An issue of Astonishing X-Men? Why we must have changed seasons again. Merrily ignoring any semblance of a fixed schedule has had 2 effects on the book. Firstly the sales have diminished (although it’s still the top selling X-Book) and secondly, it’s quite easy as a reader to forget the thing exists.
It’s not as if they’re doing anything terribly relevant (Saving or destroying Breakworld is not going to have a longterm impact either way) and the erratic nature of publication means that any downtime issues really stick out.
And this is a downtime issue. The bare minimum is achieved. The X-men go from being in space to being on Breakworld. They walk about a bit. They see a pretty window with Collossus in it. The end.
The big reveal on the last page of a massive stained glass window of Collosus destroying the world doesn’t work, simply because we already knew that the people of Breakworld suspected him of doing this. Maybe it’s just Galactus in new duds.
The story is suffering from the same problem as the Cerebro plot. It’s an old idea told with a semi-interesting twist, but it’s simply going on far too long and the release dates make it even longer.
Which shouldn’t allow you to ignore the good in the book. Whedon continues to write excellent dialogue, Cassidy is the best there is, and I think everyone’s growing quite fond of young Armour, the newest member of the x-men.
So is it worth buying for a 2 pages of really nice dialogue between Wolverine and Armour, and impossibly pretty art for the rest of the book? Yes. But barely.
B-
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