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''Astonishing X-Men'' is the name of several Marvel Comic Book series featuring the Superhero team, the X-Men . There have been three X-Men titles to bear the name ''Astonishing X-Men,'' the first two Limited Series and the third an ongoing series. VOLUME ONE (1995) The original ''Astonishing X-Men'' was a four-issue series that replaced '' Uncanny X-Men '' during the 1995 Alternate Universe storyline '' Age Of Apocalypse '', during which all X-Titles were given new names and numbering. In this storyline, Professor X was murdered 20 years in the past and Magneto , upon witnessing his friend's death, committed himself to Xavier's dream and created his own team of X-Men but could not stop the rise of the despotic Apocalypse . ''Astonishing X-Men,'' written by Scott Lobdell and illustrated by Joe Madureira , featured a team of X-Men led by Rogue and consisting of Sunfire , Blink , Morph , Sabretooth and Wildchild . This particular team traveled to Chicago to stop a Mass Murder of ordinary humans carried out by Apocalypse's "son" and first horseman, Holocaust . VOLUME TWO (1999) The second limited series to bear the title ''Astonishing X-Men'' was published in 1999 and occurred after ''The Shattering'' storyline in which most of the regular X-Men left the team over a conflict with Professor X . The three-issue series, written by Howard Mackie and illustrated by Brandon Peterson , featured an interim team consisting of Wolverine , Phoenix , Cyclops , Archangel , Cable and Nate Grey . This team protected the Mannites, a group of super powered, Genetically Engineered children from Death, a horseman of Apocalypse . Wolverine is murdered by Death in the final pages of the series, but it was later revealed that "Death" was actually a Mind Control led Wolverine , and that the "Wolverine" who was a member of this team of X-Men was an imposter, a Shapeshifting Skrull . VOLUME THREE (2004-PRESENT) In 2004, Marvel used the title ''Astonishing X-Men'' for the latest ongoing X-Men series written by Joss Whedon (who is best known as the creator of '' Buffy The Vampire Slayer '') and illustrated by John Cassaday . It is a continuation of the '' New X-Men '' title and features a similar line-up of characters, including Cyclops (as team leader), Emma Frost , Beast , Shadowcat , and Wolverine . In his acclaimed first story arc ("Gifted"), Whedon resurrected long-time X-Man Colossus . It was revealed that after his death, his corpse had been stolen and reanimated to facilitate his use as a guinea pig in an underground mutant research complex associated with the mysterious alien, Ord . Rescued, Colossus has since been added to the team line-up. In the next storyline ("Dangerous"), the team fought a murderous self-aware personification of the "'', and already used in the X-Men mythos when Cerebro became sentient and attempted to kill Professor X ). In ''Wizard'' Magazine #173, Whedon admitted his mistakes in the second story arc, saying he was so fascinated with the idea of the "new intelligence," he neglected some of the action and thus it did not flow as well. Whedon's initial contract with . In addition, the comic has temporarily gone from monthly to every other month for the next four issues to allow more time for Whedon and Cassaday to finish each issue and to avoid further late releases. TRIVIA
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