Astonishing X-Men Vol. 3 #1-31 (Ongoing)

is the name of three X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were limited series. The ongoing series began in 2004, with its first run written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassaday. It is currently written by Warren Ellis with art by Phil Jimenez, who takes over brilliantly from Simone Bianchi's flamboyant artwork from Ellis' first story arc. Thus far it has remained independent of and unaffected by, Marvel Universe cross-overs which Joss Whedon disliked. The ongoing series has been nominated for the Eisner awards and in fact has won several. Issue #31 is the start of Waren Ellis' second story arc, entitled, "Exogenetic."

Abigail Brand, director of S.W.O.R.D., has been in some sticky situations, and she isn’t the type who asks for help to get out of them. But when you’re careening towards Earth in the cockpit of a damaged spaceship after being attacked on an exploding asteroid 7.5 million miles from Earth…it’s time to call the X-Men. They might not have much of a plan, or much of a chance, but that’s certainly never stopped them before. Superstar artist Phil Jimenez joins writer Warren Ellis for the second arc of the mind-bending ongoing series! Story by: Warren Ellis; Art by: Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning; Colors by: Frank D'Armata; Letters by: Joe Caramagna; Cover by: Phil Jimenez --

The issues have been divided into story arcs that have been published as trade paperback volumes: "Gifted" (Issues 1-6) "Dangerous" (Issues 7-12) "Torn" (Issues 13-18) "Unstoppable" (Issues 19-24, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men 1) "Ghost Box" (Issues 25-30; Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi take over as creative team) "Exogenetic" (Issues 31- )


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