Marvel brought back Astonishing X-Men specifically for Whedon to work his magic to pick up right after Grant Morrison’s legendary New X-Men. Most recently Cassaday drew the first few issues of Uncanny Avengers. John Cassaday was also a really popular artist at the time who had illustrated issues of Captain America, The Flash, and the critically acclaimed Planetary. Vaughn left, and even wrote comics cenetering on some his own properties like Buffy and Firefly. He has written an issue of Batman/Superman, took over the reigns of Runaways when series creator Brian K. Joss Whedon, a friend to fanboys and girls alike, was no stranger to writing for the big two or comics in general. Originally beginning as a limited series that sporadically appeared in the 90’s, Astonishing X-Men saw a rebirth in 2004 under the care of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. Today we’re here to talk about a certain X-Men run that ran from 2004-2008 and why it was, in a word, Astonishing. I could sit here all day and recount why the X-Men are one of if not the most prolific group in comic history, but that’s a comic rant for another day. While the Avengers may be Marvel’s “premiere super team”, the X-Men have certainly been involved in some pretty big events themselves, for better (The Dark Phoenix Saga) or worse (Anything from Chuck Austen’s run). Amazing, Uncanny, X-Treme, New, Young, Ultimate, and that’s not even counting all of the splinter teams. The X-Men, a team with just as many monikers as members.
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