(stupid) Astonishing X-Men Question
 

Hey guys. I have a question about the astonishing x-men. Are they part of the X-Men Legacy, Uncanny X-Men etc. universe or are they in alternate universe? I've never read the book. It doesnt appear that they are connected? I have no idea...

A little help?

They are connected.

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Depends on *which* Astonishing X-Men. There were two series with that title. One is Alternate Reality, set in the Age of Apocalypse, and the other is the current one started by Joss Whedon. That one is set in normal continuity.

and one during the wolverine is a skrull story when apocalypse & cyclops merged which is also in continuity

Oh yeah! Good catch! I forgot about that one! (Goddess, that Apocalpse/Cyclops thing was sooo friggin' baaaad)

Thanks everyone. Another quick question. I thiught the regular X-Men title was supposed to be in continuity as well, but they appear to be dealing with Skrulls and not Avengers. What gives?

That's actually in "X-Men" book, but ya Astonishing is doing the marriage thing with Northstar currently.

So it's completely unrelated?

Marriage for Northstar? I'm dating myself for sure here, but wasn't Northstar the first openly gay Marvel character?

It's related if you're referring to "X-Men", it's just not in the AVX line up yet, which is kind of surprising actually.
He might have been, I don't remember.

It was in the eighties, not sure which year, I remember Johne Byrne was penciling AlphaFloght at the time.