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A review by nancyotoole
Astonishing X-Men - Volume 2: Dangerous by
4.0
Astonishing X-men takes a break from the mutant cure storyline when the Danger Room develops sentience in a violent way. The X-men are determined to destroy her before she takes down the school, but how can they take down a being that has been programmed to kill them?
To be honest, I didn't find the artwork to be quite as consistent this time around, but Dangerous has a lot of really interesting elements to it. The action sequences are slowed down a bit to give us a glimpse into the Danger Room's thought process, and the result is that you get to see them each move in a nice amount of detail. There's also a lot of dark and creepy imagery this time around that I found very satisfying. Surprisingly, another thing that really pulled me into this volume was the romance. There's some great tension going on between our protagonist, Kitty Pryde, and Colossus, recently freed from his years of imprisonment. I am curious to see how this will end up developing.
Volume Two of Astonishing X-men is a little more action driven than the first, but the result is still very satisfying. If you enjoyed Gifted, I would recommend picking up Dangerous as well.
To be honest, I didn't find the artwork to be quite as consistent this time around, but Dangerous has a lot of really interesting elements to it. The action sequences are slowed down a bit to give us a glimpse into the Danger Room's thought process, and the result is that you get to see them each move in a nice amount of detail. There's also a lot of dark and creepy imagery this time around that I found very satisfying. Surprisingly, another thing that really pulled me into this volume was the romance. There's some great tension going on between our protagonist, Kitty Pryde, and Colossus, recently freed from his years of imprisonment. I am curious to see how this will end up developing.
Volume Two of Astonishing X-men is a little more action driven than the first, but the result is still very satisfying. If you enjoyed Gifted, I would recommend picking up Dangerous as well.