Astonishing X-Men #9
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| Writer | Charles Soule |
| Artist | Matteo Buffagni |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
NUKE-CLEAR WAR Part 3
As a reality storm batters London and its inhabitants, PSYLOCKE must choose between trusting the mysterious MAN CALLED X and letting her beloved city fall into ruin.
The SHADOW KING freed a brand-new threat with his dying throes, but who is this new threat?
And how can the X-Men hope to stand against an emery that can warp reality itself?
Rated T+
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Comic Watch - Andrew Taylor
Mar 20, 2018I think resurrection is a current X-Men theme a la Xavier, Jean, Logan, and Multiple Man and continues in this title. The concept of possession is prevalent to this storyline as most characters suffer from direct possession or have a history of being possessed or possession related problems. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Mar 14, 2018It's one of the best looking issues of Soule's Astonishing X-Men run yet. Read Full Review
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8.0
Comicsverse - Alex Bisignaro
Mar 16, 2018Charles Soule provides witting and hilarious dialogue in this issue of ASTONISHING X-MEN. The plot itself is decent but a bit cliche at times. The artwork from Matteo Buffagni and Giada Marchisio gives this issue an especially fitting dreary tone. Read Full Review
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7.0
Graphic Policy - Brett
Mar 14, 2018The issue is a middle grade one. It's not bad in any way and it has a goal of setting things up for the next couple of issues. It does that and does it really well. As part of the whole story, it's good but on its own it falls a little short. Read Full Review
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0.8
You Don't Read Comics - David Harth
Mar 19, 2018The only thing astonishing about Astonishing X-Men is how awful it is. It feels like Soule theoretically knows how an X-Men story is supposed to work, but he just cant execute one correctly. This books cast is some of the most interesting X-Men characters, ones who could make the stories pop that much more, but the only thing Soule gives them to do is comment on the tepid plot. The art in this issue would work better in a horror comic than a superhero one but, even in a horror comic, the coloring wouldnt do it any favors. It boggles the mind how anyone at Marvel could look at this comic and think that its a good idea to continue making it. Astonishing X-Men is a waste of everyones time. Read Full Review
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9.0
I was a bit wary of this after finding that "Astonishing" #8 was a terrible looking mess of an issue, but surprisingly, I really enjoyed this one, a big bounce-back for the series. The action and script were tight and moved along at a good pace, and the mystery of X deepened in an intriguing way. Perhaps the characters could use a bit more definition from each other, but that is a quibble I kind of ignored in the face of what I found to be a good read. Maybe all the difference is in the art: we go from amateur to awesome as Matteo Buffagni draws the hell out of this issue, and Yu contributes a great cover. I liked this a lot.
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7.0
Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten. We open with "X" ( prof x in someone else's body) and Psylocke some how fused together with a psychic link and archangel and wolverine pull them apart with there metal since it somehow hurts Proteus who put them that way. "X" tells them that while he was linked to Proteus , he saw his plan of bringing the astral plane to our world, which that's a concept I can't even wrap my brain around TBH. While the team goes to find him, we see Proteus in a town giving people whatever they want, building walls around that town with guards, and hoping to get all these peo more
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6.0
Proteus slips away to set up a freaky-deaky eden while the X-Men slooowly save Psylocke and X. This is a two-clause comic, and the simplicity of the plot isn't counterbalanced by meaty characterization or pretty art. As other commenters have noted, this story rolls along and the X-Men just watch it. Their characters are barely expressed by their words and actions, most of which are too reactive.
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