X-Men: Astonishing X-Men

Astonishing X-Men is the name of several Marvel comic book series featuring the superhero team, the X-Men. There have been three X-Men titles to bear the name Astonishing X-Men, the first two were limited series and the third an ongoing series. more...

Volume One (1995)

The original Astonishing X-Men was a four-issue series that replaced Uncanny X-Men during the 1995 alternate universe storyline Age of Apocalypse, during which all X-Titles were given new names and numbering. In this storyline, Professor X was murdered 20 years in the past and Magneto, upon witnessing his friend's death, committed himself to Xavier's dream and created his own team of X-Men but could not stop the rise of the despotic Apocalypse.

Astonishing X-Men, written by Scott Lobdell and illustrated by Joe Madureira, featured a team of X-Men led by Rogue and consisting of Sunfire, Blink, Morph, Sabretooth and Wildchild. This particular team traveled to Chicago to stop a mass murder of ordinary humans carried out by Apocalypse's "son" and first horseman, Holocaust.

Volume Two (1999)

The second limited series to bear the title Astonishing X-Men was published in 1999 and occurred after The Shattering storyline in which most of the regular X-Men left the team over a conflict with Professor X. The three-issue series, written by Howard Mackie and illustrated by Brandon Peterson, featured an interim team consisting of Wolverine, Phoenix, Cyclops, Archangel, Cable and Nate Grey.

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