Astonishing X-Men #15 - Marvel

First let me tell you how overjoyed I am that Joss Whedon and John Cassaday have decided to come back and do another year of this book. The first 12 issues were a masterpiece. With this storyarc, it looks like the X-men are going to be dealing with the newly reformed Hellfire Club. So far it consists of Sebastian Shaw, obviously, Cassandra Nova, Perfection, Nagasonic and Emma Frost, ???. I'm not sure how much of a role Perfection or Nagasonic will play in this story, because with this issue, the whole X-men team is taken out by just Sebastian and Cassandra. Emma appears to be working with the Hellfire Club, and playing the X-men, but I really think we're going to find out it's the other way around. I truly feel that she loves Scott, and is playing this role to ultimately protect them. This will probably be what eventually spoils Sebastians plans. But, he and Cassandra are no dummies, so I'm sure they have a contingency set up for just this eventuality. However, with Mr. Whedon there's always hidden subplots and motivations that we just aren't privy to yet. So anything can happen. Also the danger room character that came out of the last story arc is still around. She's being held captive on the orbiting S.W.O.R.D. ship. This issue ends with Kitty, who has been turned completely incorporeal, and sinking into the depths of the earth, although I'm not sure why she would flow down and not up, figuring out how to become coporeal again and is taking the fight back up to her aggressors. Josh and John's flow of the story is breathtaking. I like the way on some pages the story is told with the art and almost no dialogue. John also tells the story with oversized panels that make you feel like you're watching a movie. This is the third issue into what should be a great storyarc.