THE NEGATIVE ZONE WAR Part 1
• Invaders from deep within THE NEGATIVE ZONE have come to reclaim one of their own... And they're taking one of THE X-MEN with them!
Rated T+
We didn't get to see Ink or the uniforms as hinted on the cover but all good things come to those who wait. I am also much preferring the name Kologoth to that of Kleevus originally mentioned in pre solicit listings for issue #12. Bullet dodged there I feel. Speculation was rife on some news media sites as to it being the name of another alien from previous Fantastic Four stories or just an Ike Perlmutter pet name. It could also have been a derivation of the Albanian name Klevis. Whatever the reason, I for one am glad its gone. To quote Marc Guggenheim I just came up with a name I liked better. He aint wrong. Read Full Review
This issue successfully hit all the marks when starting a new arc and the character moments really worked as well as the art. Read Full Review
X-Men Gold is a fun team book series that I continue to enjoy as a fan of comics and the X-Men. The dynamics of this team is what makes it truly enjoyable Read Full Review
It's a crowd-pleaser that gets a fan favorite couple back together and lays a solid foundation for the coming story arc. Read Full Review
This is an enjoyable issue to read, largely for the character dynamics and the art. Guggenheim wants to give us a Negative Zone arc for the next few issues. Hopefully it won't detract from the more earthbound stories. Read Full Review
Taking the X-Men off-planet is where some of the best stories have been told in the past. A trip into the Negative Zone promises an exciting adventure, continuing the successful course correction of ResurreXion/Legacy. Read Full Review
Par for the course. Guggenheim want's to say something important but can't get it in there. Questionable character designs distract from how good the art is. The story may be an improvement over the dreck with Mojo, but that's a crazy low bar. Read Full Review
Great playing out of long term plotlines and the start of what I hope will be a great space X-Men story. I've recently caught up on this series and felt that it's had it's up's and down's but this issue was the sort of story I was hoping for from a Guggenheim X-book.
A spaceship comes to fetch Space Hitler Kologoth home, and if it hadn't landed on top of the Xavier Institute and then blasted off carrying Kitty and Kurt with it - unintentionally - this story could have ended in this issue. But it doesn't, more's the pity. Lan Medina's art is serviceable but forgettable, and Marc Guggenheim's script is, as usual for him, more of a promising rough draft than a finished comic story.
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