Astonishing X-Men Volume 2 - Joss Whedon

Initially Joss Whedon was only signed up to write twelves issues of Astonishing X-Men but apparently he was having so much fun that he signed up for twelve more. I'm not completely convinced by that argument. Joss Whedon likes to tell stories on a large, broad scale, giving us a piece of the character jigsaw a little at a time whilst, generally putting his characters through the wringer and facing them off with his latest inventive definition of what a baddy ought to look like. He can't do that in just twelve issues True to form, Joss doesn't just bring back his own Ord of Breakworld or Magneto or any other classic X-Men for another few rounds in the ring. ...