It seems like every issue the bar gets set higher and higher. If you are an x-fan and you haven't jumped onto the Gold train yet you are really missing out. This is one of the best X-books we have had in years. Read Full Review

Overall, this is a strong issue despite some challenging scripting. Guggenheim has shown promise recently, but Silva's the star of this show. Read Full Review

It's a solid end to the second arc for this series. However, I felt it was only slightly above average and came across as somewhat rushed. Read Full Review

As nice as it is to see the X-Men get back to some old school superhero-ing, the resolution of the Nano-Sentinel storyline is very flat and disappointing. Read Full Review

X-Men: Gold is trying so hard, y'all. And it finally feels like it's starting to turn the corner. Read Full Review

It was a decent written issue and is good to look at, but they play it safe in every possible way and let's be honest; When have the X-men ever been about playing it safe? Read Full Review

Issue #6 has been my favorite of the series so far, though that's not saying a whole lot. The Sentinel arc closed much better than it started, and there seems to be some seeds planted throughout that could spring up later in Guggenheim's run. This is a promising issue. Hopefully the series can continue to get better.

Great story arc, nice art. I love the new approach with Kitty on the top.

Rachel getting more powerful was cool, but should've looked cool, and it didn't.

Still doesn't feel like there's enough happening in the character work. But it ties off the arc pretty well. The art felt a bit rushed - maybe because of Syaf's hurried exit. Some of the face detail was weirdly missing.

Big battle issue, with random other Marvel heroes appearing in fight scenes. Rachel confronting her dead parents in her head. I wasn't as interested in her internal struggle as the author would like. She's not really a strong enough character to carry the issue. Other than a fleeting moment with Storm and Gambit, there's not much here.

Rachel saves the day after some soul-searching, and the nano-sentinel crisis leaves behind a frustrating mess of poorly-explained consequences. The art team led by RB Silva does heroic work to make this look big. Visually, this is a spectacular crossover-event-level fight with oodles of guest stars and lots of "wow" moments. Marc Guggenheim's script just doesn't live up to the spectacle, and the writhing mass of loose plot threads left behind at the end is unappetizing. There are a lot of questions, but the tone veers more toward "WTF are you trying to say, Mr. Guggenheim" rather than "Oooh, I wonder what that means?"

X-Men: Blue and Gold seem to be on similar paths. Both have had a new form of Sentinel introduced to them. Both have had a group of former friends brainwashed into being villains. It makes it impossible to not compare the two teams. Which is to bad because when compared the gold team seems to fall short. No member is getting strong developments, except maybe Kitty if you compare her to her time as an X-Men, but she was a strong co-leader of the Guardians. The villains are just a means to progress the story with nothing of interest about them. The one thing I think gold does excel at is action. So with nothing to separate gold from blue the title just feels like weak. The writing is strong it just needs some ideas that take the team in a new direction. The various artist have done a decent job making the title look good. The tools are there, let's hope that the title gets some inspiration to give us something different. more

GOOD IDEAS: I definitely see plenty of good ideas. 1. A.I./Sentinel hybrid that attacks everyone because everyone's body contains genetic mutations. CHECK. Rachel needing to grow. CHECK. Bringing in more of the great characters available to liven up the book like Pixie and Gambit. CHECK. Interpersonal/emotional attachment and development. CHECK. The problem is that even though these ideas are all great, the execution is off. I see you trying, I do. And I appreciate it. But reading the X-Men these days, to be honest, most Marvel Comics, is like seeing a beautiful picture trying to come into focus and going TOO FAR and turning into a caricature/fun house mirror of what a good comic book is supposed to be. What this book is lacking is FOCUS. What are each character's powers and how do they solve their challenges using their powers intelligently and creatively, and preferably as a team? MISS. Characters having genuine and MOTIVATED emotions and emotional challenges that we share with them? MISS. (Storm gratuitously kissing Gambit? GROSS) Sure fire signs you're missing the target is when you can take any character in the entire comic book and replace them with any other character in the entire comic book and virtually none of the action or dialogue will be any different is a sure fire MISS. Anytime the height of emotional involvement is one character melodramatically shouting another characters name is a sure fire MISS. Anytime the solution to a problem is doing the same tired thing over and over and over again, only this time, just a little tiny bit HARDER is a MISS. I'm sorry Mr. Guggenheim. I see you trying. I do. And I appreciate the effort. Maybe you'll one day grow into a writer that doesn't make me cringe every time I pick up the X-Men and count the pages impatiently, wishing it was already done. more