New X-Men: Academy X, Vol. 3: X-Posed

New X-Men: Academy X (Collected Editions)

by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Michael Ryan (Illustrator)

Three tales of tomorrow's X-Men.

In X-Posed, a forbidden relationship comes out into the open, with consequences for everyone at Xavier's.
In Campfire, the kids at Xavier's deal with death as they mourn the passing of one of their favorite teachers. But when the emotions start coming out, will they say some things that might signal the end of the New Mutants forever?
And in Year's End, the Xavier Institute's end-of-year dance is upon the New Mutants. Invitations are declined, hearts broken, and jealously runs rampant And just as the X-Men leave for a mission, an old villain sees this as the perfect time to strike.

Collecting: New X-Men: Academy X 12-15, Special

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes, Science Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 2006

About the author

Nunzio DeFilippis is married to Christina Weir; together they have written a large number of graphic novels. They have written superhero comics but also created original comics and graphic novels of many genres, from YA fantasy to sports to horror to crime drama.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

This winds up the kids first year at Xavier's. If anything it's even more high school soap opera-y BS than the first two trades. The book almost feels like backup stories to the main X-Men books, especially with the Northstar fall out from Wolverine: Enemy of the State. What I really didn't like about that is it isn't explained. If you don't read Wolverine, you don't know what happened. Paco Medina's art is terrible. Every panel looks like it's through a fish eye lens. The faces are all distorted and out of proportion.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had potential. But the art was cartoony and juvenile in an irritating way. And the writing was written down to an age level rather than taking the subject seriously. I wasn't expecting much from this and it was readable. But it could have been good and instead it was surfacey. Ah well, I'm sure Marvel's changed everything that was in this 3 times since this book anyway.

[Vinton Bayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Northstar part feels really weird undeserved since they mostly ignore him up until this point.
Plus it begins the feel like a back up book, when all the action is in another title and we just get people talking about it here. What's the point?

The drama feels over the top even for the events that drive it.

The final issue is pretty fun though.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good conclusion to the Weir run of New X-Men. The Northstar issue is its height, while the prom issue is just a bit too soapy. Now if they’d just get BOTH volumes of the New Mutants run that kicked off the Academy X stories out ...

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5, mainly because of the strange art in the later half. Dani has Hulk hands, and everyone has very odd noses.

[Alan Castree · Rating 2 out of 5]

It did not deliver on the story it promised, instead it explored the relationships of the teenagers, and as Molly Ringwald said in Not Another Teen Movie…

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The next true volume of Academy X is the M Day book… so I wonder what this was all for aside from being a nice little romp around Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. It was cute, but not required reading.

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a bad ending for one writer. The characters are all fun, if a bit melodramatic. Rahne leaves to join X-Factor and brings back her accent for continuity.

Still no hint of the later David from Young Avengers.

I really hate the prom art. Cartoony chicks with huge racks is annoying. Especially here where some of these chicks are sixteen.

[Myrmidon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Si conclude così la run di DeFilippis su New X-Men vol.2, riconfermandosi tutto sommato discreta, ma piacevole. O meglio, DeFilippis scriverà ancora i successivi quattro numeri, che però compongono il tie-in di House Of M, che perciò è essenzialmente un "elseworld" fine a se stesso.
L'inopportuna tresca di cui siamo al corrente sin dai primi numeri diviene pubblica, causando non pochi diverbi tra i protagonisti e forti tensioni all'interno del corpo docente.
Il numero 8, "Into the light", è una sorta di tie-in collegato a quanto successo durante la storia "Wolverine Nemico Pubblico", in cui Northstar è rimasto ucciso: nulla da dire sull'episodio in sé, molto toccante soprattutto nel dipingere il lutto di Anole, affranto non solo per la morte di un mentore, ma anche perché Jean-Paul era l'unico da cui si sentiva compreso, per via della comune omosessualità. Piccolo dettaglio non trascurabile, però, è che Northstar non penso si sia mai visto sinora in tutta la serie: io Enemy of the State me lo ero già letto prima di questo numero (oltre a sapere chi fosse il personaggio, ovviamente), ma un povero stronzo che non l'ha fatto? Perché dovrebbe sentirsi triste per la morte di un personaggio che finora non ha mai visto?
Abbiamo poi, ovviamente, l'immancabile episodio a tema prom, imprescindibile in queste ambientazioni e dove il teen drama raggiungerà il parossismo, poi seguito dall'ultimo giorno del semestre, con le consuete premiazioni (in questo caso, del gruppo che ha totalizzato più punti), e l'istituto sarà visitato da un ospite inatteso e... Ehm... Voluminoso? Non faccio spoiler.
Il volume si chiude poi con uno special in cui si cerca di appianare le tensioni che abbiamo visto crearsi tra i protagonisti: un po' melenso, ma ci sta. Forse la parte più carina è però l'annuario fittizio che troviamo in calce al numero, con le foto dei vari gruppi dello Xavier Institute e le descrizioni dei singoli studenti, in pieno stile yearbook statunitense.
Piccola nota dolente è che la sottotrama riguardante il padre di Laurie non sarà più ripresa; ma quando leggerete i primi numeri scritti da Kyle e Yost capirete perché forse non ce ne sarebbe più stata la necessità...

[JCRD]

Las últimas páginas me han golpeado fuertísimo. El último número me parece maravilloso, es genial cómo las diferentes problemáticas por fin se resuelven. Lo malo es que... se acabó. No exactamente, porque ni han terminado DeFilippis y Weir ni termina todavía la serie, pero sí que debe de ser de las últimas interacciones de este grupo en concreto juntos (o por lo menos creo que cuando entren Kyle y Yost alguna diferencia habrá). No son mis chavales mutantes favoritos (ese puesto lo ostentan Illyana, Laura, Rahne y Dani), pero son MIS chavales mutantes, tanto los protagonistas como tal como los Infernales. De verdad, esas últimas páginas del anuario con las fotos de cada escuadrón con cada uno de los mutantes que han intervenido en esta serie... buenísimas.

Creo que esta etapa ha pasado un poco por alto y los críos no han terminado de pegar el bombazo necesario para pasar a personajes de primera fila, pero es innegable el legado que dejan Nunzio DeFilippis y Christina Weir en la franquicia mutante. Entre los dibujantes y ellos dos han creado a decenas de mutantes nuevos que han tenido apariciones aquí y allá, con Surge acabando en primera posición para mí. Todos los personajes han tenido su momento de brillar y han cambiado a medida que pasaban los números. Recomendadísima para los fans de las movidas adolescentes como yo.

Ahora toca la miniserie de los Infernales, luego los números tie-in con 'Dinastía de M' y ya sí que sí, cambiamos de equipo creativo. Ojalá aguanten también el nivel.

[Alex Cahill]

X-POSED:
Hoo boy, the student/teacher relationship getting exposed by a jealous lover was spicy.

Good to see that the story took it seriously and it really changed the dynamic of all the teachers and the New Mutants team.

The ending reveal of who Laurie's dad really was and her abusing her pheromone powers for the first time left me very excited for where that will go next, but I know House of M is right around the corner and fear the story will be cancelled because of what happens during that.

CAMPFIRE:
Annoying crossover that I still couldn't find the source of, but who cares, it's been spoiled for me twice now.

The death of a teacher I never cared about or had a history with didn't really matter to me much, but it set up some interesting stories now with both a fired and a killed teacher, meaning the lineup will shake next semester.


YEAR'S END:
Fun prom episode, it really felt like the end of the year and saying goodbye to the status quo.

The attack on the school by The Blob was interesting, spurred on by Laurie's devious secret dad. It showed how petty the rival teams rivalry was in the face of real danger, and showed how broken the New Mutants were becoming because of their interpersonal relationships.

I'm very interested to know how this series could continue when everyone we know is about to get de-powered.
Thanks, Scarlet Witch

[TR Naus · Rating 3 out of 5]

School life continues with a field day competition, spring dance, and an attack by the Blob, but despite it all, the New Mutants and their staff deal with the fallout of recent events. Wolfsbane leaves the Institute after the revelation of her secret relationship with a student (Josh), David continues to avoid Noriko after his troubling visions of the possible future, and Wolverine is on a murderous rampage that leaves the popular teacher, Northstar, dead. Scott and Emma hire Dr. Sean Garrison to be a school counselor to help, but the renowned therapist may have his own agenda.

Nunzio DeFillippis & Christina Weir continue to capture the complexity of navigating high school using extreme situations to capture very real insecurities. It does not, however, break new ground and feels even more like a young adult read than the previous collections.

[C · Rating 2 out of 5]

Continuing the great X-read of 2017…

I liked this third volume of the series considerably less than I did the earlier two though a good bit of that could stem from the absolutely horrible art of the second half.

In general, this is still an enjoyable series with some good characters (though probably a few too many characters for its own good) and I am intrigued to see what happens to some of them if they make it to the other side of M day.

Seeing these younger X-men trainees still makes me miss other X-youth from years past. What ever happened to Artie and Leech for instance?

[Lillian Francis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is about teens at school. Why are people surprised by the teen drama that takes place. Not every book can be about fighting some big bad threat. Although there are threats of you know where to look. Blob is an obvious one but the true threat is pulling the strings in the background.
The Northstar death issues had the most impact for me, I've read the Wolverine comic so I know what happened. I blubbed like a baby reading that. Anole and Bobby's reaction were the most interesting, both of them visibly upset and moved to tears at his death, both characters who turned out to be gay.

[Judith Groen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this volume okay. The first arc about Northstar did not have such an impact on me, since I have no idea who he is. I did however like that they showed how it impacted everyone, including other squads. The second arc was very fun but damn the art was so horrible! The special was also very good and glad to see them all on the same page again... But the art was really ugh... All in all an enjoyable read :)

[Trevor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, aside from the House of M crossover, I'm finished with the DeFilippis & Weir New X-Men run. It's decent but I liked their New Mutants run more. There's a bit too much high school drama at times. Still, I'm sad to see it end.

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of teen drama, which I'm never a fan of. But overall a good story about friendship.

[Erik V · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why make Dust wear a burka if you’re gonna sexualizase her anyways? Missing the whole point on modesty and it gives me the heebie jeebies

[matilda grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a fan of Medina’s art - he gives everyone massive noses and the women oddly proportioned bodies

[Tor]

Re-read!

[Lilli W. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the relationship drama is causing me physical pain from the cringe, but I'm invested so...

[Laissez Farrell · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 if I’m being honest

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wither does his rival dirty, the students mourn a favorite teacher murdered by HYDRA-controlled Logan, the school hosts the Spring Dance & Field Day, & the new New Mutants try to reconcile around a campfire

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the new mutants.

[Adam Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the sort of collection where, if you're not already invested in the characters, it contains one Very Good Story, and a bunch of Forgettable Stories.

The main problem with this volume is the art. The first story, which centers around the fallout from Wolverine: Enemy Of The State, is appropriately paced, well thought out, and drawn by Michael Ryan, whose name I'm not famliar with, which is a shame, as his issues are the best of the run so far.

The rest of the volume is pure teen soap opera, which is fine, but the art by Paco Medina seems lazy in comparison to other Marvel stories of the era. His faces are atrocious, changing from panel to panel, as though no character had a defined set of features. It harkens back to early Chris Bachalo, whose work ended up being some of the best in the industry but whose early work felt rushed.

Aside from the strength of the first story, what makes this book interesting is that it widens the scope of characters in the school. Instead of focusing purely on The New Mutants Squad and The Hellions, we get to see a bunch of characters from other teams who will go on to become more important members of the X-Men universe than many of the main characters of this book. It's the first time we get a significant story for (loud sigh) Anole. Pixie shows up, too.

If you liked Wolverine Enemy Of The State and wondered how it impacted the younger generation of X-Men, it's worth the read, but maybe borrow it from a library or friend, rather than buying it for yourself. If you love the characters from the first two Academy X books, then you should definitely buy this.

[Brad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Volume 3 of New X-Men: Academy X does a good job juggling all the continued plot threads, like Josh’s old relationship with Wolfsbane and new one with Laurie, David’s fearsome dream, and the general New Mutants/Hellions angst. I especially liked Laurie (codenamed Wallflower) finally acting out and using her powers somewhat destructively. It’s a melodramatic book, and it continues to hit the spot.
One weak spot was the Wolverine tie-in which had Northstar’s funeral. As an Alpha Flight fan for years, I felt little sadness at his memorial.
Randy Green’s art on the first few stories is great, but the other artists, Paco Medina especially, can’t measure up.

[Julia Benassi · Rating 5 out of 5]

me gusta esta edición. Da a conocer más a fondo el instituto y a sus estudiantes.
Lo que más dolor da es leer este número después de terminar todos los comics y ver quienes o no han muerto...
*estado: en espera a ver qué ha ocurrido con Josh Foley aka Elixir luego de Necrosha (yo sé que no está ahí... está en otra parte); esperando a que Megan Gwynn aka Pixie retome su deber de salvar el día y luego ser salvada*

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just don't like this spin off as much as others. I'm still a fan of Generation X...no other stories about Xavier's students are as good... :( But any X-Men story is fun!

[Monica Copeland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best of the House of M arc, but seems well designed to bring in the kiddos.

[Labyrinth Rossiter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh. 9021X.

[Abel · Rating 4 out of 5]

making me want more x men!