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Kitty is standing her ground i really love the strong figure the writers made her become.
• The CLIMACTIC SHOWDOWN between the X-MEN and the new BROTHERHOOD OF EVIL MUTANTS!
• Who will be left standing after the world's mightiest mutants throw down?
• And when the dust settles, not everything is as it seems...
Rated T+
The X-Men discover who or what is behind the newly reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants as Kitty takes center stage as the X-Men's leader. Read Full Review
This book is still strong and as the next arc begins the true test of how solid the creative team is will begin as the initial hype dies down and the real grind of an ongoing series starts to set in. Can Marvel keep the ball rolling? Or will this series lose steam and die; which appears to be a recurring problem for Marvel and their newer titles. Read Full Review
Things are getting really intense in this series, and the X-Men have an entirely new enemy at the end of this issue. It'll be interesting to see if they are able to prove themselves to the humans that essentially control mutants' fate. I don't know about you guys, but I'm already itching for more! Read Full Review
Many say that controversy can kill a books momentum and this issue proves that you can't take the X-Men down that easily. This is a must read series and I highly recommend picking it up. Read Full Review
X-men Gold #3 isn't bad by any means. I feel like Marc Guggenheim needed time to get into a stride of storytelling here. Which is fine but it did make the first few issues suffer greatly. Ive seen other titles flow into their first arcs at an amazing pace. This just is the definition of meh from the perspective of a long time X-men fan whos seen crazy starts like Wolverine and the X-men. Now that weve started to get somewhere, Ill stay on for the next arc and see what happens. Oh who am I kidding its X-men I have no choice but to read it. Read Full Review
X-Men: Goldis a book that I find to be telling just generic X-Men stories, with aboveaverage art, and not really having a solid storyline going forward I findmyself investing in or committing to purchase twice per month. Now that ouropening three part story is out of the way I hope we can get down to more seriousbusiness highlighting the strengths of the characters on our team movingforward. Read Full Review
X-Men Gold #3, while sporting some beautiful (but not very intricate art) and an uninspired simmered down story, still has some strengths with the development of Kitty Pryde as a Leader and the statement made about the status quo of the mutants at the end of the issue provides impactful and relevant themes to todays society, and shows that there is still hope for X-Men Gold yet. Next issues 'Gambit' story arc should hopefully put this team in a better position than this issue did. Read Full Review
In every sense of the word, this opening arc of X-Men: Gold was a colossal misfire. Read Full Review
Hopefully, a new artist can help pick this one up, but for now, this book is scraping the bottom of the barrel. Read Full Review
Marvel has the opportunity to tell compelling stories about difficult topics, with characters and teams who've addressed such topics, whose conceptual foundation was designed as a reaction to such rhetoric, but it requires honesty and thoughtfulness. Frankly, it's unlikely this creative team will ever be the ones willing to tell that story and do so honestly and it's in readers' best interests not to give them the opportunity to try. Read Full Review
I love the last scene in this book. And the fact that they just drop her shows how serious these X-Men are. They are not Charles Xavier or Cyclops but a nice firm medium. The art of Syaf I really do enjoy it does fit the X-Men franchise pretty well. And Guggenheim made a firm statement by saying they are the X-Men and they are here to stay. Gold is correct adjective describing the series.
Loved it. This book is impressing me.
I absolutely loved Kitty Pryde in this issue so I would give it high ranks for that alone. Seeing her threaten a villain showed how different she could be from Professor X. There are some tense moments and fun little twist to the villains that would fit right in with the old team. I think this is a great starting arc for the X-Men.
Ah, finally the strong issue Ive been waiting for. Love having Kitty as the leader, and this issue packed in some emotion and grit. Syaf draws great back muscles haha
X-Men gold delivers another pretty fun issue. Kitty Pryde continues to be the star of the show and her character remains tremendously likeable. The final scenes of this book reveal what could be a pretty interesting new conflict for the X-Men.
Next first adventure no complaints.
Despite this arcs lame first ish, #2 and #3 have been fast and strong. The X-Men are like an elite strike team. No bullshit emotions. The art isn't amazing, but it's good. I'm definitely happy with this series
Bit anti-climactic, perhaps, but I'm still on board and finding this book fun.
I have problems with the last scene during the exchange with Nance. It was essentially pointless other than the cool "We're the X-Men" and showing Kitty's leadership but here's why the scene ultimately falls apart, it didn't accomplish anything. They went in with accusations and not a lot of hard evidence or proof. And technically they did break in and knock out security guards while also physically threaten Nance with mutant powers. If that exchange was all caught on say a security camera, Nance could easily use that against the X-Men. When reading that panel where Prestige picks up Nance in midair, I thought she would've also probed her mind for proof she was behind the brotherhood of evil mutants. She didn't... All in all this was the X- more
SCORE: 6.6
This is the conclusion to a first arc that was pretty much mutants-by-numbers storytelling, with average art and a lack of compelling opponents. It's not terrible, but it's not anything more than mediocre. The only really interesting scene is the final one. The line-up is strong, but I have questions about Marc Guggenheim's ability to make these characters stand out. I'm going to see if this improves when the new art team shakes out, but so far it's a distant second to "X-Men Blue" in terms of telling compelling mutant tales.
I'm starting to lose interest in Gold. I would have never guessed that of the two, I'd be enjoying X-Men Blue more after 3 issues. It's not that Gold is bad. It's just very run-of-the-mill generic. I feel like Guggenheim has a good grasp on the various personalities of the team, but the story just isn't there yet.
Turns out the Brotherhood was a false flag operation orchestrated by Evil Pundit Lady; Kitty and company save the mayor but fail to bring in EPL. Normally I like an arc that wraps up fast, but in this case the story ends abruptly because there's no more "smart" left in the script. EPL's scheme was unbelievably stupid, and having Kitty inexplicably sink down to her level of action-movie stupidity made for a hugely unsatisfying conclusion. This shoddy finale casts a shadow over the last two issues. Marc Guggenheim was trying to paint the world around the X-Men as an unforgiving place but it just didn't work, and I'm left wondering if he really has any insights worth sharing about these heroes.
X-Men Gold #3: The X-Men become MUTANT TERRORISTS!!!
I could talk about all the standing and/or walking around of talking heads written by people who's biggest concern is the proper blend of non-GMO organic beans in their coffee. This is NOT how people behave when they are running into a battle with their LIVES at stake.
Kitty (I use that term loosely, this isn't that Katherine Pryde I know and love, as I will make abundantly clear in a moment) refusing the help of X-Men who she has fought beside on alien worlds, going into a fight for her very life makes ZERO sense.
Mesmero's powers DO NOT WORK THIS WAY. They never have. Very little in the comic makes sense.
That the X-Men have been the fl more
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