This is the first time I'm throwing two books into the same entry. It seemed fitting to me, though. X-Men Blue & X-Men Gold are the new X-books, setting the stage for the post Inhumans Vs X-Men event. These books give me a very mixed outlook for the future of the X-Universe.
Let's start with Gold. Kitty Pryde has taken leadership of the team. She's assembled a small, but mighty, team of heavy hitters. Colossus, Nightcrawler, Story, Old Man Logan and Rachel Summers, though now she's known as Prestige. This book is one I was looking forward to more than the other. It's the real, current X-team. This should be good. Marc Guggenheim is writing it. I love his work. This book felt like one giant fill in issue. Nothing felt like it should. Like he wanted to tell a story, but didn't want to disturb anything else that might be going on in the Marvel U. It's weird. It's a fine story, but it felt unnecessary. I hope this changes with the second volume, or I'm done with it.
Conversely, X-Men Blue was the book I wasn't really hanging much hope on. It's the time displaced original X-Men. They were fine during Bendis' run, but can't they go home again. But Cullen Bunn shows how you start a new series. He's got a mission for the team. He's got subplots he's slowly laying down. He's setting his pieces all in place for when he needs them. He's not discarding any history. This is going to be my X-Men book, I have a feeling. Excellent job, Mr. Bunn!!!
X-Men Blue Vol 1: Strangest
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Jorge Molina, Matteo Buffagni, Ray-Anthony Height, Julian Lopez, Jose Marzan Jr, Walden Wong, Cory Smith, Ramon Bachs, Marc Deering, Tarry Pallot
Marvel Comics
X-Men Gold Vol 1: Back To Basics
Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Artist: Ardian Syaf, Jay Leisten, Craig Yeung, R.B. Silva, Adriano Di Benedetto,
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