The only relevant band for Bleeding Cool readers is End Of A Year, whose vocalist, Patrick Kindlon, later joined forces with Rosenberg to become a writing duo (End Of A Year changed their name to Self Defense Family).
So, when Matt Rosenberg titled his Astonishing X-Men mini Until Our Hearts Stop, he's referring to Until Your[...]
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Astonishing X-Men #17
(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A/CA) Greg Land
• It's X-Men vs Reavers vs Sentinels!
• But in this battle royale, who will come out on top?
• And will Havok finally prove himself to be the X-Man he claims to be?
Rated T+
In Shops: Nov 21, 2018
SRP: $3.99
The issue opens with the X-Men[...]
Has anyone noticed something's been a little off with Banshee since his return at the beginning of Matthew Rosenberg and Greg Land's lame duck Astonishing X-Men run? It turns out that The Beast has been counteracting the death seed in Banshee's heart with nanobots, allowing him to fight for the X-Men, even if he doesn't[...]
Desecrating the sacred holiday of X-Men Monday, Uncanny X-Men writer Matthew Rosenberg hinted on Twitter that this week's final issue of Astonishing X-Men will end on a cliffhanger, just like the final issue of New Mutants: Dead Souls For those who have blocked that traumatic experience from their minds, let's recall how New Mutants Dead[...]
If we're going to insist on finding inventive new ways to use 40-year-old characters, then we guess we have no choice but to award X-Men Black the Wolverine's Weiner X-Pick of the Week!
Congratulations to the creative team on this immense honor.
Moving on…
Astonishing X-Men #16
(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A/CA) Greg Land
• Havok, leader of…the Reavers?!
• What circumstances[...]
The Beast has revealed his true colors once again in a preview of next week's Astonishing X-Men #16 Known for turning on his own species in the past, Beast is seen in this preview offering to work for the Office of National Emergency, a corrupt government agency that has kidnapped him and his fellow X-Men,[...]
On Wednesday, Astonishing X-Men #15 hits stores, with a cover inspired by the hit song Wanted: Dead or Alive by writer Matthew Rosenberg's favorite band, Bon Jovi And as the following preview reveals that Havok's team of mutants is as authorized as a Watchmen sequel, will their fugitive status finally inspire camaraderie between the outlaw[...]
Each of the stories, including this one, could have been told in a single one-shot, and stretching them out only served to dilute the story and drag out Wolverine's return to the point where we already wish he would be killed off again and he's not even back yet.
ASTONISHING X-MEN ANNUAL #1
MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) •[...]
Something is going down in the town of Lago.
Astonishing X-Men Annual #1 cover by Rod Reis
There were times, while reading Astonishing X-Men Annual #1, when I wanted to dislike this comic It's another Matthew Rosenberg X-Men book where all the team members are either cold or outright snide towards one another Aside from distrusting X,[...]
From there, they go to protect the next person on the Reavers hitlist: Allison Blair, aka Dazzler.
Astonishing X-Men #14 cover by Greg Land and Frank D'Armata
I very badly want to like the Astonishing X-Men Both Charles Soule and Matthew Rosenberg have put up X-Men lineups full of characters I personally adore, and Havok, Beast, Colossus,[...]
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ASTONISHING X-MEN #14
MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)
RETURN OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR VARIANT COVER BY ADAM KUBERT
• Welcome back to the X-Men stage, the incomparable…the amazing…the uncanny…DAZZLER!
• The Reavers are hunting random mutants, so Havok and Beast must save a former X-Man.
• But these Reavers[...]
Seriously, how do you have the greatest writer in the history of comics on the payroll and just not use him for anything?
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ASTONISHING X-MEN #13
MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • GREG LAND[...]
Iron Man isn't happy about Alex's interference.
Astonishing X-Men #13 cover by Greg Land and Frank D'Armata
Havok returns to the Xavier Institute to gather a new team of X-Men, but Kitty Pryde tells him to get out This leaves him with few options Meanwhile, the Reavers are making moves, including capturing Miss Sinister.
I was excited for[...]
Spawned from the head of X and using Proteus' reality seeds for additional power, he quickly dispatches the Astonishing X-Men by vomiting liquid despair upon them — except for one Psylocke still stands, but can she defeat the Shadow King alone?
Astonishing X-Men #12 cover by Greg Land and Edgar Delgado
Charles Soule's tenure on Astonishing X-Men[...]
Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities, but with a corporate merger on the way, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the best franchise in comics.
Each week, armed with the joy, heartbreak, and[...]