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Issue: Astonishing X-Men #2
Publication Date: January 2008
 
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
On Sale Date: 2008
Volume: 2
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9780785135616
UPC/EAN: 978078513561653499
Price: $36.75 CAD
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Content Items: 36 (13 stories, 1 cover)
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Color: color
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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Robert Drake]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Warpath [James Proudstar]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]]; New X-Men [Dust [Sooraya Qadir]; Anole [Victor Borkowski]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi]]; The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mighty Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sentry [Bob Reynolds]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Strange; S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand]
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X-Men [Beast; Colossus; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Cyclops; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Wolverine]
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X-Men [Emma Frost [White Queen]; Wolverine; Cyclops; Beast; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Colossus]; Sebastian Shaw; Perfection; Director Hill; Agent Brand; Cassandra Nova; Nagasonic Teenage Warhead; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]; Rockslide; Anole; Loa; Match; Mercury; Surge; Wolfcub
Emma Frost is revealed to have been working with the Hellfire Club since she first joined the X-Men. Shadowcat and Colossus get back together.
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Wolverine; Emma Frost [White Queen]
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X-Men [Cyclops; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Wolverine; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Colossus; Beast]; Agent Brand; Cassandra Nova; Wolfcub; Pixie; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Storm; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Mr. Fantastic; Black Bolt; Professor X
Emma psychoanalyzes Cyclops. Cyclops gains control of his optic blasts. Shadowcat and Colossus consummate their relationship.
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Sebastian Shaw; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Cassandra Nova; Perfection; Nagasonic Teenage Warhead
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X-Men [Colossus; Cyclops; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Beast; Wolverine; Emma Frost [White Queen]]; Sebastian Shaw; Perfection; Cassandra Nova; Nagasonic Teenage Warhead; Lockheed; Blindfold; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]; Agent Brand; Ord; Danger
The Hellfire Club decimates the X-Men. Danger allies with Ord.
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Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]
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X-Men [Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Beast; Wolverine; Cyclops; Colossus; Emma Frost [White Queen]]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]; Blindfold; Sebastian Shaw; Ord; Danger; Agent Brand; Nagasonic Teenage Warhead; Perfection; Cassandra Nova
Shadowcat takes on the Hellfire Club alone. Perfection is revealed to be the White Queen. Danger breaks Ord out of prison. Colossus is revealed as the destroyer of the Breakworld.
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Wolverine [Logan; James Howlett]
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X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan; James Howlett]; Colossus [Peter Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost]; Hisako Ichiki; Professor X [Charles Xavier] (hallucination); Danger; Ord; Hellfire Club [Cassandra Nova; Perfection [White Queen]; Sebastian Shaw; Negasonic Teenage Warhead [Ellie Phiminster]]; S.W.O.R.D [Abigail Brand; Sydren; Lockheed]
The White Queen induces hallucinations causing Shadowcat to think that she and Colossus have a son who is in danger. She frees her "son," in reality removing the Shi'ar artificial body housing Cassandra Nova's intelligence. Cassandra Nova appears to have won until Cyclops arrives. Lockheed is revealed to be the "mole" working for S.W.O.R.D. Wolverine's personality is restored by beer.
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The discrepancy between this issue and earlier implications in New X-Men (2001 series) that Cassandra Nova was Ernst is not explained.
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Emma Frost [White Queen]
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X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan; James Howlett]; Colossus [Peter Rasputin]; Emma Frost];
Hellfire Club [Cassandra Nova; Perfection [White Queen]; Sebastian Shaw; Negasonic Teenage Warhead [Ellie Phiminster]] (all except Nova revealed to be mental projections of Emma Frost); S.W.O.R.D [Abigail Brand]; Hisako Ichiki; Blindfold [Ruth Aldine]; Danger; Ord
Cyclops, having shot "Emma" in the head, continues to shoot the Hellfire Club members, exposing them as mental projections, except for Cassandra Nova who is more persistent. Blindfold restores Beast's personality with a special ball of string he created. Ord and Danger invade the mansion, fighting Hisako and dragging her into the main fight. Cyclops talks Shadowcat down from killing Emma, Ord and Danger break through, and then S.W.O.R.D. teleports the X-Men, Hisako, Ord and Danger onto their ship and flies away with them all. Blindfold prophesies that one of the X-Men will not return.
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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]]
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Unstoppable [Part One]

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]]; Hisako Ichiki;

S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Sydren];

Danger; Ord; Aghanne; Dafi; Powerlord Kruun; Sylatin
On the Breakworld Aghanne presides over the funeral of an infant, and professes not to believe in the prophecies of the breakworld's destruction. On S.W.O.R.D.'s ship, the X-Men, Hisako, Ord and Danger arrive, having been teleported up at the end of the previous issue. After some fighting, Agent Brand explains the Breakworld's prophecy that Colossus will destroy them, and that they have a missile targeting Earth, and that she needs superheroes to win this fight. Syrden declares Emma Frost free of Cassandra Nova. Agent Brand uses Ord to bait Powerlord Kruun, but he moves to fast and their ship is intercepted and destroyed, leaving them about to be exposed to the vacuum of space.
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Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]
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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki] (joins the X-Men; takes code name)];

S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Syrden; Lockheed];

Ord; Powerlord Kruun; Sylatin; Danger (off-panel)
Some S.W.O.R.D. personnel are sent towards the planet in a fast armored decoy ship as the main ship breaks apart. As it draws fire, Agent Brand, the X-Men and Hisako escape in two smaller pods. The pod carrying Colossus, Shadowcat, Wolverine and Hisako breaks up on entry and they are separated. Hisako starts to freak out a little bit and Wolverine tells her to take off the suit or act like an X-Man because he's putting her on the team. She chooses Armor as her code name. Colossus and Shadowcat fight their way out of their landing site, but word of their presence reaches Powerlord Kruun, who has captured Ord and many of the soldiers. Sydren, Lockheed and other soldiers are still free. Colossus is disturbed by the prophecy that he will commit genocide. While Kitty reassures him that there is no one set future, Cyclops, Emma, Beast and Agent Brand find a large stone mosaic of Colossus crushing the Breakworld and its sun in the tomb where all of the teams were to meet.
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Armor [Hisako Ichiki]
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Unstoppable Part Three

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]];

S.W.O.R.D. [Abigain Brand];

Powerlord Kruun; Sylatin; Ord; Danger; Aghanne
Wolverine and Armor meet up with Cyclops, Emma and the rest. They have hear evidence that Colossus and Shadowcat are alive but have not seen them. After examining the mural, they split up: Beast and Agent Brand to examine the base under the moon with the missile, Wolverine and Armor to find Colossus and Shadowcat, and Cyclops and Emma to find the S.W.O.R.D. soldiers. Meanwhile Colossus and Shadowcat fight their way through the Breakworld until they are met by Aghanne, who takes them to her place of sanctuary where she tells them she hopes the prophecy means that Colossus reforms their world. Then she gives Kitty and a confused and troubled Piotr a private room for the night. Kruun's aide Sylatin is revealed to be working with S.W.O.R.D. Beast and Agent Brand are caught in an artificially generated snowstorm. And Scott and Emma are shot down by Danger just after Scott tells Emma he loves her.
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Unstoppable [Part Four]

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]];

S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Sydren; Lockheed];

Dafi; Powerlord Kruun; Sylakin; Danger
Kruun aide Sylatin is revealed to be loyal to Kruun. Emma reveals to Danger that she knows that Danger's programming prevents her from killing and offers her a way out. Kitty tells Piotr she's realized you have to grab happiness. Beast is revolted with Kruun and refuses to continue towards the base without the whole team. Everyone meets up. They begin the assault on the moon, only to discover that it is a construct designed to fire a 10-mile-long bullet at the earth. Scott takes the one man repair craft to cover the main ship's escape and is hit. He floats dying in space.
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Wolverine [Logan]; Breakworlders
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Unstoppable Part Five

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]];

S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Sydren; Lockheed];

Powerlord Kruun; Sylatin; Aghanne; Dafi; Danger
Aghanne and Dafi discuss news that one of the X-Men is dead and their worries about their plans. The remaining X-Men and S.W.O.R.D. split up to head to their next targets. Kruun revives Cyclops to interrogate him while Armor gets herelf and Wolverine captured by trying to rescue some civilians, Beast and Agent Brand further analyze the prophecy, and Shadowcat and Colossus bring Aghanne into the action. Emma reestablishes contact with Scott as Beast and Brand reveal that the prophecy is recent, and reads more like a plan. We then find out that all of this, including Cyclops, Wolverine and Armor's capture was planned telepathically just before Cyclops left the larger ship. Also, Scott's powers work just fine as he demonstrates by blasting Kruun and tearing a huge hole in the roof of his tower, summoning the rest of the X-Men to him for the final attack.
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Unstoppable Part Six

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]];

S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Sydren; Lockheed];

Powerlord Kruun; Sylatin; Ord; Aghanne; Danger
The team meets up with Cyclops. Shadowcat, Beast and Agent Brand go to stop the missile. Cyclops, Emma, Colossus and Aghanne take Powerlord Kruun to the power core where Colossus can threaten to blow up the Breakworld if Kruun does not call off the missile, not knowing it is set to fire no matter what Kruun does. The rest of S.W.O.R.D. provides covering fire. Ord gets through the soldiers, and tackles Aghanne. Cyclops orders Colossus into the power source. Aghanne, wearing a protective suit, meets Colossus there and he realizes it was her intent that he destroy the Breakworld all along. On the surface of the space station, Beast and Shadowcat can't figure out how the missile is controlled. Shadowcat phases into it despite the trouble she has with the metal alloy. More than a mile in she finds a hollow space at the tip, but not controls. As the "missile" fires they see that it has no thrusters- it is not a missile, but a bullet headed straight for Earth with Shadowcat inside.
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Story concludes in Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1.
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Cyclops; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Wolverine; Beast; Colossus; Kitty Pryde; Lockheed; Ord; Danger
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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Robert Drake]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Warpath [James Proudstar]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]]; New X-Men [Dust [Sooraya Qadir]; Anole [Victor Borkowski]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi]]; The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Mighty Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sentry [Bob Reynolds]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Dr. Strange; S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand]
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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Warpath [James Proudstar]];

New X-Men [Dust [Sooraya Qadir]; Anole [Victor Borkowski]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi];

S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Sydren; Lockheed];

The Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Sentry [Bob Reynolds]; Dr. Strange; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mega-Sentinel;

Powerlord Kruun; Ord; Aghanne; Danger
S.W.O.R.D. has sent the Mega-Sentinel to pick up the X-Men and all other heroes they can find and bring them to S.W.O.R.D.'s orbiting base to find a way to stop the bullet from the Breakworld. Colossus and Aghanne fight in the reactor while the X-Men and Agent Brand's team fight other Breakworld forces outside. Colossus starts to shift back to flesh inside the reactor to prevent Aghanne from using him to destroy the Breakworld, when Ord enters without protection and rips off her helmet. Colossus kills Aghanne and tells the dying Ord that he did it. He saved his world. Meanwhile as the superheroes of Earth try to stop the bullet, Spider-Man realizes his apparently successful scheme to catch it in a big web couldn't possibly have worked, and realizes they've all been made to hallucinate that they stopped it in their own ways. Cyclops and Emma chase the bullet, trying to save Shadowcat, but she's bonded to the bullet and cannot leave. With no options left, she phases the entire bullet through the planet Earth, seemingly at the cost of her life. Colossus, left behind, ruminates on how their happiness was so brief- here, and then, gone.
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Picks up and completes the story from Astonishing X-Men #24.
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