Marc Guggenheim ties up the much-needed Storm-centric "Godwar" arc with a few too many perfect ribbons. Although an entertaining read, X-MEN GOLD #35 lacks the depth that an issue centered around such a personal topic should have. Still, Guggenheim does give Storm some needed characterization and artists Simone Buonfantino and Giovanni Valletta deliver some amazing work. Read Full Review

Storm's Asgardian hammer fetches her teammates and then burns itself out helping her defeat her increasingly-generic nemesis. Rather than emphasizing the strength of the villain, Storm requiring her team's assistance and a magic god-hammer to beat him just makes her look weak. There's a nicely-paced plot driving this issue, but it refuses to slow down to make anything consequential or engaging. The brief snippets of action-movie dialogue tied onto it don't get the job done. The art is excellent, hauling my rating for the issue up into the "satisfying" range by sheer force of visual appeal. But the arrival of the title's umpteenth art team reminds me again that the constant visual shifts are, in their own way, just as bad as the consistently mediocre scripting. more