X-Men: Gold Vol 2 3

Part of the Back to the Basics arc
X-Men: Gold (Vol. 2) #3
Previous Issue	X-Men: Gold (Vol. 2) #2
Next Issue	X-Men: Gold (Vol. 2) #4
Art by: Ardian Syaf, Jay Leisten and Frank Martin
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless 2 - Campbell Variant
Art by: Ardian Syaf, Jay Leisten and Frank Martin
Art by: J. Scott Campbell and Marte Gracia
Release Date	May 3, 2017
Cover Date	July, 2017
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Axel Alonso
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$3.99

1. "Back to the Basics: Part 3"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Marc Guggenheim
Penciler(s)	Ardian Syaf
Inker(s)	Craig Yeung Jay Leisten
Colorist(s)	Frank Martin Jr.
Letterer(s)	Cory Petit
Editor(s)	Daniel Ketchum Chris Robinson Mark Paniccia

 It's not a school field trip. 

—Kitty Pryde

Appearing in "Back to the Basics: Part 3"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Logan (Temporarily influenced by Mesmero)
  • Prestige (Rachel Grey)
  • Kitty Pryde
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  • Student body
    • Shark-Girl (Iara Dos Santos)
    • Indra (Paras Gavaskar)
    • No-Girl (Martha Johansson)
    • Genesis (Evan Sabahnur)
    • Anole (Vic Borkowski)
    • Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)
    • Armor (Hisako Ichiki)
    • Triage (Chris Muse)

Antagonists:

• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Disbands)
  • Avalanche (Leaves)
    (Freed from Mesmero's influence)
  • Masque (Leaves)
    (Freed from Mesmero's influence)
  • Mesmero (Vincent) (Leaves)
  • Magma (Amara Aquila) (Leaves)
    (Freed from Mesmero's influence)
  • Cleevus (Leaves)
    (Freed from Mesmero's influence)
  • Pyro (Leaves)
    (Freed from Mesmero's influence)
• Heritage Initiative (Mentioned)
  • Director Lydia Nance

Other Characters:

• Worthington Industries (Named only)
• Mayor Bill de Blasio
• ISIS (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Charles Xavier (Photo)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • Long Island
        • Abandoned Worthington Industries Facility
        • Nassau County
          • North Hempstead
            • Sands Point
              • Nance Residence
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Central Park
            • Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach

Items:

• X-Uniforms

Vehicles:

• X-Jet
• Quinjet

Synopsis for "Back to the Basics: Part 3"

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

• The climatic showdown between the X-Men and the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!

• Who will be left standing after the world's mightiest mutants throw down?

• And when the dust settles, not everything is as it seems...

See Also

• 12 image(s) from X-Men: Gold Vol 2 3
• 2 reprint(s) of X-Men: Gold Vol 2 3