There was a time when I wasn’t really all that into comics. In fact, while I was familiar with franchises and characters, I wasn’t reading them at all. Nerds on Earth writer Jason found this out and placed the first trade of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s Astonishing X-Men in my hands.
He knew what he was doing.
All these years later, I decide to revisit the run once again and pop on over to Nerds on Earth to see what we’ve written on it already. I didn’t want to spend time working up an article we’ve already done, after all.
Nothing. Nada. Zero. We mention it in passing here and there and we recommend it on a listicle, but all in all I’d say we had about 100 words committed to it over the course of our four years of existence.
Not cool, man.
Last week, I did a spotlight on Danger who was created during this run. Today I want to highlight my seven favorite moments from these 25 wonderful issues. This proved way harder than I thought it would, and I knew it wouldn’t be easy! But here they are, in no particular order.
The Top 7 Moments from Astonishing X-Men
Picking 7 moments from this run was really, really difficult, and I’m sure you noticed how often I cheated and added in some extras here and there. The reason being that this run is amazing and an absolute must read. Get it here. You can read the run in its entirety on the Marvel Unlimited app, too!
Let us know which of your favorite moments didn’t make our list by hitting us up on Twitter (@nerdsonearth) or popping in to our Nerds on Earth 616 Facebook group and starting a discussion!