Will Rachel be the villain or merely the pawn in the events to come? Read Full Review

It's a solid start to what seems like it may be the story Marc Guggenheim has been building towards through his entire run. Read Full Review

X-Men Gold #31 is a cul-de-sac of a story. Theres little to be taken to this Days of Future Past flashback beyond the shallowest of nostalgic digressions. Its not terrible, but it is dull and vanilla. I cant recommend this one. Give it a pass. Read Full Review

I been waiting for a turn around in this story and I think we might have one with this issue!

Colossus bails. Mesmero strikes at Rachel with a twisty plot relying on a nice, meaty DoFP story. I think the script lands in Catch-22 territory. Unfolding the plot this way causes some problems, but I can't see a way to solve them that wouldn't open up other, equal problems. The art has a more straightforward shortcoming. The characters are gorgeous. The settings around them are sterile and dull. It feels like a community theater production mounted on an echoing metropolitan stage that's far too large for it.