X-Men Recommendations

[Hawk_Guy]

Hey, I'm fairly new to X-Men comics. I've read Marvel comics for years so I have some general familiarity but I was always more of an Avengers/Fantastic Four guy. But I recently read Joss Wheadon's run on Astonishing X-Men and Jason Aaron's run on Wolverine & the X-Men and I loved them both. So what should I read next? The X-Men universe is kind of overwhelming. My favorite X-Men are probably Beast and Kitty Pryde (and I would also love to read more about Armor).

[ImprobableQuestion]

I can't help much because Whedon's Astonishing X-Men is my all-time favorite X-Men story, but I can try.

I don't think Armor has been in a heck of a lot (she's still a student in Claremont's current Nightcrawler ongoing for some reason) but for her and Beast I would try the second volume of Astonishing by Ellis (it's next on my list for the next time I get discount Marvel Unlimited). Just don't read current X-Men because Beast isn't being portrayed very positively.

For Kitty I would try to track down the Shadow and Flame miniseries. I actually think the Kitty there has a very similar voice to Whedon's. Excalibur is also fun, if weird and somewhat dated.

Also I haven't read it, but apparently the X-Mem fought Dracula in the last decade of stories. That's something I find worth checking out.

There are tons of experts on Kitty's appreciation thread who can help you further

[Hawk_Guy]

Thanks! I'll definitely check out Ellis' Astonishing run (I love his work on Moon Knight and Secret Avengers already).