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Children of the Atom, or something else? A small African town has been hit with a series of bizarre occurrences, as children are born possessing strange and powerful abilities. With the mutant race dwindling, the X-Men are the fi rst on the scene to investigate the phenomenon. When they arrive, their hopes are raised by what looks to be a concentration of mutant births. But soon they find themselves confronted by the country''s ruthless leader, who has his own ideas of what the children truly are and how to deal with them. Have the X-Men stumbled across a series of new mutant births, or are they dealing with something far more dangerous?
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis collects issues #1-5 of Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis, as well as the Director's Cut of issue #1, all originally published between 2010 and 2011. The graphic novel is excellently produced with medium-gloss paper, finished boards in black, and a sturdy binding. There are no extras unique to this edition, but the graphic novel does reproduce those extras originally contained in the Director's Cut: the pre-colored art pages for all of issue #1, some cover sketches, and Warren El..
There isn't much being published by Marvel right now that appeals to me, but Warren Ellis seems to understand the X-men very well. This book is one of the hidden gems in the growing amount of mediocre comics being pubished by Marvel.
The set-up and might not be as appealing as other X-men stories and it certainly isn't the most original either but Ellis managed to deliver effectively and as entertaining as possible. The book has a great selection of mutants, they all work great as a team and bring a lot of action to the pages, though I would've like Armor to be out of the story, her presence isn't important at all. She is just not an interesting X-men.The most appealing element of the book is the art and (obviously) the characters' new ..