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crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
1.0
While the volume 0 of X-Men Gold was an interesting set of stories featuring the late 90s X-Men new recruits trying to find their place among the team elders, this volume 0 was about....ummm...it was about...uhhh...retelling the same tired stories from the 80s run?
The first issue was about Cecelia Reyes trying to balance her new life as a mutant hero, and her old life as a Doctor in Residence. It's well plotted, structured, and consistent with the late 90s art style.
But it's all downhill from there. Particularly, art-wise. One of the issues, ON THE COVER, mentions that it has the most artists on a single issue. It shows. If the comics industry wasn't so insular, I'd imagine the editor would have been fired for allowing the issue to go out. It looks so bad that I couldn't read it. Bouncing from mediocre art to bad art to differently mediocre art. Eeeesh. I don't blame the artists at all. The whole issue feels like the story came in two days before deadline, and everyone worked their damnedest just to get it out on time.
Eventually, the art settles down, and Chris Bachalo pencils a few issues. They look great but I absolutely couldn't be bothered to follow the story about bird gods, and something on an airplane, and Jean Grey being Phoenix again, and...uffff.
I enjoyed Steven Seagle's [b:It's a Bird...|373150|It's a Bird...|Steven T. Seagle|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388205540s/373150.jpg|734432] so much that I, initially, ran out to buy his Superman books, and was disappointed. His run on X-Men is also Very Disappointing. Apart from that first issue, I don't get a single sense of any character during his entire run.
I don't reccomend it unless you're studying how Not to write comics, or you want to see what a book looks like when you chuck a bunch of artists together with no semblance of style.
The first issue was about Cecelia Reyes trying to balance her new life as a mutant hero, and her old life as a Doctor in Residence. It's well plotted, structured, and consistent with the late 90s art style.
But it's all downhill from there. Particularly, art-wise. One of the issues, ON THE COVER, mentions that it has the most artists on a single issue. It shows. If the comics industry wasn't so insular, I'd imagine the editor would have been fired for allowing the issue to go out. It looks so bad that I couldn't read it. Bouncing from mediocre art to bad art to differently mediocre art. Eeeesh. I don't blame the artists at all. The whole issue feels like the story came in two days before deadline, and everyone worked their damnedest just to get it out on time.
Eventually, the art settles down, and Chris Bachalo pencils a few issues. They look great but I absolutely couldn't be bothered to follow the story about bird gods, and something on an airplane, and Jean Grey being Phoenix again, and...uffff.
I enjoyed Steven Seagle's [b:It's a Bird...|373150|It's a Bird...|Steven T. Seagle|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388205540s/373150.jpg|734432] so much that I, initially, ran out to buy his Superman books, and was disappointed. His run on X-Men is also Very Disappointing. Apart from that first issue, I don't get a single sense of any character during his entire run.
I don't reccomend it unless you're studying how Not to write comics, or you want to see what a book looks like when you chuck a bunch of artists together with no semblance of style.
lukeisthename34's review against another edition
4.0
I mean, not the best era of the X-Men but GOODNESS was it fun to go through all the bonus materials in the back.
everyotherpageorso's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
roguefire's review against another edition
2.0
This was a weird mix of old issues. Not sure what they were trying to accomplish.
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