Astonishing X-Men
The X-Men learn about S.W.O.R.D. and discover that one of them is destined to destroy Ord's homeworld.
Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-6. Whedon and Cassaday landmark run begins - a mutant cure emerges and Colossus returns from the dead.
Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-12. Joss Whedon and John Cassadays acclaimed run begins -- Gifted and Dangerous, featuring the return of Colossus.
Collects landmark X-Men issues spanning decades. A prestige sampler of the franchises greatest hits from X-Men #1 through All-New X-Men.
Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-12. Whedon/Cassaday's Gifted and Dangerous -- a cure for mutation, the return of Colossus.
Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-24, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1. Joss Whedon and John Cassadays complete Astonishing run -- the Cure, Danger, and Breakworld sagas.
Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-12, Astonishing X-Men Saga #1. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday redefine the X-Men -- Colossus returns and the Cure threatens mutantkind.
Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-6.
Collects Astonishing X-Men #1-6. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's acclaimed Gifted arc — introducing the mutant cure and Danger.
Whedon puts the costumes back on and makes the X-Men superheroes again. A mutant cure is announced. Colossus returns from the dead. John Cassaday's art is the best the X-Men have ever looked. After Morrison's deconstruction, this is the perfect reconstruction
Whedon opens with a thesis statement: the X-Men need to be superheroes again. Cyclops and Emma Frost lead a new team — Wolverine, Beast, and a returning Kitty Pryde. When a geneticist announces a cure for mutation, the team is split. Then the real surprise: Colossus is alive, held captive in the basement of the Benetech corporation. His resurrection is one of the great emotional payoffs in X-Men history