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Astonishing X-Men Hardcover - Well worth a look!
Monday, May 8, 2006

I went out and picked up the collected hardcover edition of The Astonishing X-Men... yes, the first twelve issues penned by Joss Whedon and illustrated by John Cassaday...

The art is fantastic, really beautiful and so deserving of a graphic novel format. I quite like his interpretation of Beast, and his characters look so real and consistant that it's really something else. The story contained in the first six issues is better than the second issue, but both are really great, well written, with the dialogue we've come to expect from Joss... there's even a line that was used in Serenity (though it was in chinese) nineteen pages into part one - "You want a bullet? You want a bullet right in your skull?", which I believe is what Mal said to Simon after the doc punched him... hee!

I got it for $10 less than cover price, and I got what I call the 'low profile' cover - the one that *doesn't* have Joss's name fifty feet high on the cover...

Anyway, if you're the least bit interested, it's a good read and wonderful to look at, and the whole package is really nicely put together. I don't hesitate to reccomend it!

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