About Heroes

Author: Joss Whedon
Artist: John Cassiday
Colors: Laura Martin
Cover: John Cassiday

I'm just going to let you know that I really don't feel like putting up any spoiler tags on this review so be warned. It's the penultimate issue to Unstoppable and the penultimate issue to Whedon and Cassidy leaving the book. I'm going to miss this entire team of creators, because to me they have reminded me once again why I read not just X-men, but comic books. Sure the delays are horrible, but my God this book had me saying: Messiah what?

I have been looking forward to this issue for months now. Cyclops left up in space and the rest of the X-men with their luck about to run out. There are plenty of Whedon's trademarks in this issue with all the twists and turns. Whether it was the prophecy being nothing more than a plan or Cyclops scheming everything from the X-men being scattered to him being captured; this issue was full of twists. And of course the moment that made the whole fucking book " to me my X-men"! Motherfuck, I have never been a Cyclops fan, but damn it I really wanted to be after seeing him fire off that bitch of an optic blast. The fantastic dialogue of Emma being her own best friend and the X-men cutting loose on some bad guys really is a testament of how much Whedon loves these characters . I can't think of any flaws within this issue.

We can't forget who brings this all to paper either. The talented John Cassidy really shines with this issue and is easily becoming one of my favorite artists. The wonderful choreographed fight scenes and the sense of innocence on Armor's face shows how much of a range a true artist should be able to do. Everything you have read since issue 1 of Astonishing really plays a vital role with the revelations in this issue. It's really rare to see this kind of conscientious plotting in comics these days. Go back and read those issues and enjoy this representation of what a perfect comic should be. A+