{"id":1638,"date":"2019-01-16T02:30:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T07:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2018-12-30T22:38:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:38:12","slug":"astonishing-x-men-v-1-gifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"Astonishing X-Men v.1: Gifted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Astonishing-X-Men-vol.-1-Gifted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Astonishing-X-Men-vol.-1-Gifted-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Astonishing-X-Men-vol.-1-Gifted-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Astonishing-X-Men-vol.-1-Gifted-49x74.jpg 49w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Astonishing-X-Men-vol.-1-Gifted.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>A new class is starting at Xavier&#8217;s Institute, lead by Hank McCoy (Beast), Scott Summers (Jerk, I mean, Cyclops), Emma Frost (ex-villain), and Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat). Kitty is conflicted about the class and working with a major bad guy she grew up with, Emma. But if there is anything Emma wants to do it&#8217;s helping kids, and she hopes Kitty can keep her balanced on the side of the angels.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The school is rocked when a lab announces a vaccine &#8220;cure&#8221; for the X-gene. Meanwhile a minor villain pops up in a cliche manner just in time to get the team back into the groove of things. Between defeating this wanna-be Magneto, Hank and the team investigate the cure and try to a certain who is behind it. Is it the first step in the forced removal of the X-gene, a way to neuter those born mutant? And how can Beast be a good role model for the kids, when he wants to be cured?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">How can Scott be a good leader when he is a jerk to his coworkers, his supposed allies, and even his lover, Emma?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As a series kick off this has everything a reader wants; backstory angst, personality clash set ups, political intrigue, and prophecy. And Jean Gray coming back from the dead again? (Well, this is an X-men title.) Add to that the ridiculous likablility of Emma Frost, and the easy connection to Kitty (she has a dragon!!) and you&#8217;ve got the set up for an engaging series.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Recommended for public and private collections (and not just because the X-men has always been a favorite.)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Contains: language, violence<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new class is starting at Xavier&#8217;s Institute, lead by Hank McCoy (Beast), Scott Summers (Jerk, I mean, Cyclops), Emma Frost (ex-villain), and Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat). Kitty is conflicted about the class and working with a major bad guy she grew up with, Emma. But if there is anything Emma wants to do it&#8217;s helping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,116,76],"tags":[114,239],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-comics","category-graphic-novels","tag-marvel-comics","tag-x-men"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eu9f-qq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions\/1640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}