When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. 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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