{"id":1172,"date":"2007-10-05T14:12:45","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T14:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2007-10-05T14:12:59","modified_gmt":"2007-10-05T14:12:59","slug":"astonishing-x-men-vol-3-torn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2007\/10\/05\/astonishing-x-men-vol-3-torn\/","title":{"rendered":"Astonishing X-Men Vol 3: Torn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Astonishing<\/p>\n

By Joss Whedon<\/strong> & John Cassaday<\/strong> (Marvel\/Panini UK edition)
\nISBN 978-1-905239-59-7<\/p>\n

Spectacular action and unforgettable dialogue are the standard for this series, and Joss Whedon and John Cassaday constantly outdo themselves. If only all X-Men series could be this good\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

With this third volume the long-running plot-thread of Emma Frost’s allegiance is resolved as the New Hellfire Club makes their move. Long a major threat to the X-Men, the organisation of millionaires, evil mutants and greedy malcontents has often tried to remove or subvert our heroes and their latest assault seems to be unstoppable. Meanwhile, mutant-hating alien Ord of the Breakworld has spectacularly escaped S.H.I.E.L.D. custody and seems utterly determined to save his species by obliterating ours.<\/p>\n

A spectacular action epic with deep psychological underpinnings, this non-stop rush of multi-level conflict (physical, psionic, emotional) still finds moments for wrenching empathy and laugh-out-loud gags as the team achieves one of their greatest victories. The creators seem to have a perfect grasp of their charges here, so they know that no X-Men story ends truly happily. Thus this book concludes in a foreboding prologue as the heroes take off for Breakworld with the Xavier School’s psychic ordaining that they won’t all be coming back\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

This UK edition reprints Astonishing X-Men<\/strong> issues #13-18 and also features interviews with Whedon and Cassaday. Every comics fan should read at least one X-Series, and this is it.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a9 2006, 2007 Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Joss Whedon & John Cassaday (Marvel\/Panini UK edition) ISBN 978-1-905239-59-7 Spectacular action and unforgettable dialogue are the standard for this series, and Joss Whedon and John Cassaday constantly outdo themselves. If only all X-Men series could be this good\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 With this third volume the long-running plot-thread of Emma Frost’s allegiance is resolved as the … <\/p>\n

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