The Shadow King is back! Years ago, the X-Men thought that they had defeated the Shadow King once and for all. But now, he’s back and rapidly regaining his power. Every moment counts, and as each second passes his influence on the world spreads like a poison. He very nearly took the mind of Psylocke, the telepathic X-Men member who desperately reached out to her former teammates for help.
Now, Rogue, Gambit, Bishop, Archangel, Old Man Logan, Beast and Fantomex have assembled in the pages of Astonishing X-Men, to save the world once again. Although we have our doubts about Beast’s true identity, Psylocke sent the team on a potential suicide mission inside of the Astral Plane to stop the Shadow King. But in CraveOnline’s exclusive preview for Astonishing X-Men # 2, the team seems to have forgotten where they are and what they were trying to accomplish. Along the way, a dead friend reappears and the Death of Wolverine is referenced alongside a look back at X-Men history.
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This issue was written by Charles Soule, with art by Mike Deodato. Here’s the official description from Marvel Comics:
“ENTER: THE ASTRAL PLANE! In the next chapter of this action-packed X-Men epic, PSYLOCKE, ROGUE, OLD MAN LOGAN and the rest of their impromptu team travel to the astral plane in pursuit of the dastardly SHADOW KING. But on the astral plane, not everything is as it seems, and reality is only as reliable as what you think it is – Will the X-Men be able to contain the chaos from spilling out into the world? From superstar writer CHARLES SOULE and rock-star artist MIKE DEODATO JR., ASTONISHING X-MEN is the book you cannot afford to miss!”
Astonishing X-Men # 2 will be released this Wednesday, August 16, in comic stores everywhere.
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