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Marvel Graphic Novel #4
The New Mutants
Has Psyche gone mad, or is it the Spirit Bear out to get her? Or worse -- is Professor X really a Brood?
64 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1982
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Chris Claremont
3,281 books894 followersChris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
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February 28, 2020
The first appearance and adventure of the New Mutants! I liked how each new character was introduced, the little glimpses of life before their powers presented themselves. I loved how you really felt these kids were young and inexperienced but were also determined and strong. I wasn’t too keen on reading more (on the New Mutants) but this GN has really made me want to continue reading their stories!
October 11, 2024
The introduction of The New Mutants, one of my all-time favourite superhero teams (although they don’t start out as one). A real classic from 1982… the year I discovered Marvel Comics, coincidentally.
May 1, 2020
When the X-Men were supposedly "killed", it was time to introduce the readers to a new X-Men team.
Chris Claremont has all the right ingredients at his disposal, a number of new and young characters, with all sorts of new superpowers, but he never manages to make something out of it. The execution is near horrible, and the poor dialogues do not help the book at all.
Another thing that troubled me was the art. The characters who are supposed to be in their teens, look like they are in their 30s. Even the faces of the characters don't match panel to panel.
The New Mutants is a book which paves the way for infinite possibilities for the X-Men mythos, but lackluster writing and inconsistent art bring down all the potential it holds.
Chris Claremont has all the right ingredients at his disposal, a number of new and young characters, with all sorts of new superpowers, but he never manages to make something out of it. The execution is near horrible, and the poor dialogues do not help the book at all.
Another thing that troubled me was the art. The characters who are supposed to be in their teens, look like they are in their 30s. Even the faces of the characters don't match panel to panel.
The New Mutants is a book which paves the way for infinite possibilities for the X-Men mythos, but lackluster writing and inconsistent art bring down all the potential it holds.
March 13, 2017
2.9/5
I was surprised when I found this in my local pawn shop. I rarely find oldies like this for cheap in my town of all places, but there it was, right alongside an old Marvel Comics graphic novel adaptation of RoboCop 2. It brings a nice feeling.
That being said, The New Mutants is sorely lacking in some of the wrong spots. It has the story down, and the ideas, but it's merely barebones; it's a Thanksgiving dinner without the turkey and stuffing.
The characters all lack development. They are plot devices, tools. Xavier needs replacements for his precious X-Men, whom are missing and possibly dead, and pop, here come the new mutants. Youngsters whose powers all seem to surface at once, catching both Xavier's and our villain-of-the-hour's attention at the same time. Xavier's only task is to recruit them and "mould" them. The villain's name is unimportant; he has an evil plan and he must be stopped by these children, whose only task is to set aside their fears and differences and beat the bad guy. The man the new mutants must defeat is more forgettable than the average villain in the current Marvel Cinematic Universe.
McCleod's art is nice enough, but his insistence to draw cheekbones on every single character makes them look much older than they are. Just by glimpsing the cover alone, I thought the new mutants looked like fifteen-year-olds with fifty-year-old faces.
It's decent, and a cool piece of comic book history, but it's under-developed, and kind of unsatisfying.
I was surprised when I found this in my local pawn shop. I rarely find oldies like this for cheap in my town of all places, but there it was, right alongside an old Marvel Comics graphic novel adaptation of RoboCop 2. It brings a nice feeling.
That being said, The New Mutants is sorely lacking in some of the wrong spots. It has the story down, and the ideas, but it's merely barebones; it's a Thanksgiving dinner without the turkey and stuffing.
The characters all lack development. They are plot devices, tools. Xavier needs replacements for his precious X-Men, whom are missing and possibly dead, and pop, here come the new mutants. Youngsters whose powers all seem to surface at once, catching both Xavier's and our villain-of-the-hour's attention at the same time. Xavier's only task is to recruit them and "mould" them. The villain's name is unimportant; he has an evil plan and he must be stopped by these children, whose only task is to set aside their fears and differences and beat the bad guy. The man the new mutants must defeat is more forgettable than the average villain in the current Marvel Cinematic Universe.
McCleod's art is nice enough, but his insistence to draw cheekbones on every single character makes them look much older than they are. Just by glimpsing the cover alone, I thought the new mutants looked like fifteen-year-olds with fifty-year-old faces.
It's decent, and a cool piece of comic book history, but it's under-developed, and kind of unsatisfying.
March 2, 2020
Diverse and interesting characters. I love these new mutants. They may be better than the originals, or at least the writing was better in this graphic novel.
January 16, 2025
Après avoir lu l'intégrale des Uncanny X-Men des années 60, c'est une bouffée d'air rafraîchissante que de lire une histoire dans l'univers des mutants qui raconte vraiement quelque chose et qui explore véritablement les relations entre ses personnages (je sais mes attentes étaient faibles, mais il faut lavoir vécu pour comprendre 😂).
June 27, 2022
Good story bad art
December 8, 2019
"It's because we're so young, we're kids -- 'X-babies.' Nobody takes us seriously." Roberto DeCosta, The New Mutants #8
I liked how these stories were told, but so much the stories themselves. Chris Claremont, Sal Buscema, Bob McLeod, and others offer a primer here on good comics storytelling. Each issue is clearly told. If a reader picked up any issue, the characters, a bit of their backstories, and some reference to recent events in prior issues all make these easy to read and jump into at any point.
It's easy to take this for granted, but these conventions worked well and seem to be a lost art today. On this level of plain craftsmanship, Claremont and Buscema respected their audience and the medium. Some of the conventions seem staid today, especially the paneling, but there's also artistic merit in straightforward, clear storytelling. Their run here also demonstrates what a consistent partnership of creators can achieve.
Still, I never gravitated toward teenage superheroes when I was younger, for problems revealed here. The stories typically involve the teens going out for fun and then getting in trouble. Xavier constantly says that he wants to keep the New Mutants out of trouble, and not repeat the disaster that befell the X-men -- but then he forces them to wear X-men-style uniforms and fight in the Danger Room, among other things. Throughout, Claremont weaves in all kinds of details about each character, giving them a lot of depth and life, even if this is done routinely through the somewhat ham-fisted technique of internal thought bubbles.
Most of their adventures start with some innocent-seeming teenage outing. Sometimes the teens go out accompanied by Stevie, a non-powered instructor at the institute and their chaperone; other times, they don't. They go to a mall and are attacked by Sentinels in a storyline that goes nowhere after that. They need Stevie to go see a movie, but in a disconnected annual, Stevie doesn't chaperone them into New York City, and they end up in a fight on 42nd Street and a running pursuit throughout Manhattan. (Apparently, after seeing Cats, they were walking back to Port Authority Bus Terminal to catch a bus home; it seems like Sam may have been old enough to get a driver's license and taken the X-mansion Rolls, or that Charles could have paid an adult driver to do so, but no matter.) There's also a delightfully weird Alien-inspired plot involving a Brood queen, Charles, and his Shiar girlfriend, Lilandra.
Despite their propensity to get in trouble on their typically teenage outings, Xavier assents to the New Mutants joining Roberto's mother in the Amazon. That way, he can focus on helping a group of motorcycle stunt performers, Team America, build their mutant powers. Meanwhile, the New Mutants discover a lost civilization -- whose inhabitants apparently learned English somehow -- and the teens manage to survive without much adult help. Despite his earlier concern for the teens, Xavier never appears once that I can recall while they are struggling in the Amazon. All the while, one of the more interesting members of the team, Karma, disappears from the pages.
Too, three of the New Mutants are plagued by clothing issues. Cannonball's lower body is a blaze of fire that propels him around. Sunspot's body transforms, smashing armor at one point but not his underclothes. Wolfsbane is a bit of a prude due to her religious upbringing, but she suffers no embarrassment in her wolf form, or weirder still, a transitional form that is both wolf and human. In any case, in one scene she bursts through her robe only to have it magically reappear somehow later when she's back in human form.
It's almost like the creators didn't expect that teenage readers would see through these gaffes and gaps. It may be a fault of the medium: creating characters with relatable, real-world backstories, and then, because superpowers, not holding them up to to any sort of real-world, everyday logic. The teens are constantly going on fun outings and vacations; never once do these teenagers struggle with something as mundane as math class. Indeed, what are they getting out of their Xavier schooling exactly? Well, perhaps it can be said that the best school to a teenager is one that you never have to go to.
For my part, as a teen I was drawn to fully adult characters. I didn't want to dwell on others' teenage problems, which, after all, weren't real teenage problems. My hope was to get past adolescence and become something better; that's why I gravitated toward comic books featuring adult superheroes and still do.
That said, I did treasure every panel of the 4-issue mini-series that features Magik. In a tale that reminded me at times of Alice in Wonderland, it avoids most of the real-world pitfalls by setting it in Limbo, throwing in parallel universe versions of several X-men to boot. It's a shame, in a way, that it's in the back of this collection, because a reader may not get that far. This is one of the best origin stories I've read, and the writing and artwork were consistently good on every page.
The contrast between the Magik series and the rest of the stories perhaps underscores the feeling that I've often had that creators do their best work in shorter arcs like that mini-series. The run-of-the-mill work that Claremont and his fellow creators churned out month to month was passably good, but not outstanding. Even so, their prosaic, monthly output rises above what most creators churn out today, and at the very least, this New Mutants collection offers new creators a primer on how to create good, if not always great, comic books.
I liked how these stories were told, but so much the stories themselves. Chris Claremont, Sal Buscema, Bob McLeod, and others offer a primer here on good comics storytelling. Each issue is clearly told. If a reader picked up any issue, the characters, a bit of their backstories, and some reference to recent events in prior issues all make these easy to read and jump into at any point.
It's easy to take this for granted, but these conventions worked well and seem to be a lost art today. On this level of plain craftsmanship, Claremont and Buscema respected their audience and the medium. Some of the conventions seem staid today, especially the paneling, but there's also artistic merit in straightforward, clear storytelling. Their run here also demonstrates what a consistent partnership of creators can achieve.
Still, I never gravitated toward teenage superheroes when I was younger, for problems revealed here. The stories typically involve the teens going out for fun and then getting in trouble. Xavier constantly says that he wants to keep the New Mutants out of trouble, and not repeat the disaster that befell the X-men -- but then he forces them to wear X-men-style uniforms and fight in the Danger Room, among other things. Throughout, Claremont weaves in all kinds of details about each character, giving them a lot of depth and life, even if this is done routinely through the somewhat ham-fisted technique of internal thought bubbles.
Most of their adventures start with some innocent-seeming teenage outing. Sometimes the teens go out accompanied by Stevie, a non-powered instructor at the institute and their chaperone; other times, they don't. They go to a mall and are attacked by Sentinels in a storyline that goes nowhere after that. They need Stevie to go see a movie, but in a disconnected annual, Stevie doesn't chaperone them into New York City, and they end up in a fight on 42nd Street and a running pursuit throughout Manhattan. (Apparently, after seeing Cats, they were walking back to Port Authority Bus Terminal to catch a bus home; it seems like Sam may have been old enough to get a driver's license and taken the X-mansion Rolls, or that Charles could have paid an adult driver to do so, but no matter.) There's also a delightfully weird Alien-inspired plot involving a Brood queen, Charles, and his Shiar girlfriend, Lilandra.
Despite their propensity to get in trouble on their typically teenage outings, Xavier assents to the New Mutants joining Roberto's mother in the Amazon. That way, he can focus on helping a group of motorcycle stunt performers, Team America, build their mutant powers. Meanwhile, the New Mutants discover a lost civilization -- whose inhabitants apparently learned English somehow -- and the teens manage to survive without much adult help. Despite his earlier concern for the teens, Xavier never appears once that I can recall while they are struggling in the Amazon. All the while, one of the more interesting members of the team, Karma, disappears from the pages.
Too, three of the New Mutants are plagued by clothing issues. Cannonball's lower body is a blaze of fire that propels him around. Sunspot's body transforms, smashing armor at one point but not his underclothes. Wolfsbane is a bit of a prude due to her religious upbringing, but she suffers no embarrassment in her wolf form, or weirder still, a transitional form that is both wolf and human. In any case, in one scene she bursts through her robe only to have it magically reappear somehow later when she's back in human form.
It's almost like the creators didn't expect that teenage readers would see through these gaffes and gaps. It may be a fault of the medium: creating characters with relatable, real-world backstories, and then, because superpowers, not holding them up to to any sort of real-world, everyday logic. The teens are constantly going on fun outings and vacations; never once do these teenagers struggle with something as mundane as math class. Indeed, what are they getting out of their Xavier schooling exactly? Well, perhaps it can be said that the best school to a teenager is one that you never have to go to.
For my part, as a teen I was drawn to fully adult characters. I didn't want to dwell on others' teenage problems, which, after all, weren't real teenage problems. My hope was to get past adolescence and become something better; that's why I gravitated toward comic books featuring adult superheroes and still do.
That said, I did treasure every panel of the 4-issue mini-series that features Magik. In a tale that reminded me at times of Alice in Wonderland, it avoids most of the real-world pitfalls by setting it in Limbo, throwing in parallel universe versions of several X-men to boot. It's a shame, in a way, that it's in the back of this collection, because a reader may not get that far. This is one of the best origin stories I've read, and the writing and artwork were consistently good on every page.
The contrast between the Magik series and the rest of the stories perhaps underscores the feeling that I've often had that creators do their best work in shorter arcs like that mini-series. The run-of-the-mill work that Claremont and his fellow creators churned out month to month was passably good, but not outstanding. Even so, their prosaic, monthly output rises above what most creators churn out today, and at the very least, this New Mutants collection offers new creators a primer on how to create good, if not always great, comic books.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 6, 2016
Excellent comic story. Great art and fantastic plot. Very cool new characters. Very recommended
October 24, 2024
(FYI I tend to only review one book per series, unless I want to change my scoring by 0.50 or more of a star. -- I tend not to read reviews until after I read a book, so I go in with an open mind.)
I'm finally going through my physical tv, film etc. tie in library owned book list, to add more older basic reviews. If I liked a book enough to keep then they are at the least a 3 star.
I'm only adding one book per author and I'm not going to re-read every book to be more accurate, not when I have 1000s of new to me authors to try (I can't say no to free books....)
First time read the author's work?: Yes
Will you be reading more?: Yes
Would you recommend?: Yes
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How I rate Stars: 5* = I loved (must read all I can find by the author)
4* = I really enjoyed (got to read all the series and try other books by the author).
3* = I enjoyed (I will continue to read the series)
or
3* = Good book just not my thing (I realised I don't like the genre or picked up a kids book to review in error.)
All of the above scores means I would recommend them!
-
2* = it was okay (I might give the next book in the series a try, to see if that was better IMHO.)
1* = Disliked
Note: adding these basic 'reviews' after finding out that some people see the stars differently than I do - hoping this clarifies how I feel about the book. :-)
I'm finally going through my physical tv, film etc. tie in library owned book list, to add more older basic reviews. If I liked a book enough to keep then they are at the least a 3 star.
I'm only adding one book per author and I'm not going to re-read every book to be more accurate, not when I have 1000s of new to me authors to try (I can't say no to free books....)
First time read the author's work?: Yes
Will you be reading more?: Yes
Would you recommend?: Yes
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How I rate Stars: 5* = I loved (must read all I can find by the author)
4* = I really enjoyed (got to read all the series and try other books by the author).
3* = I enjoyed (I will continue to read the series)
or
3* = Good book just not my thing (I realised I don't like the genre or picked up a kids book to review in error.)
All of the above scores means I would recommend them!
-
2* = it was okay (I might give the next book in the series a try, to see if that was better IMHO.)
1* = Disliked
Note: adding these basic 'reviews' after finding out that some people see the stars differently than I do - hoping this clarifies how I feel about the book. :-)
November 14, 2017
Back in the mid 70s Chris Claremont took over scripting and plotting duties on X-Men, a previously popular title which had been languishing, and was only printing repeats of earlier stories. Gradually the sales built, and by 1982 X-Men was Marvel's best-selling magazine, and (I think) selling more than any DC comic as well.
Just as they had done when Spider-Man was selling very well, Marvel decided to release a second X-Men title. However, instead of writing a second comic about the X-Men, Claremont created a new, younger group of mutants, who were just discovering their powers, just as had been the X-Men when the original title launched in 1963.
This graphic novel introduced the team and told their origin stories. 50 pages of story isn't a lot to tell 5 origin stories and have a battle with the villains as well, so things do seem a little rushed. The characters, however, are interesting, and sufficiently different from both the original X-Men and the new characters that Claremont had introduced in the main title. The story (not surprisingly considering the lack of space) is also a lot simpler than the long, multi-issue stories being told in the X-Men. The artwork is serviceable without being spectacular. The New Mutants did go on to be another huge success for Marvel, so this is certainly a significant issue.
Just as they had done when Spider-Man was selling very well, Marvel decided to release a second X-Men title. However, instead of writing a second comic about the X-Men, Claremont created a new, younger group of mutants, who were just discovering their powers, just as had been the X-Men when the original title launched in 1963.
This graphic novel introduced the team and told their origin stories. 50 pages of story isn't a lot to tell 5 origin stories and have a battle with the villains as well, so things do seem a little rushed. The characters, however, are interesting, and sufficiently different from both the original X-Men and the new characters that Claremont had introduced in the main title. The story (not surprisingly considering the lack of space) is also a lot simpler than the long, multi-issue stories being told in the X-Men. The artwork is serviceable without being spectacular. The New Mutants did go on to be another huge success for Marvel, so this is certainly a significant issue.
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January 27, 2023Classic 80s Marvel Graphic Novel
The classic early Copper Age introduction of Marvel's third original X-related team, The New Mutants, this time featuring a group of super-powered youths (I suppose like the original X-Men) that Xavier round up from life-threatening situations in order save and train them.
Marvel thought enough of this new team to launch their introduction in the fairly new line of premium oversized graphic novels. 80s kids rejoiced at the time, allowing us to be in on the ground floor of a new X-team, which was actually a novelty back then, unlike these days when it seems there's a new team every other month.
This team remains a sentimental favorite. Marvel's subsequent launch of a new ongoing series based around their training and adventures ensured that (check that series out too!). A series that would eventually introduce the world and pop culture to a certain hilarious insane psychotic mutant hero named Deadpool late in its run.
In any event, this origin story for the team remains a good read some 40 years later. It's something of a blend of the original X-Men team's youth and inexperience, and the New X-Men's individual multinational character introductions. The book was geared toward a younger audience, but with themes more mature like the regular X-Men title rather than typical high school drama.
The classic early Copper Age introduction of Marvel's third original X-related team, The New Mutants, this time featuring a group of super-powered youths (I suppose like the original X-Men) that Xavier round up from life-threatening situations in order save and train them.
Marvel thought enough of this new team to launch their introduction in the fairly new line of premium oversized graphic novels. 80s kids rejoiced at the time, allowing us to be in on the ground floor of a new X-team, which was actually a novelty back then, unlike these days when it seems there's a new team every other month.
This team remains a sentimental favorite. Marvel's subsequent launch of a new ongoing series based around their training and adventures ensured that (check that series out too!). A series that would eventually introduce the world and pop culture to a certain hilarious insane psychotic mutant hero named Deadpool late in its run.
In any event, this origin story for the team remains a good read some 40 years later. It's something of a blend of the original X-Men team's youth and inexperience, and the New X-Men's individual multinational character introductions. The book was geared toward a younger audience, but with themes more mature like the regular X-Men title rather than typical high school drama.
April 13, 2025
I genuinely adore the New Mutants, and in some ways I even prefer their comics to the X-Men! The first issue is a little rough, with a lot of exposition from Claremont, but it does give us a substantial amount of information of each new hero, who are all as wildly different as the current X-Men line-up. They have all also had incredibly rough lives, all having experienced death of close ones and two, Rahne and Shan, have experienced brutal abuse (not wholly revealed in this issue). But this issue also develops Xavier, wherein at the end he concedes that his actions in the past may have been the incorrect approach. I did think it was crazy that he split the team up so early, with none of them experienced, but he does, again, chastise himself for this, forgetting how young they all are. It was good to see a payoff on Pierce and his bionic commandos too, and wild to see Wolverine as this monster by characters who have yet to even meet him.
March 2, 2018
Marvel Team Up #100 (Spider-man and Fantastic Four) [Dec, 1980]: Great panels and movement by Frank Miller and Bob Wiacek. Features Karma's origin story.
Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982): Uneven pencil work by Bob McLeod and dull Claremont story. Origin stories of the new mutants. Unusually coloured (color pencils?).
New Mutants #1 (March 1983): "[...]then again, her being full grown might have...other compensations." Care to explain this Claremont? Danielle (Dani') Moonstar aka Psyche gets herself into trouble in the Danger Room.
The New Mutants: New Mutants #3 & Uncanny X-men #167: crossover with the brood.
p. 171 Sikorsky: "Longshot, is. Choice, there is none. Permission given. Procedure begun has." Brood compare Alien.
Uncanny X-Men #167: Solid and refreshing art by Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek. X-men return to deal with Xavier the Brood-mama.
Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982): Uneven pencil work by Bob McLeod and dull Claremont story. Origin stories of the new mutants. Unusually coloured (color pencils?).
New Mutants #1 (March 1983): "[...]then again, her being full grown might have...other compensations." Care to explain this Claremont? Danielle (Dani') Moonstar aka Psyche gets herself into trouble in the Danger Room.
The New Mutants: New Mutants #3 & Uncanny X-men #167: crossover with the brood.
p. 171 Sikorsky: "Longshot, is. Choice, there is none. Permission given. Procedure begun has." Brood compare Alien.
Uncanny X-Men #167: Solid and refreshing art by Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek. X-men return to deal with Xavier the Brood-mama.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 3, 2025
First off... the art on this book is FANTASTIC. The regular series doesn't quite like up but Marvel graphic novel artist and writers were allowed to take their time... even in a case like this where it was 1. a bit of a rush to fill in for another delayed graphic novel and 2. originally intended to be 'backdoor pilot miniseries'.
The story might not be a flashy as some team origins of the time, but it works. Each character has a define personality and their powers are mostly in place. Everything works really well. While there are reference to what was going on in X-Men at the time, it's not so entrenched in X-Book lore that it doesn't feel like a proper beginning in its own right... which makes it a rarity for Claremont... particularly 80s Claremont.
The story might not be a flashy as some team origins of the time, but it works. Each character has a define personality and their powers are mostly in place. Everything works really well. While there are reference to what was going on in X-Men at the time, it's not so entrenched in X-Book lore that it doesn't feel like a proper beginning in its own right... which makes it a rarity for Claremont... particularly 80s Claremont.
July 19, 2020
This was first published in 1982 and I probably bought my copy a few years later as it's a 4th printing. I have read this several times but would not have recorded reading it as I would have considered it a comic.
This introduces the New Mutants team who would then feature in a comic which lasted for 100 issues. Apparently this story was originally intended to be the first issue of the comic but was then changed to become this graphic novel. It's not much of a story as it has to explain who the new characters are as well as having a plot.
This introduces the New Mutants team who would then feature in a comic which lasted for 100 issues. Apparently this story was originally intended to be the first issue of the comic but was then changed to become this graphic novel. It's not much of a story as it has to explain who the new characters are as well as having a plot.
September 3, 2017
The creation of the new mutant team.
All of these teen mutants seem like a writing exercise in how to flesh out a troubled teen. This team will spend more time fighting each other than external enemies. I always thought the New Mutants were a sort of soap opera comic. Still this novel does a good job of presenting them and their powers.
All of these teen mutants seem like a writing exercise in how to flesh out a troubled teen. This team will spend more time fighting each other than external enemies. I always thought the New Mutants were a sort of soap opera comic. Still this novel does a good job of presenting them and their powers.
February 15, 2018
I grew up reading stories with these characters but had not yet sampled this origin story, so this had that added interest from my part. The introductions are short but effective, and there was plenty of tension. The art is typical of the early 80's but I found it good enough. Some of the script seems silly, but if you can let it slide then it's still an entertaining book.
September 28, 2018
Nothing beats a classic
This story is so fantastic because it seriously shows the diversity and adversity of the New Mutants. They are a unique bunch so different from the X-men in actions and personality. Chris Claremont does a fantastic job of giving you an insight to these characters and the role they will soon play in this team. Love this book.
This story is so fantastic because it seriously shows the diversity and adversity of the New Mutants. They are a unique bunch so different from the X-men in actions and personality. Chris Claremont does a fantastic job of giving you an insight to these characters and the role they will soon play in this team. Love this book.
September 10, 2017
Poor, silly, paint-by-numbers, team-origin-story writing. It doesn't hint at all at the more mature writing to come. Claremont seems to have felt like he was writing for pre-teens in this book, but that all changed with the first issue of the regular series.
February 14, 2018
An expansion of the X-Men
Good complete artwork by McLeod, but I prefer his inks to his pencils. Good script by Claremont, but these characters' powers are not nearly as interesting as those of previous incarnations of the team.
Good complete artwork by McLeod, but I prefer his inks to his pencils. Good script by Claremont, but these characters' powers are not nearly as interesting as those of previous incarnations of the team.
April 8, 2020
I was so thrilled when this came out way back in the 80s, and I’m excited about the movie eventually coming out. Decided to read the whole series on Marvel Unlimited.
It’s not as good as I remember, but I’m older. Still a lot of fun :)
It’s not as good as I remember, but I’m older. Still a lot of fun :)
March 19, 2021
Marvel Graphic Novel setting up the origin of the New Mutants. When I was a kid, I had 2 of the old Marvel Graphic Novel series; this was one of them and I loved it. I don't know if it's nostalgia or what but reading it now I still like it a lot.
January 28, 2025
Sadly, I didn’t find the characters nor their foes interesting. The art wasn’t my cup of tea and a large departure from Uncanny. The inking was too thick, the colors were too vibrant, and familiar characters looked too different.
December 9, 2017
what a great genesis for this group !!!
March 7, 2018
Meh
This story was a little boring, but not terrible. I am not a huge fan of psychic powers either so I think in will be avoiding "New Mutants" from now on.
This story was a little boring, but not terrible. I am not a huge fan of psychic powers either so I think in will be avoiding "New Mutants" from now on.
February 13, 2019
a great example of why people weren't taking comics seriously in the mid 80s. yikes.
June 12, 2019
rahne calling mutations "these gifts from satan" is the highlight of this graphic novel
April 2, 2020
Probably the best origin for a team,especially in that era.
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