YMMV / X-Men: Gold and Blue

• Base-Breaking Character: The reveal in issue 1 of Blue that Jimmy Hudson has crossed over into the main Marvel universe from Ultimate has stirred debate among the fans. Particularly questions over the fact he's joining an increasingly crowded number of much more popular Wolverine-type characters. X-23 fans particularly are frustrated, as despite being the current Wolverine of the main Marvel 'verse she's currently locked out of any team book appearances.
• Overshadowed by Controversy: The first issue of X-Men Gold wasn't spoken of much beyond Ardian Syaf's Easter Egg references to conservative political protests in Indonesia and a passage in the Quran that, depending on the interpretation, can be seen as racist. It led to noticeable backlash from readers and other creators, some of whom work for Marvel themselves. Marvel were unaware of the references, and later announced that subsequent printings of the issue, its digital version and the collected editions would remove the references. They also stated that Syaf would be disciplined for his actions. Syaf later posted on his Facebook that "[His] career is over". It was later confirmed that his contract with Marvel had been terminated with only three issues drawn. What made this controversy even more unfortunate is that it happened after Marvel announced they would tone down political elements in their stories and Gold and Blue was used as an example of superheroes going back to basics, only for an politics-related incident to prop-up on this specific title.
• So Okay, It's Average: The most common criticism of X-Men Gold. Aside from Kitty leading the team and the Mansion being moved to Central Park, there isn't much innovation. The series is mostly content to redo standard X-Men plots that have been done hundreds of times before (the X-Men battle the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the X-Men save a normal human politician from the Brotherhood, the X-Men fight a new kind of Sentinel created by a member of the Trask Family, the X-Men get loudly criticized in the media by a public figure who slanders mutantkind in a Strawman Has a Point manner.)
• Unexpected Character: No one expected Jimmy Hudson, Ultimate Quicksilver, Ultimate Armor, Guardian and Mach II to turn up.