Astonishing X-Men (3rd Series)

    (Marvel, 2004-2013)
™ and © 2004 Marvel Characters, Inc.

More new X–titles, more new directions. Are they expanding again? Didn’t they just trim back? One couldn’t blame readers, if they were a little skeptical by this point, but the proof is in the reading. The roster of this team is Emma Frost and Cyclops (acting heads of Xavier Institute) and faculty members Beast, Wolverine, and Kitty Pryde. Even though they’re in what satiric song-writer Tom Lehrer would call “the ed biz,” circumstances provoke this team of X-Men to re-enter the game of super-heroing proper, despite Logan’s aversion to spandex.

The characters are introduced in a fashion that clues in newcomers without serving as needless exposition for regulars. Each cast member’s personality and role is quickly and clearly defined. Even Kitty, who has foresworn adventuring, has a logical role. There’s not much real action, per se. There’s a holographic fake-out and an intra-team brawl, but no real super-hero action. But that’s OK, since this issue exists primarily to set the stage for what’s to come. An X-book could have a weaker inauguration. In fact, many have.

— Jack Abramowitz
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#1 (Black cover with Wolverine’s claws)

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#2

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#3

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#4 (Beast cover by John Cassaday)

October, 2004
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May, 2006
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#4 Variation A (Colossus Cover A by John Cassaday)

October, 2004
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November, 2004
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#5 (Newsstand Edition by John Cassaday)

November, 2004
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December, 2004
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May, 2006
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January, 2005
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#8 (Regular Cover by John Cassaday)

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#14

June, 2006
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#15

August, 2006
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October, 2006
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November, 2006
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December, 2006
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February, 2007
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January, 2008
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September, 2008
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September, 2008
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September, 2008
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November, 2008
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July, 2009
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December, 2009
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December, 2009
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#32 (Regular Cover by Phil Jimenez)

January, 2010
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February, 2010
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August, 2010
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#34 Variation A (Deadpool Cover A by Phil Jimenez)

August, 2010
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October, 2010
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#36 (Regular Cover by Jason Pearson)

April, 2011
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#36 Variation A (Cover A by Michael W. Kaluta)

April, 2011
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#37

July, 2011
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#38

July, 2011
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#39

August, 2011
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#40 (Regular Cover by Salvador Larroca)

September, 2011
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#40 Variation A (I Am Captain America Cover A by Ed McGuinness)

September, 2011
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December, 2011
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#44

January, 2012
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February, 2012
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