster writer CHARLES SOULE and joined by a roster of superstar artists beginning with JIM CHEUNG. ASTONISHING X-MEN. It’s the X-book you need.

Typical plot aside, this does look like a pretty interesting team. I’m most excited about having Gambit and Rogue on the same roster sheet again. How long has it been? I’d say this #1 issue is at least worth a look for that reason alone.

And I hope when I’m an old man people refer to me as “Old Man Jason”. Just sayin.

Words by Jason Furie

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