X-Men: Gold #6 Review by
Jason Segarra.
The Sentinel-based A.I.-enabled nanotech storm is laying waste to New York City, and it’s up to the heroes of the Marvel Universe to put a stop to it. Can the combined efforts of the X-Men, the Champions, The Defenders and the Avengers repel this swarming menace? Why is it that the X-Men are the only team with psychics?
In this, the final issue of X-Men: Gold’s second arc, it’s clear that Marc Guggenheim’s agenda is to make brief, tight storylines that aren’t hampered by the necessity to advance a larger meta narrative (barring, possibly, the machinations of Lydia Nance). That’s not the worst plan, but the execution leaves a little to be desired. With such tight pacing, some ideas (read: most ideas) don’t have adequate time to develop, meaning broad character moments are either so poorly built that they feel unearned or are swiftly moved passed and ignored. In all, it leaves each story arc feeling like one of those “Monster of the Week” shows, where most story beats don’t survive past their initial appearance and are barely (if ever) mentioned again.
