Of these options? Extraordinary. Easily the biggest disappointment in awhile. Great writer, Storm back in command, Iceman recently out, a solid line up that felt fresh but classic at the same time. That said All-New, All Different and Uncanny were both lackluster as well and plagued by the horrid IvX (a story that could have had a minority v different minority potential that turned SOOOO generic). But man this is one of the worst era of the X-Men ever. I favored Gold to Blue - it was basic, easily forgettable if for the Rogue and Gambit wedding, but it was consistent. Rosenberg's run lacks focus and felt like a place holder but I enjoyed it more than others. I think the problem all these books suffered was 1) Marvel being anti-X-Men due to film rights and 2) No Flagship or title providing new concepts to ADD to the mythos; which is why I believe people are actually excited for Hickman's run...
“I think one of the big mistakes that some people make at Marvel Comics is that we are reactive to what they’re doing in the Marvel films,” Hickman says. “We should not be taking our creative cues from the direction they’re taking things in the movies. That kind of defeats the point. They have a billion dollars to play with, and we don’t. You can’t compete in that matter, and you shouldn’t. My argument has been [that] I should always be way out in front of that stuff. All of that stuff is being drawn from source material. It goes back to, are you being destructive or are you being additive? If you’re being additive and you’re on the big books, it’s inevitable that some of that stuff is going to get used. When Marvel films gets around to the X-Men and we’ve done interesting stuff and they want to use it, that’s awesome. If they don’t, then they don’t. One makes your job expendable, the other one makes you priceless. I like having value to my work.” - Hickman
https://ew.com/comic-con/2019/07/17/...-x-powers-of-x
And to be clear... I don't think Bendis run had an actual direction/concept for the series during his run as well. Bendis ran on the leftovers of Fraction/Aaron's runs; the 05 coming back is not a direction but a plot point. And one that should have been limited to 12 issues MAX.
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Hm. I think Rosenberg has done the best X title work (Astonishing/Uncanny) since Gillen got derailed by AvX, without a real contender for competition besides Spurrier. The cliches in Uncanny of course being sort of the point.
But Extraordinary and Gold were terrible. Lemire is good but that wasn't. Guggenheim... I thought people were underestimating him but it was a downhill ski from day one.
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I think both Gugg and Rosenberg runs were bad but for very different reasons..But Rosenberg was the most flagrantly horrible to me.. Why kill POC characters who are essentially utilized as wallpaper with out purpose or agency in the story. I just want to know if they actually consult with people when they write out storylines or revise ideas when the edit their work.. When reading these stories.. I want it to make sense so bad but it doesn't.
Lmao, nothing could ever top Gold.
Gold was longer but the parody reviews of it on here made the run enjoyable lol
Rosenberg's run was pure misery.
This is a hard choice. I don't think any of those books in the poll were good, and its hard to say which was the worst. I'm constantly surprised by those who enjoyed Rosenberg's Uncanny. It felt uneven and too much death and most of it came across as kind of pointless. It was like 'eh, who will die this issue?' The trans panic-esque story with Rahe was so tone deaf and disgusting that I can't with his book. Rosenberg is too problematic.
Gold.. was bad but I sort of enjoyed parts of it because of the cast.