X-Men Gold #2 Review

Writer: Marc Guggenheim / Artists: Ardian Syaf, Jay Leisten, Frank Martin / Marvel Comics A lot has happened in Marvel Comic Universe since we last talked. The artist for this comic, Ardian Syaf, has been fired from Marvel for slipping Indonesian political references into issue #1 (he’d already submitted the art for Issues #2 and #3, so he’ll still be in the credits for a little while yet). There is the unnecessary “They’re all Nazi’s here” mess of Secret Empire. There is the ongoing argument over what impact “diversity” is having on Marvel’s sales.

But none of that is in the pages of the comic. Interesting how far from real life comics plots can be sometimes. Following the theme of “Back to Basics”, the opening of the comic has our heroes fighting old-school villains with the old-school team name of “The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants”.

Being smart evil mutants, they split the team up, drawing away Nightcrawler and Old Logan and leaving the remaining members to face the official scrutiny of Captain America (Evil yet? I don’t know) and SHIELD. This gives Kitty a chance to talk shop with Cap. But what about Nightcrawler and Logan? Mesmero has them in his sights, using his mind control powers to send Nightcrawler off on a world spanning bamph-ing spree, while he interrogates Logan. How does that go?

I was warned that Logan might be the best character in this comic, and I’m starting to agree. Meanwhile the rest of the crew gets embroiled further into the plot. The UN attack was …