Genres: Action, Adventure, Superhero
Publisher: Marvel
Vol 1: March 1995 – June 1995
Magneto has gathered his X-Men together, and warns that any who participate in the upcoming raid probably will not be coming back alive. The gathered X-Men accept this and acknowledge their loyalty to Magneto. He is discussing his doubts about the existence of their world, when Blink and Sunfire come teleporting into the late Charles Xavier’s Mansion in Westchester County. They were losing a battle to an Infinite named Delgado, so she came back to the mansion. Unfortunately, Sunfire’s flames are out of control. Iceman manages to cool Sunfire down, but Delgado comes through Blink’s teleportation aura. Blink closes the portal on him. Killing the prelate in the process. Sunfire briefs the X-Men on the result of his and Blink’s mission: Apocalypse’s son Holocaust has begun a new round of cullings.
Vol 2: September 1999 – November 1999
An all-new team of X-Men forms here! As the enigmatic Mannites are hunted down by Death, one of the mysterious horsemen of the Apocalypse, that seeks to bring about their extinction, Phoenix and Cyclops scramble to assemble a team capable of defeating this dire threat, but are unaware of the horrible price one among them will pay! Who will be the Astonishing X-Men? And will they be strong enough to survive the coming war?
Vol 3: July 2004 – December 2013
Marvel’s mighty mutants go worldwide and beyond in this series following Cyclops, Wolverine, Beast, Emma Frost and more in their astonishing adventures!
Vol 4: January 2017
ONLY THE X-MEN CAN SAVE US! An ancient evil is attacking the world’s most powerful minds. It will have them by the time you finish this sentence, and a moment later, it will have us all. A band of X-MEN discovers the truth behind the threat, but there is no time left. PSYLOCKE, OLD MAN LOGAN, BISHOP, ARCHANGEL, FANTOMEX, ROGUE and GAMBIT will attempt to save a world that hates and fears them. Why? BECAUSE THEY ARE THE X-MEN. From blockbuster writer CHARLES SOULE and joined by a roster of superstar artists beginning with JIM CHEUNG. ASTONISHING X-MEN. It’s the X-book you need.