User blog:Johnnybravo44/Astonishing X-Men's new creative team

With issue #48 this March there will be a new team taking over Astonishing X-Men. To date, I have not bought a single issue of Astonishing X-Men as a new release. Things look like they are going to change.



Writer Marjorie Liu and artist Mike Perkins take over with issue #48 with a new group of characters as well. The X-Men in this book are on Wolverine's side, with Wolverine himself leading the team. And it's been said that there will be more violence in this book, not like Wolverine & the X-Men, which practically has none. Though I am a tad confused with some other members on the team:
 * 1) Iceman being on the team makes sense, as does
 * 2) Gambit considering Liu loves Gambit.
 * 3) Cecilia Reyes I guess makes sense since Liu is familiar with her.
 * 4) Northstar on the team confuses me. In X-Men: Legacy #259 he was shown on Utopia, though it's entirely possible that this was before he made his final decision, as Rogue and friends had not yet at the time of this issue.
 * 5) Karma seems like an odd choice to me... but I certainly don't mind her.
 * 6) And than there's Warbird. She seems too new to me, and to be honest, I could really care less for her. As of now, that is. Anyways, it just seems like she's the Storm for Wolverine's side. Hmm..



Since I am team Cyclops, and I'm not a fan of Astonishing X-Men, I at first thought it sounded kinda cool, but not quite good enough for my minimum 3 bucks per issue (keep in mind I am extremly selective on what books I buy, right now I'm only following two series: Uncanny X-Force & X-Men: Legacy, and I could drop either with just one bad story). But then I read about the villains. The Marauders. And uh-I love the Marauders. It'll be a little different without Sinister in the mix, but it should still work.. But I wonder how it's gonna be like. I have sooo many questions. Will all original Marauders be there? Not much has been revealed so far except that Vanisher and Chimera will be with the Marauders! This makes sense for Vanisher, as the Marauders really needed a teleporter. But why exactly is he with them?? Hm.. I wonder if it's forced, or if he's a clone. It's possible.




 * 1) I think it's safe to say Sabretooth won't be, even though Marvel has said they plan on bringing him back next year.
 * 2) What about Prism, Blockbuster, Scrambler, and Vertigo? They died, and after M-Day (not counting the latter), could this mix up them being mutants, or even alive?
 * 3) Will Harpoon tag along again depowered, or magically be powered?
 * 4) Will Malice be there and have a new host/somehow control Karima again? It'd be interesting of course to see a Malice/Polaris reunion though the timing doesn't seem right.
 * 5) Wouldn't Scalphunter still be on Utopia?
 * 6) Is Sunfire going to tag along again?
 * 7) What about Lady Mastermind? With Chimera around you'd think..
 * 8) Mystique is 'dead' still, right?
 * 9) So who's left? Arclight and Riptide. So I wonder who will even be on it..

Since they said Vanisher and Chimera will return, I'm not sure what other members will be there. Vanisher's return alone excites me, not to mention the entire team of Marauders. I trust Marjorie Liu to lead this book to actually being good for once. But I can't wait no matter what.

What about you? Do you care about this, or...not at all?

--Johnnybravo 44 05:35, December 13, 2011 (UTC)