Astonishing X-Men

Astonishing X-Men
John Cassaday's cover to Astonishing X-Men #1
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
Format(vol. 1–2)
Limited series
(vol. 3–4)
Ongoing series
Genre
Publication date
List
  • (vol. 1)
    March – June 1995
    (vol. 2)
    September – November 1999
    (vol. 3)
    July 2004 – December 2013
    (vol. 4)
    September 2017 – November 2018
No. of issues
List
  • (vol. 1): 4
    (vol. 2): 3
    (vol. 3): 68 (1 Annual & 1 Giant-Size)
    (vol. 4): 18 (including 1 Annual)
Main character(s)Havok
Beast
Warpath
Dazzler
Colossus
Banshee
Creative team
Written by
Penciller(s)
List
Inker(s)
List
  • (vol. 1)
    Tim Townsend
    (vol. 2)
    Tim Townsend
    Dan Panosian
    (vol. 3)
    Andy Lanning
    Karl Story
    Marcelo Sosa
Colorist(s)
List
  • (vol. 1-2)
    Steve Buccellato
    (vol. 3)
    Laura Martin
    Simone Peruzzi
    Frank D'Armata
    Sonia Oback
    Chris Sotomayor
    Rachelle Rosenberg
    Jay Ramos
    Cris Peter
    (vol. 4)
    Frank Martin

Astonishing X-Men is the name of four X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were limited series. The third volume, an ongoing series, began in 2004, with its first run written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassaday. It was then written by Warren Ellis with art by Simone Bianchi and Phil Jimenez.[1] Daniel Way and Christos Gage then took over the title writing alternating stories. They were followed by James Asmus who wrote one issue, then Greg Pak, who took over for four issues in November 2011.[2] Marjorie Liu wrote the final 21 issues of the series until its end at issue #68 in 2013.

The title's fourth volume and second ongoing series launched in 2017 during the "ResurrXion" storyline.[3] The first run was written by Charles Soule and illustrated by a rotating cast of artists. Matthew Rosenberg and artist Greg Land would then take over the series before its end in 2018.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Cup O' Q&A!". comicbookresources.com. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Greg Pak and Mike McKone team up for Astonishing X-Men". 10 August 2011.
  3. ^ Jackson, Matthew (9 May 2017). "Marvel Comics reveals full mutant team for Astonishing X-Men relaunch". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ Terror, Jude (13 April 2018). "Matthew Rosenberg Takes Over Astonishing X-Men in July". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ^ Terror, Jude (19 November 2018). "Matthew Rosenberg Hints Astonishing X-Men Will End With a Cliffhanger". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 16 April 2019.