The second volume of Whedon's X-Men series (Astonishing X-Men Volume 2 - Joss Whedon)

Member Name: GundamMeister

Product:	Astonishing X-Men Volume 2 - Joss Whedon
Date:	10/01/08 (17 review reads)
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Advantages: A little conventional but funny and thrilling.

Disadvantages: You'll whip through it far too quickly

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. This is possibly the least successful of Whedon's four storylines but even so manages to create an interesting enough scenario as the AI lifeform that controls the danger room comes to life and starts killing the students. It's the combination of character interaction, humour and great artwork (see my review for Gifted) that makes Dangerous stand apart form the crowd though, as this time Whedon is content to take a break from the real angst, and drama and allow us to have a break and kick back with a suspenseful and exciting action adventure story that can only work as a breather for we head into book 3: Torn, when the s*** really hits the fan....as the closing pages of Dangerous suggest they might.

Summary: The worst entry in the saga but great for getting to know and love the characters