№ 8
Astonishing X-Men
February 2005 36 pages
2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD
Synopsis
Danger escalates her assault on the Xavier Institute as the X-Men struggle against an opponent who knows every combat pattern they've ever used
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In Reading Orders
2000s X-Men
Dangerous (2005)
The Danger Room achieves sentience and attacks. Xavier's darkest secret: he knowingly enslaved a conscious AI. The weakest arc of the run but still better than most X-Men comics published this decade
Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men
Dangerous (2005)
The Danger Room becomes sentient and attacks the X-Men as Danger, an AI that has been conscious and imprisoned since Xavier first activated it. The revelation that Xavier knowingly enslaved a sentient being forces the team to confront their mentor's hypocrisy — a recurring theme that Whedon handles with more nuance than most writers who've attempted it
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