ArtisticallyChill

Serena and I couldn’t pick up our comics due to work getting in the way so we picked up our comics the next day because we never go to the comic book store to pick up our comics without each other. *AWWWWW* This week we find ourselves suckered into wasting money buying more Secret Invasion Tie-ins with X-men and Runaways/Young Avengers.

This week, we’ve got:

• ASTONISHING X-MEN # 26
• GENEXT # 4
• HALO: UPRISING # 3
• SECRET INVASION # 5
• RUNAWAYS/YOUNG AVENGERS: SECRET INVASION # 2
• X-MEN ORIGINS: JEAN GREY [One-Shot]
• X-MEN: SECRET INVASION # 1
• BATMAN # 679 [BATMAN R.I.P.]
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL # 20
• BOOSTER GOLD # 11
• FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS #1
• GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY # 11
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 27
• TRINITY # 11
• ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL # 11

NOT SURPRISED BY IT’S AWESOMENESS: ASTONISHING X-MEN # 26

The superstar team of Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi take the X-Men to the “Second Stage”!

“Messiah Complex” pulled the X-Men team together, “Divided We Stand” tore them apart. Now the X-Men are back to business — with a new look, a new base of operations, and a mystery to solve that will take them into previously uncharted territory and test them to their core. It all starts on a spaceship hovering 300 hundred feet above the twisted wreckage of Chaparanga Beach. Its sole inhabitant: the mysterious Subject X. Five minutes — just five minutes is all he needs, all he’s asking for.

Can the X-Men afford to give it to him?

Warren Ellis‘ writing continues to keep the edge of this title sharp! The dialogue and humor make reading this comic at a leisurely pace satisfying til the end. Simone Bianchi‘s artwork certainly has it’s own charm that breathes excitement to this book. If you haven’t picked up an X-men comic in a while, this collaboration is definitely a good jumping on point. Issue # 25 has already gone into 2nd printing, so there’s still a chance for you to pick up this title and bask in it’s awesomeness until the next creative team shift!

~ LoneWolf