New Mutants Summer Special #1

New Mutants: One-Shots

by Ann Nocenti, Bret Blevins (Artist)

The New Mutants are transported to a world where everything is controlled by the media.

Genres: Marvel

72 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Ann Nocenti is most noted as an editor for Marvel Comics, for whom she edited New Mutants and The Uncanny X-Men. She made her comics writing debut on a brief run of Spider-Woman (#47-50) and subsequently wrote a long run of Daredevil (1st series) #236-291 (minus #237) from 1986 to 1991, directly following on from Frank Miller's definitive Born Again storyline. She also wrote the 1986 Longshot limited series for Marvel, and in the same year produced the Someplace Strange graphic novel in collaboration with artist John Bolton. She wrote "the Inhumans Graphic Novel" in 1988. In 1993, she wrote the 16-issue run of Kid Eternity for the DC Comics imprint Vertigo.

In Incredible Hulk #291, published in September 1983 (cover date January 1984), Ann Nocenti made a cameo appearance, talking to Dr. Bruce Banner, in a history written by Bill Mantlo, drawn by Sal Buscema and inked by Carlos Garzón and Joe Sinnot. That time Ann Nocenti was Assistant Editor for Larry Hama on Incredible Hulk and X-Men.

She is noted for her left-wing political views which, particularly during her run on Daredevil, caused some controversy among some fans who didn't agree with her politics.

She created several popular characters, including Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot and Mojo, and wrote the 1998 X-Men novel Prisoner X.

Although Nocenti left comic books in the '90s after the industry sales collapsed, she later returned to the field, penning stories such as 2004's Batman & Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows.

In Ultimate X-Men, a reimagination of the X-Men comic, the character Longshot, who was invented by her, has the civil name Arthur Centino. His last name, Centino, is an anagram of Nocenti and a homage to Nocenti. The name Arthur is for the co-creator of Longshot Arthur Adams who was Ann Nocenti's artist on the Longshot Mini Series.

She edited High Times magazine for one year (2004) under the name Annie Nocenti and is the former editor of the screenwriting magazine Scenario.

Reviews

[Matt Potter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun, somewhat socially astute, but ultimately throwaway side trip for Rhane, Bobby, Boom Boom and Warlock. A look TV and how it manipulates us, still relevant if you switch television for the internet. It has nothing to do with the New Mutants or X-Men storylines, but still a bit of fun as the X-Tinction Event crossover approaches.

[Tina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not like this at all. I know what Nocenti was going for, but i found the writing style tedious. I honestly scrolled through the last half of it because I was just so bored.

[Malin Sofie Adrienne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story that is basically a socio-political commentary has some valid points that still stands today, but some parts were a little too on the nose. I feel like literally having the main characters travel to a tv dimension a little too whimsical for me, I kind of felt like I was spoon-fed the political views of the writer. I kind of miss an actual story that left me with something, a good example is X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, which gets the political point across without being overly forward about it. Overall it was an enjoyable story mostly because of the amazing artwork and attention to detail, and the side story of the children saving the polluted water also sat well with me.

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super-smart selection of characters to highlight the hostile media takeover of our lives. Nocenti is a prescient writer, and the fact that this is now almost 30 years old illustrates how smart she is.

[Fugo Feedback]

¿Un tomo de Ann Nocenti descatalogado y encima a muy buen precio? ¡Compro! A la lista de espera -con cierto trato preferencial- nomás.

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Colección prestigio n° 27.

[Ribrarian Not · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro de historietas con ISBN propio. Primera edición en castellano.