History ComicBook / AstonishingXMen

* YourMindMakesItReal: The ''Torn'' arc is a more complex example than most. [[spoiler: At first it seems like Emma Frost has betrayed the X-men and rejoined the Hellfire club, but it turns out all of them, except for Cassandra Nova, are manifestations of Emma's guilt over being a former villain and her fear of falling back to her old ways. She projects these mental images into the X-men too, so it seems like individual members of the Hellfire club are the ones fighting them and messing with their heads. Cassandra had planted a suggestion in her mind before being imprisoned in a cocoon, and simply took advantage of these doubts and fears]] ''[[MindScrew Whew]]''!

* YourMindMakesItReal: The ''Torn'' arc is a more complex example than most. [[spoiler: At first it seems like Emma Frost has betrayed the X-men and rejoined the Hellfire club, but it turns out all of them, except for Cassandra Nova, are manifestations of Emma's guilt over being a former villain and her fear of falling back to her old ways. She projects these mental images into the X-men too, so it seems like individual members of the Hellfire club are the ones fighting them and messing with their minds. Cassandra had planted a suggestion in her mind before being imprisoned in a cocoon, and simply took advantage of these doubts and fears]] ''[[MindScrew Whew]]''!

* YourMindMakesItReal: The ''Torn'' arc is a more complex example than most. [[spoiler: At first it seems like Emma Frost has betrayed the X-men and rejoined the Hellfire club, but it turns out all of them, except for Cassandra, are manifestations of Emma's guilt over being a former villain and her fear of falling back to her old ways. She projects these mental images into the X-men too, so it seems like individual members of the Hellfire club are the ones fighting them and messing with their minds. Cassandra had planted a suggestion in her mind before being imprisoned in a cocoon, and simply took advantage of these doubts and fears]] ''[[MindScrew Whew]]''!

* MindControl: During Cassandra Nova's attack, pretty much the entire team.

* YourMindMakesItReal: The ''Torn'' arc is a more complex example than most. [[spoiler: At first it seems like Emma Frost has betrayed the X-men and rejoined the Hellfire club, but it turns out all of them, except for Cassandra, are manifestations of Emma's guilt over being a former villain and her fear of falling back to her old ways. She projects these mental images into the X-men too, so it seems like individual members of the Hellfire club are the ones fighting them and messing with their minds. Cassandra had planted a suggestion in her mind before being imprisoned in a cocoon, and simply took advantage of these doubts and fears]] ''[[MindScrew Whew]]''.

* ReformedButRejected: Kitty Pryde hasn't read GenerationX, so her reaction to Emma Frost as a teacher at the X-Academy is less than enthusiastic.

* CharacterDerailment: Lockheed. Professor Xavier.

* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Lampshaded and averted by Cyclops. The black leather doesn't help with the heroic image the team is going for.

It also focused on the building relationship of Cyclops ([[TheLeader Scott Summers]]) and [[ByronicHero Emma]] [[ManipulativeBitch Frost]] following their psychic affair and the death of his wife, Phoenix (Jean Grey); with Emma seemingly working as a [[TheMole mole]] for a new Hellfire Club, Scott tries to return the X-Men to a traditional superhero team, using Kitty, [[TheBigGuy Peter]], and Emma, along with Beast ([[TheSnartGuy Hank [=McCoy=]]]) and {{Wolverine}} ([[BreakoutCharacter you know who he is]]) as his core team.

It also focused on the building relationship of Cyclops ([[TheLeader Scott Summers]]) and [[ByronicHero Emma]] [[ManipulativeBitch Frost]] following their psychic affair and the death of his wife, Phoenix (Jean Grey), with Emma seemingly working as a [[TheMole mole]] for a new Hellfire Club, as Scott tries to return the X-Men to a traditional superhero team, using Kitty, [[TheBigGuy Peter]], and Emma, along with Beast ([[TheSnartGuy Hank [=McCoy=]]]) and {{Wolverine}} ([[BreakoutCharacter you know who he is]]) as his core team.

Following Joss Whedon's run, WarrenEllis took over the series, followed by Gerard Way, Christos Gage and Marjorie Liu, though it was still primarily identified as 'Whedon's X-Men book'. It ended at #68 in 2013, to be replaced by a new series, ''Amazing X-Men''.

* AudienceSurrogate: Shadowcat is the primary narator and the POV tends to focus on her, though there's also Armor, the student who gets the most focus here. Armor's best friend Wing is possibly a subversion, given that he starts off like one, [[spoiler: before being depowered and pushed into committing suicide.]]

It also focused on the building relationship of Cyclops ([[TheLeader Scott Summers]]) and [[{{Jerkass}} Emma]] [[ManipulativeBitch Frost]] following their psychic affair and the death of his wife, Phoenix (Jean Grey), with Emma seemingly working as a [[TheMole mole]] for a new Hellfire Club, as Scott tries to return the X-Men to a traditional superhero team, using Kitty, [[TheBigGuy Peter]], and Emma, along with Beast ([[TheSnartGuy Hank [=McCoy=]]]) and {{Wolverine}} ([[BreakoutCharacter you know who he is]]) as his core team.

Not to be confused with the ''AgeOfApocalypse'' title that was published a few years prior, when ''Uncanny'' was briefly renamed during that crossover.

* DeadpanSnarker: [[WorldOfSnark Everyone.]] Its a Joss Whedon-penned series.

* Power Incontinence: Scott [[spoiler: is cured of this for a while, being able to not nuke everything in his field of vision for a while.]]

* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Lampshaded by Cyclops. The black leather doesn't help with the heroic image the team is going for.

** BadassBeard: Scott is sporting some stubble during the course of the series, depending on the panel. He just lost his wife, so this is to be expected.

It also focused on the building relationship of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Emma Frost following their psychic affair and the death of his wife, Phoenix (Jean Grey), with Emma seemingly working as a [[TheMole mole]] for a new Hellfire Club, as Scott tries to return the X-Men to a traditional superhero team, using Kitty, Peter, and Emma, along with Beast (Hank [=McCoy=]) and {{Wolverine}} ([[BreakoutCharacter you know who he is]]) as his core team.

It also focused on the building relationship of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Emma Frost following their psychic affair and the death of his wife, Jean Grey/Phoenix, with Emma seemingly working as a [[TheMole mole]] for a new Hellfire Club, as Scott tries to return the X-Men to a traditional superhero team, using Kitty, Peter, and Emma, along with Beast (Hank [=McCoy=]) and {{Wolverine}} ([[BreakoutCharacter you know who he is]]) as his core team.

* MindControl: During Cassandra Nova's attack, pretty much the entire team.

* BatmanGambit: Cyclops, who [[spoiler: managed to give a fake plan, which led to him]] being captured, which was [[spoiler: part of the ''actual'' plan, since he had full control of his powers and did not lose them]], which allowed him to get inside the enemy base and take out their leader.]]

* CallingTheOldManOut: Everyone is quick to call out Xavier for his treatment of Danger.

* MindControl: During Cassandra Nova's attack, pretty much the entire team, barring Armor.

''Astonishing X-Men'' is a comic book series published by ''MarvelComics'', based on the ''X-Men'' franchise, and originally written by ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]]'' JossWhedon, [[PromotedFanboy a lifelong X-Men fan]], with art by John Cassaday.

The series originally focused on Kitty Pryde, AKA former teenage foil Shadowcat, as she rejoins the X-Men as a student advisor following the events of Grant Morrison's run, and rebuilds her relationship with her first love Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Rasputin) [[DeathIsCheap once he comes back to life]]. Their relationship is complicated by the fact that the one responsible for Piotr's resurrection, an alien called Ord, believes a mutant from earth is destined to destroy his planet within the next three years. Meanwhile S.W.O.R.D., one of SHIELD's sister factions, tries to stop an all out war between Earth and Ord's home planet Breakworld.

** Power Incontinence: Scott [[spoiler: is cured of this for a while, being able to not nuke everything in his field of vision for a while.]]

Following Joss Whedon's run, WarrenEllis took over the series, followed by Gerard Way, Christos Gage and Marjorie Liu, though its still primarily identified as 'Whedon's X-Men book'. It ended at #68 in 2013, to be replaced by a new series, ''Amazing X-Men''.

Not to be confused with the ''AgeOfApocalypse'' title that published a few years prior, when ''Uncanny'' was briefly renamed during that crossover.

!!Contains examples of:

* ActionGirl: Shadowcat, Emma Frost, Armor, and Agent Abigail Brand.

* AntiHero: Scott, Logan, Emma, and Agent Brand, in different ways.

* AuthorAppeal: The inclusion of Kitty Pryde (Kitty was Joss's favourite X-Man and one of the main inspirations for Buffy) is the most blatant example, though some argue whether that's really a bad thing.

** BadassInCharge: Or as Wolverine says, "Sometimes I remember why you're[Cyclops] in charge."

** BadassTeacher: All of the main cast are teachers at the Xavier Institute. This is X-Men, after all.

''Astonishing X-Men'' is a critically acclaimed comic book series published by ''MarvelComics'', based on the ''X-Men'' franchise, and originally written by ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]]'' JossWhedon, [[PromotedFanboy a lifelong X-Men fan]], with art by John Cassaday.

* DeadpanSnarker: [[WorldOfSnark everyone.]] Its a Joss Whedon-penned series.

* CrazyAwesome: [[spoiler: When Cyclops suffers MindRape by the hands of Emma, he awakens with his powers temporarily under control, and he has no problem with taking a gun, blowing the brains out of the psychic projections of the Hellfire Club, while happily telling Peter that, as an X-Man, he doesn't shoot people, he's merely making a point.]]

''Astonishing X-Men'' is a critically acclaimed comic book series published by ''MarvelComics'', based on the ''X-Men'' franchise, and originally written by ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]]'' JossWhedon, [[PromotedFanboy a lifelong X-Men fan]], withart by John Cassidy.

The series originally focused on Kitty Pryde, AKA former teenage foil Shadowcat, as she rejoins the X-Men as a student advisor following the events of Grant Morrison's run, and rebuilds her relationship with her first love Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Rasputin) [[DeathIsCheap once he comes back to life]]. Their relationship is complicated by the fact the one responsible for Piotr's reserection, an alien called Ord, who believes a mutant from earth is destined to destroy his planet within he next three years, while S.W.O.R.D., one of SHIELD's sister factions, tries to stop an all out war between Earth and Ord's home planet Breakworld.

Complicating things, Hank's old colleague Dr Kavita Rao releases news on her cure for mutants [[spoiler: along with her connection to Ord]], splitting the mutant population in half on whether such is ethical or not for them to embrace, while the Danger Room, long since upgraded by Professor Xavier using alien technology, gains sentience and rebuilds itself as an android known as Danger.

Following Joss Whedon's run, WarrenEllis took over the series, though to much less acclaim then Whedon's run, and has since been written by a variety of other writers, though its still primarily identified as 'Whedon's X-Men book'.

Not to be confused with the ''AgeOfApocalypse'' title that published a few years prior.

''Astonishing X-Men'' is a critically acclaimed comic book series published by ''MarvelComics'', based on the ''X-Men'' franchise, and originally written by ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy's]]'' JossWhedon, [[PromotedFanboy a lifelong X-Men fan]], withart by John Cassidy.