Astonishing X-Men Ghost Boxes #1 (OF 2)
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You met Subject X in the pages of Astonishing X-Men! But what was he really doing and who he was doing it for? Find out in this essential 2-issue tie-in series to Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi's opening salvo on Astonishing X-Men! Ghost Boxes is about the choices that man made and could have made, and the ripples they cause. Ghost Boxes is about the real stakes of the Ghost Box storyline, and what will happen if the X-Men fail to solve the mystery.
WRITER: WARREN ELLIS
PENCILS: ALAN DAVIS & ADI GRANOV
COVER BY: SIMONE BIANCHI
Price: $3.99
Reviews
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| mikeandzod21 | 11/16/08 | No | Read Review |
| akamuu | 11/01/08 | No | Read Review |
| reg5000 | 10/30/08 | No | Read Review |
| Parker | 10/30/08 | No | Read Review |
| comicdork37 | 10/29/08 | No | Read Review |
Comments
@Zattaric:
I think it's because they want the Ellis/Bianchi run to be a solid, uninterrupted thing. I probably wouldn't have done it this way either if I was in charge of these kinds of things, but whateva'. Look at it this way though: It's WARREN ELLIS, ALAN DAVIS, AND FRANK CHO! I don't think I'm the only one around here who is sold based on the creative team alone.
Posted by goat77 on 10/27/08 at 07:08 PM
Not Frank Cho. They've changed the info.
Posted by conor on 10/27/08 at 07:24 PM
Oh, well Adi's art is just as beautiful so... my point stands :D
Posted by goat77 on 10/27/08 at 09:00 PM
This seems like a rip-off. The ghost box seems like it should certainly be in Ellis's Astonishing continuity.
Still, it seems intriguing.
Posted by coltrane68 on 10/27/08 at 09:13 PM
Not intriguing enough for me to buy extra story that exists just to earn a buck.
Posted by RaceMcCloud on 10/27/08 at 11:44 PM
Agreed with everyone on here; sounds interesting but too much money for something that SHOULD be in the regular comic.
But Alan Davis on a X-Title? Geez Ron must be having heart palpatations right now.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/28/08 at 12:34 AM
This practically IS part of the regular title. Has anyone else noticed that Astonishing #28 is set for a January release? It's the Whedon Curse, I tell ya...
Posted by J4K3 on 10/28/08 at 12:39 AM
@Race - All comics exist to earn a buck. It's commerce.
Posted by conor on 10/28/08 at 02:00 AM
odd to see wolverine in a batman-like brooding shot.
Posted by Kimbo on 10/28/08 at 02:24 PM
Well, if the next 'Astonishing' isn't coming out for a few months, and this is two issues. . .they aren't really asking us to buy extra stuff. I suspect this was all supposed to be the same series at first and they messed around with the numbering because of the different artists. I bet it all ends up in the same trade.
Posted by ohcaroline on 10/28/08 at 09:09 PM
@ohcaroline: Well your right, I mean if these two issues are setting us up for #28 then it's fine. But why couldnt they just number this 28 and go on with the series? It just doesnt make practical sense why they didnt number this on a regular issue instead of a seperate series.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/28/08 at 11:23 PM
I was going to wait for the trade on this one, but dude...Alan Davis. And the whole "ghost boxes" thing actually sounds more interesting than I originally thought.
Posted by Diabhol on 10/29/08 at 02:17 AM
@TheNextChampion - Because 1) Different artists. Theyprobably want things to flow smoothly in trade format, and 2) the Ghost Boxes mini explores a different aspect. Astonishing is focusing on what IS happening, whereas Ghost Boxes (accoring to the solicitations) is to focus on what COULD be. Make sense?
Posted by J4K3 on 10/29/08 at 02:22 PM
@J4K3:..........No? lol
Seriously I do....but still I would've perfered this to be part of the actual Astonishing because you could somehow do a 'What If?' storyline in the regular title.
Posted by TheNextChampion on 10/29/08 at 03:13 PM
Steampunk X-Men was pretty awesome.
Posted by goat77 on 10/29/08 at 07:10 PM
@goat77
I agree. The steampunk X-team was the highlight of the book.
Posted by coltrane68 on 10/29/08 at 09:57 PM
here I was, hoping for an Alan Davis issue, and all I got was a few pages.
Posted by WadebeforeSlade on 10/30/08 at 01:02 PM
I have a felling this is to fill up a gap inthe release of the next few books because of artist dealays but i"m not complaining because i think the topic could use some more background, and lets face it I am feening for a good X book! don't let m down you Bastards!!!
Posted by voodoomama on 10/30/08 at 01:52 PM
step 1: cut a hole in the box...
Posted by bobdoad on 10/31/08 at 01:55 PM
step 2: put your #@#% in the box... and watch it travel to many alternate realities where it will surely be ripped to shreds...wait, i don't think that rhymes
Posted by Parker on 10/31/08 at 03:36 PM
Wow I can't believe I paid $4 for a script and a couple of pages of mediocre comic. Fail.
Posted by Ntpmcrtp on 11/01/08 at 11:52 AM
This just came out in the UK. I didn't buy it and have canceled Astonishing X-men!
Posted by SamMorgan on 11/06/08 at 08:15 AM
I don't understand...Why didn't they just put this in th Astonishing X-Men regular title? (other than $) I don't know if I'm getting this.
Posted by zattaric on 10/27/08 at 06:00 PM