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Can We Talk About Astonishing X-Men #43?

I picked this issue up when it first came out based entirely on the fact that it was a one-shot issue involving Emma and Danger. I hadn’t read a single issue of Astonishing since Whedon left the title and I actually think that they did themselves a disservice by not renaming the book. Nobody would have been able to live up to Whedon’s run which was, to put it simply, one of the best runs on a comic ever. 

Back on topic. This one-shot issue details the journey of Emma and Danger, breaking into the Secret Avengers heli-carrier and following a computer signal that Danger tracked. The signal of another sentient being, not unlike herself. We have an appearance from our old friend Beast, who, if you remember, was a member of the Astonishing team when Emma was on it and under Whedon’s and Morrison’s pens, they became good confidantes and dare I say it, friends? 

I went into this issue not really expecting much. Maybe some eye candy T&A which we usually get from Emma and maybe some poorly written one-liners. That’s what I  usually expect from Emma when I’m not reading something by Morrison, Whedon or Gillen. 

I was more than pleasantly surprised. Not only do we get to see the friendship between Emma and Danger expanded upon, we get to see Emma in all her snarky glory. She is written perfectly in this issue under the pen of James Asmus, who is quickly rising in my list of favorite Marvel writers between this singular issue and his great portrayals of Hope in the Uncanny X-Men Annual and issue #511 (or something like that). 

Astonishing X-Men #39

HATE HATE HATE Nick Bradshaw’s art, like…loathe it with a furious passion and I tend to avoid stuff that he works on, but my gosh, this arc was actually pretty decent. The banter between Emma and Wolverine was pretty much spot on, which I really enjoyed. The banter between the two of them is actually probably what I miss most about having the X-Men all in one place. They were never afraid to call each other on their bullshit, but when push came to shove, they’d support each other. 

Downloading comics.

daunt:

Please don’t do it. Its so frustrating to see so many posts with links to scanned comics. Its great to share parts of comics but sharing entire story arcs is not cool. You can buy those as trades, guys.

Please support the comic industry. :(

I don’t usually reblog anything non-Emma related, but this is a really important issue and one that I completely agree with. 

I absolutely do not support the downloading of comics. 

illiturate asked: I hate your guts

I know you don’t :D

illiturate asked: And yet, I was neither. :3

Don’t you cat-face me. 

Oh and just because. 

illiturate asked: Possibly I was neither anon. And you should relinquish your blog until you've read all of Gen X.

You say possibly and I immediately assume that you were both. 

Yes No. 

illiturate asked: You've never read Generation X. I am disappoint. Relinquish ownership of this blog to a real Emma Frost fan like me.

Um, let me think about it…no. 

Wait, which (if either/both) anon were you?

Also, it’s on the reading list, so STFU.