X-Men: Gold #17

"The Negative Zone War" is a smartly crafted off-world X-Men tale. Guggenheim and company don't waste the opportunity to tap into the same vein that made so many great X-Men stories in the past. Read Full Review

At times it felt forced but overall a fun adventure Read Full Review

Overall another good issue that gives a little time to some underused X-Men. Read Full Review

As confused as I was by our heroes decisions this and last issue it is reassuring to see its clear now that Kologoth is the true enemy here and not the ruling party. Not only has he killed his own parents for abandoning him as a child but seemingly the only recourse his soldiers have for failure is their immediate death at their own hands. Clearly, he is a force to be reckoned with. Read Full Review

As X-Men issues go, it's pretty okay. Read Full Review

the green death

Dec 11, 2017

What can I say? I continue to find this series to be fun and think it's really hit the right mix with the Negative Zone storyline. I've been reading Claremont's run on Marvel Comics Unlimited (up to issue 118 now) and while this series doesn't hit the peaks of that run, it does offer a similar adventure quality that is fun and enduring. Total side note, it's surprised me how little Claremont really uses the "feared and hated" mutant card in those early stories. I was expecting it to be a major point.

CrazyforRAMU

Jun 18, 2018

The X-Men ramble into the middle of a civil war on Kologoth's homeworld. There's some basic promise to the plot, but Marc Guggenheim's script is clumsy about some of the mechanics - Rachel is critically injured and Mr. Guggenheim comes within inches of flat-out admitting, "I need her off the board because a powerful psychic could resolve the N-Zone intrigues too easily." Though I'm reasonably satisfied with the writing in this issue, I can't say the same about Ken Lashley's art. He fills up the pages with enormous, confusing slabs of muscles that are shaded as though he has some kind of kickback arrangement with an India ink supplier. It's not stylistically or anatomically impressive, and it clashes with many of the other artists who've rot ated through this title. more