[Read as single issues]One of the longest running mysteries of X-Men Gold is finally explained – why did Stormcaster return to Storm in her hour of greatest need? And when the Goddess of the Weather returns to her home village to find it under the thumb of a wannabe death god, she may need all the help she can get. Then, still reeling from the events of the past few months, the X-Men try to rescue one last mutant before their adventure comes to an end.I have to admit, it feels like X-Men Gold sh...

Not without its charms, but a pretty forgettable (for me) wrap up to the run.

X-Men Gold ends on pretty “meh” note, with a couple chapters devoted to wrapping up character arcs introduced in earlier volumes. The most interesting of these moments goes to Rachel, who has been psychically affected by Mesmero and reverting back to her Hound persona as mutant tracker and killer. A trio of other issues revolve around Storm, why the Asgardian Stormbreaker hammer has returned to her, and a trip back to Kenya to deal with a new god. This whole Stormbreaker subplot has been pretty

I freaking hated this run of the X-Men, everyone was so goddamn mopey and Kitty Pryde was obnoxious throughout the whole run as a leader, there's not a memorable moment in this run, just a bunch of forgettable filler adventures while our mopey X-Men deal with their relationships until they finally come to the conclusion that they're not to be feared and hated, they're not mutants, no, not even heroes, they're just... people.

This series, X-Men Gold was dedicated to Chris Claremont so I suppose the Dark Rachel / Prestige two-parter is a nod to Dark Phoenix, although a very small nod. The final two stories - Storm returns to Kenya to face the 'god' that replaced her... and the final issue sees an omega level mutant unable to handle his new powers.. aged 14!Overall X-Men Gold felt a bit not thought through... the X-Men moving to Central Park, and being allowed to, is ridiculously far fetched; as is Kitty Pryde running

Before starting this volume, I was just ready for this series to be over and was expecting a slog of completionist required reading, rather than actually enjoyable stories. And some of it was. It also felt like an editorial mandate to return all the characters to a status quo and basically undo everything that had happened in the series. But Storm's arc in her village in Kenya was sweet and a nice story point for her. And the Excalibur reunion in the Annual alone bumped this whole volume up by a...

The end of an ok, not great, x-men run.

I am a fan of Guggenheim. Solomon R. Guggenheim. His museum is well worth visiting. Marc Guggenheim? The writer for X-men? He is no such apotheosis of art. At best he is a mediocre talent. His X-men comics certainly have that vibe.So in Godwar, Ororo still thinks she's Thor. In a rampant case of cultural appropriation, we are supposed to believe she is the Norse Storm God. She even has Mjolnir, but it is now called Stormcaster..well just because. Apparently Beta Ray Bill was unavailable.So Uovo,...

Marc Guggenheim's X-men Gold arcs feel tired and a bit overripe, so its ending is not surprising. Guggenheim did really try to recapture some of the early Claremont magic, but he never developed antagonists enough to make them sympathetic and his overarching plots seem rushed or to fizzle. Kitty Pride's obnoxiousness as a leader is unfortunate and maintained, Rachel's "corruption" seems rushed as well, and the answers around Stormbringer and Storm's God powers feel a little weak. The focus on S

I vaguely recall when comic books had a semblance of plot, character development, and a resolution. Not, plot a happens, there's a whiff of a tiny sub-plot, character development = pithy lines, and ex-deus machina saves the day.Please please please save us from this beautiful art with no accompanying story. I love these characters but I think I'm going to need to take another hiatus until the writing is as good as the art. I understand that comics are action movies + soap operas + melodrama but

I absolutely loved the last issue, and there are some significant loose threads that are tied up in largely satisfactory ways. But the Storm story that takes up a good chunk of the book just isn't that great.

Guggenheim's X-Men has been mostly mediocre and sadly it ends ... mostly mediocre.We get a Rachel Grey story that ends the Mesmero subplot, and it's mostly a fight with the X-Men that we're then punished by having to see a second time from a different viewpoint. (It was boring enough the first time!)The biggest story, and presumably the eponymous "Godwar" involves Ororo returning to Africa. There's lots of great stuff about her and her origins but then there's another meaningless fight against a...

I appreciate the whole hound storyline being slowly built up and not rushed, but the payoff was so boring, yikes. Also wow, Storm actually said something and got a story where she can shine and actually get screen time, in shock. Overall the whole thing was just fine, nothing that impressive or amazing. Nothing of change happened over the entire series. Everything that was introduced was undone by the end. Let's see what comes next, I have not been impressed so far.

Honestly, I think half a star of this score came from the fact that this book is finally over. For some reason, it just seemed like Guggenheim never really captured the voices of any of these characters. Kitty, Storm, Rachel, Kurt, Piotr, Bobby, none of them felt like themselves. Many of the relationships felt forced and awkward, too. I was especially bothered by Rachel and Kurt. I realize they have a lot of history together, but going from no romantic involvement to suddenly wanting to get marr...

Started off good but ended poorly just like every other story in the series. I tried to enjoy this book but it just fell flat. Really the only arc i liked start to finish was negative zone war. I’ve been reading alot of old Clermont era stuff and i hate what has happened to Kitty.

As the X-Men Gold title comes to an end (going back to Uncanny X-Men with the Blue Team going back to their rightful place in time in eXtermination), this Volume does a good job of wrapping up the stories while getting us through some new ones.Highlights:- Rachel is still losing it. Mesmero dug himself deep into her psyche and she is hallucinating. It takes a full team effort to get to calm down and overcome his influence for the last time. Due to her unstable nature, she breaks off her relation...

Continuing (and sort of wrapping up) the great x-read of 2017/18...This is the last main x-book of my gigantic catch-up read of the x-books (I am tackling the hardcover hunt for Wolverine as the true wrap-up, but this is pretty much the symbolic end of my quest) and it ends... Well, it ends.This series has been pretty much safe with fair to middling stories. The characters felt like themselves for the most part (not something you can always expect in modern x-books) but the plots seemed rushed a...

A somewhat surprising but also appropriate end to X-Men Gold. The main focus is on Storm who goes back to Kenya to find that not all is right in the village where she grew up and is considered a god. The villain had a nice visual design and while not wholly original was still entertaining and pretty well done I thought. Focusing entirely on Storm in what has been a team book was an odd and surprising choice but the final issue which is a one-shot about a new mutant being discovered was kind of d...

To me the series went out on a fairly weak note, although the final issue wasn't bad. We are dealing with the aftermath of the Kitty Pryde/Colossus wedding fiasco, but mixed in we have a two parter with Rachel Summers and also another 2 parter with Storm. Both of them felt superfluous, like they had issues to fill and threw something together to fill them. Overall maybe the weakest volume of the series, but I think the writing was on the wall regarding the series ending before these issues were

The final Gold volume is less of a thread-concluder and more of actual stories, featuring Storm fighting a false god in the village she grew up in after her parents died, and Kitty trying to save a new mutant who gets shot in the head. There is one thread that needs concluding, however, and that’s Rachel’s battle with Mesmero, who she finally banishes from her mind. Finally, the annual is included in this collection, and it has two feel good stories about Meggan and Captain Britain’s new baby (w...