Given the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – including the Whedon-penned ‘ Avengers’ movie – I rather think he’s proved his point.Ĭomic Book Herald is reader-supported. In the first issue, Beast speaks for the fanboy when he asks, “Am I the only one who’s dying to see the costumes?” No, Hank, you’re not!

Where Morrison went for realism, Whedon took the X-Men back to their super-hero roots – new costumes and all. Whereas Morrison was relatively disdainful of the super-hero genre, Whedon was a fan. On the other, though, Whedon’s views on super-heroes meant he insisted on making some dramatic changes. Under Whedon’s careful pen, the relationship between Cyclops and Emma was solidified into something quite touching there’s a moment in ‘ Unbreakable’ where she admits her love for Scott, and it’s truly heart-warming. On the one hand, Whedon picked up several members of Morrison’s core cast – Cyclops, Beast, Emma and Wolverine – and he freely built upon Morrison’s foundations. They also gave Whedon the freedom to push things in a different direction than Morrison. They gave Whedon a series all of his own. Originally Whedon was signed up to replace Morrison on ‘ New X-Men’, but Marvel took another route. And yet, for all his knowledge of the greater history of the X-Men, he’d been following Grant Morrison’s run avidly. Whedon had grown up with comics, and with the X-Men in particular his childhood crush Kitty Pryde is constantly referenced as the inspiration for the character of Buffy. It led to the critically acclaimed, award-winning series of ‘ Astonishing X-Men‘! INTRODUCTION To Astonishing X-Men Marvel Editor Joe Quesada spoke to the legendary Joss Whedon, not for the first time, and tempted him with the idea of writing the X-Men – with art by John Cassaday, of whom Whedon was a fan.

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