New X-Men Vol. 1: E is for Extinction

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Red-hot X-23 writers Craig Kyle and Chris Yost, and rising star Mark Brooks (Ultimate Spider-Man Annual, Amazing Fantasy), take New X-Men in a bold new direction. Spinning directly out of House of M, the New X-Men deal with the changed world. Will X-23 join the team? Will friendships persevere? Will the kids survive? No one is safe, and not everyone will live through this incredible change in status quo. The rules have changed, and the safety is off! Collects New X-Men #20-23 plus bios.

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loved it.......2007-05-13

i loved the whole stort line the new muntans and hellions are a great new treat i would how ever like to know what happen to jean grey

Dark, fearful, and moving towards chaos........2006-06-10

This is by far one of the best X-men spinoff comics to be written.
The plot ties in with the story of "M-Day", and a large number of mutants have lost their powers. This, of course, leaves the remaining mutants very vulnerable. And it doesn't help that few of the students trust the newcomer, X-23/Laura.
The artwork is superb, the story is more than dark enough to grab your attention, and the "new X-men" are easy to relate to. However, not many of the classic mutants appear- but don't worry, it's got Wolverine.

Note: This particular comic (and probably the volumes that follow) will be a lot more interesting for you if you read "X-23: Innocence Lost", by these same authors. The story of X-23 is one of the most gripping stories I've ever read, comic or otherwise.

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If I want the movie, I'll watch the DVD
A Good Place to Start
Grant Morrison + X-Men, 'nuff said!!
Brilliant Abandon
New X-Men HC #1

New X-Men, Vol. 1
Grant Morrison
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
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ASIN: 0785109641

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If I want the movie, I'll watch the DVD.......2006-07-28

I hadn't read X-Men since Claremont left so I don't know how bad it got from '92 up until Grant Morrison, but all I can say is, it must've been bad for people to be so happy about Grant's arrival. I loved all his prior work and expected something cool, but his X-men writing is garbage.

This was difficult to follow, especially the death of Genosha's citizens. I still don't know how they died exactly. And for something so major to not delve into it actually happening looks a lot like housecleaning. Many times when new creative teams take over a book, they tend to clean out prior writers creations. This sounds like Morrison erasing Claremont's Genosha, as a "shocking" event to get the villian over, yet the "death of Genosha" which is a pretty big deal is only mentioned as one liners.

Professor X carring a gun around? When did he start doing that? Xavier always ready to blow his brains out??? WAY out of character BS writing, changing things ONLY for the sake of change. And then we get the villian.

Professor X's evil twin? This is beyond cliche', its like a 60's sci-fi serial. Not only could I net tell that this was a woman at any point in the books, but it is beyond lame and unrealistic that she even exists. Even if separated at birth, why would she wait 50+ years to FINALLY reveal herself to Charles! I guess she has the patience of Job right? BS, this is lame! Save this for Ultimate X-Men.

And finally the costumes and his notes. Completely changing the comic and crapping on 45 years of history to appeal to the mainstream movie fans (who will NEVER read comics) is retarded. There came a time when all of us started reading comics, and even if Wolverine didn't have an Australian accent, and Spider-Man and Iceman weren't friends DIDN'T PREVENT ME FROM READING THEM!!!

If you want to increase your audience, improve the book, don't change everything to make it like the movie. To give Brian Singer that much credit to change all comic books around his vision (which WAS geared for mainstream), is stupid, which is where we get to the costumes.

I had enough problems in the X-Men movie not using costumes, but for this to spread to the comics is too much. And here's my compromise. If you're going to drop costumes make a MUCH bigger deal out of it. And when Grant speaks through Scott "I don't know why the Professor had us wear costumes in the first place", this immediately becomes an alternate universe! Why would someone after wearing a costume for all these years NOW, for the very first time finally voice an opinion like that? Maybe its because the writer is writing this character OUT OF CHARACTER. I can't stand writing like this.

And more notes, "make Logan's sideburns more fashionable"???? Since when would Wolverine, who is over 100 years old, SUDDENLY want to look like a 25 year old fashionista. Listen Grant, when your hair is styled like a wolf, you've just thrown any fashion hope out the window. If you haven't figured it out by now, Logan does not care about looking fashionable. Why would you write someone SO OUT OF CHARACTER to do this.

A Good Place to Start.......2006-07-13

I bought this hardcover to give it a try. It collects issues #114-126 and the annual (these issues are in volumes 1 & 2 of the softback collections without the annual). Don't let the numbers fool you, this essentially starts at issue #1 as this is the start of Grant Morrison's writing on this title.

This book places emphasis on characters rather than simply having fight and explosion non-stop. Though there are many story elements carried over from elsewhere, Morrison lets the reader ease into the book, allowing one to quickly get a grasp on the past history of the X-men and follow along with the new stories he is writing. And these new stories are unquestionably defining.

I wasn't too sure of the artwork, but I knew that reading these stories would help me to understand the current Marvel universe. Previously, I have read The Dark Phoenix Saga and otherwise mostly only books published after publication of this collection. Most of the changes that have happened to the x-men since the early 90s seem to have come from the New X-Men by Grant Morrison.

I read this over one day and immediately ordered the next 3 volumes (starting with New X-Men: New Worlds). The story is good, real good. Many radical things happen to the X-men (Cassandra Nova, Genosha, Emma Frost's addition to the regular line-up, and the introduction of the Stepford Cuckoos - though their past still remains a mystery to me).

Let's just say that I acclimated to Frank's artwork. He's good, but either you like his style or you don't. I'm not fond of it, but I'll say he's good at it. While not the sole artist, he is the best in this hardcover.

If you like Morrison's New X-men run, you should read these collections afterwards: Phoenix Endsong and Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men (in that order), possibly Academy X.

This book contains a "making of" section at the back with early scripts.

Grant Morrison + X-Men, 'nuff said!!.......2006-06-27

Comic's visionary Grant Morrison breathed new life & provided a much needed shot in the arm of adrenaline with DC's Animal Man & The Doom Patrol. And now with Marvel's X-Men he pretty much serves up a fresh new take on the legendary mutant heroes. For just about anyone who's read Alan Moore's work should seriously investigate into Mr. Morrison's own credentials. Not nearly as surreal as some of his other pieces but certainly sleek & classic, The New X-Men is a vast interpretation of some long running characters written by one of the genre's leading story tellers.

Brilliant Abandon.......2006-01-11

Grant Morrison is undeniably, unabashedly brilliant. In an age of super-decompressed story lines, Morrison throws out more jaw-dropping ideas in 22 pages than most can hopelessly string out into their 6-issue trades.

It's almost comic brilliance porn, and therein lies the problem. So many of the intriguing ideas are just thrown out and subsequently abandoned that they end up hurting the overall focus of the story. If Morrison could just pick a few and stick with them, while it might lose some of its frenetic edge, it would ultimately lead to a more satisfying experience.

In this, Morrison's first volume, we're introduced to the NEW X-men. While Morrison was given credit for re-inventing the team's image, it seems obvious (and is even acknowledged in the bonus material of the hard cover) that the black leather in place of the yellow spandex, and some of the other 'up dates' owe much to Bryan Singer's X-Men movie efforts.

Still, secondary mutations for Beast and Emma Frost, Wild Sentinels, Cassandra Nova, and other innovations are more than enough to make Morrison the most invigorating X-Scribe in decades. And, of course, Morrison's ear for dialog remains inspired.

The art is a mixed-bag throughout the run. Quitely is excellent (though his faces still tend towards the less than pleasant) but his slow pace forces many fill-in artists of varying levels of quality. For a trade paperback, this is jarring to say the least.

All in all, I very much enjoyed the first and last arcs of Morrison's run, not so much the middle ones, but for anyone looking for cutting edge sci-fi and hyper recompressed stories, this is the book to read!

New X-Men HC #1.......2005-10-28

I'd never read New X-Men before Grant Morrison took over on the book, but back when I started reading comics again several years ago, I noticed the book was getting considerable attention online. I came in much later than this volume in the run, but the quality of it made me trek down the original issues which were just as good as the ones I initially read. Morrison did revamp these characters and make them cool again, which he seems to have a habit of doing (Animal Man, Doom Patrol, X-Men).

The real reason I decided to weigh in on this, though, pertains to the comments about Igor Kordey. Yes, Kordey's pencils here aren't the greatest, and he is the weakest of the three artists who drew the book the majority of the series. I don't doubt Kordey was rushed heavily to get these done. *On a side note, whoever decided Frank Quitely should be put on monthly book should be fired. I love Frank's art, but he is no speed demon on the art.* Igor did great work on Cable around the time this was coming out, another character Marvel changed for the better, but that book was cancelled not long after it started to pick up steam. And if you want to read an amazing comic with jaw-dropping art by Igor, find Smoke, published by IDW and written by Alex Di Campi. It's one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year. I think Kordey does much better work outside the costumed superhero field.

Okay, sorry about my rant there. If you never thought the X-Men would be interesting again, read New X-Men. Morrison had a long run where he put his stamp on these characters and revitalized them, something that almost never happens nowadays.

New X-Men: Academy X Vol. 1: Choosing Sides

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Great series that doesn't get enough attention
Lame; wasted potential
Reload Collateral Damage

New X-Men: Academy X Vol. 1: Choosing Sides
Nunzio Defilippis , Christina Weir , and Randy Green
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0785115382

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The children at the X-Mansion thought they had it tough when Professor X was running things - but now that Cyclops and Emma Frost have taken over the reins of the school, they're wishing for the simpler times of yesterday! As a new semester begins at the Xavier Institute, the X-Men-in-training are just getting comfortable with one another as the devastating news hits: The teachers plan to separate them into different squads! What happens when best friends are torn from one another in the name of school policy? And what do the New X-Men do about it?

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Great series that doesn't get enough attention.......2005-02-11

I really think that this is one of the most under appreciated of all the X-Men books. For those that don't know, New X-Men: Academy X is a continuation of Marvel's New Mutants series that premiered in 2003. It was relaunched as New X-Men: Academy X so it could be a part of the big X-Men reload event. The writers of New X-Men: Academy X do a good job of keeping the series accessible to readers who had not read New Mutants, but I would still suggest you do anyway. I think a TPB collecting the first half of that series is scheduled to come out soon.

Basically, the series, as the title implies, is about a group of mutant students who are being taught by the X-Men. All of the students in the main cast are interesting characters. The main storyline of this TPB involves the students at the school being split into different squads and competing with each other. Added drama involves a student who is being hunted by the authorities. His predicament causes a lot of different reactions among the students.

This is a really great series. If you are a fan of the X-Men, or were intrigued by the scenes with the mutant students during the X-Men films, then I think you will enjoy this series. I know I am.

Lame; wasted potential.......2005-02-08

Before Marvel's big X-Men: ReLoad event, which began in the wake of Grant Morrison's departure from his prolific run on New X-Men, there was a little known X-book called New Mutants. Unlike the original New Mutants book that helped catapault Rob Liefeld to fame years ago, the modern New Mutants featured a young group of mutants training to become the next generation of X-Men. Kind of similar to Generation X, but with more character driven stories. With the X-Men: ReLoad event, New Mutants got canned, and replaced with New X-Men: Academy X, with writer Nunzio Defilippis and artist Christina Weir still at the helm. However, from the opening page on, Academy X is more alike the militant mutant books of the 90's, and you can tell that Defilippis really didn't have much say over what direction the book would go in now. It's a shame that New Mutants, just like Peter Milligan's brilliant X-Statix, both got the axe, and Marvel has replaced both with books like this and the current relaunch of X-Force with Rob Liefeld himself at the helm. All in all, Academy X is almost exactly like the X-books from the mid to late 90's on that turned me off of Marvel, and hopefully not every X-book will follow in this direction.

Reload Collateral Damage.......2004-12-05

While the primary X-team got reloaded into the high-profile Astonishing X-Men, DeFilippis and Weir had to trade in their New Mutants title for a previously-used model, New X-Men, forced to take a crowbar to their storyline and cram in plot elements that completely threw off the dynamic they'd lovingly established over the previous 12 months. And in the first six issues of this reloaded series, they got three more artists to work with, not to mention five of the most trite, uninspired covers on the stands any given month. (Issue #3's cover was decent.)

This opening story arc, Choosing Sides, begins by explaining everything that's changed at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, with Cyclops and the apparently reformed Emma Frost serving as the new headmasters of the school; a cursory reintroduction of the New Mutants that reduces each of them to standard team book stereotypes; and, presents their first adventure as a team in the Danger Room. Standard stuff for a first issue, but even accepting that as a necessary evil, there's something missing from the overall package.

That spark of sincerity that made DeFilippis and Weir's short-lived New Mutants run work so well is clearly dulled, as if the corporate-mandated reload as a "team book" sucked the joy from it for them and they're now going through the motions. In issue #2, you get a sense that they're determined to work in some of the more interesting themes that were hinted at before the reload, but in the structured confines of an official "team book," they come off feeling forced and insincere. ie: The prerequisite hothead, and hottie, Noriko, is given an Afghanistanian roommate, Sooraya, complete with burqua and traditional beliefs, and they clash for a couple of panels of simplistic rhetoric. You get the impression that there was something left on the cutting room floor; that pre-reload, this two-page encounter would have been a primary sub-plot that would weave it's way through the series as they explored the ever-present subtext of mutants as minorities. Instead, it goes no further, Sooraya ends up being on the rival squad mentored by Emma Frost, code-named the Hellions, and it all smacks of a cookie-cutter editorial plan being handed down from on high.

By the arc's drawn-out conclusion in issue #6, the Hellions and the New Mutants go head-to-head, a couple of team members switch sides, and the whole thing starts to feel like Saved By The Bell: The Superhero Years.

The New Mutants, and DeFilippis and Weir, deserve better than this.

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The original New Mutants
The New (and at the time, "better") Mutants

New Mutants Classic, Vol. 1 (X-Men)
Chris Claremont
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
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ASIN: 0785121943

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Cannonball. Sunspot. Moonstar. Karma. Rahne. Teenagers, thrown together by the one thing they had in common -- the X-Factor in their genes that made them different, made them mutants. Relive the adventures of the team that will come to be known as X-Force... if they survive. Collects Marvel Graphic Novel #4, New Mutants #1-7 and Uncanny X-Men #167.

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The original New Mutants.......2007-06-03

Years before Cable (and Rob Liefeld) turned them into X-Force, and before writer Chris Claremont became a shell of the writer he was during his golden years on Uncanny X-Men, there was the New Mutants. Formed as a next generation of X-Men by Professor Xavier, the original New Mutants consisted of Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Wolfsbane, and Karma; all of which would have varying degrees of impact on the X-Men universe over the years. This first TPB collects the earliest appearances of the New Mutants as they fight the good fight in training to become the X-Men of tomorrow. Reading it now only solidifies Claremont's skills back then as his team dynamic ideas still seem fresh and the drama still seemed prolific. Though the book would diminish in quality the longer it would go on, this first volume of the original New Mutants is a real treat. Along with the various X-Men TPB's and the more recently released old Excalibur TPB's, it's good to see that Claremont's old, and best, material is back on the market for a new generation to check out.

The New (and at the time, "better") Mutants.......2006-09-06

Come back to the wonderful days when Marvel Comics had only TWO mutant-related books on the spinner rack: Uncanny X-Men and The New Mutants! Marvel has finally collected the earliest appearances of Charles Xavier's third class of heroes in NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC VOLUME 1, and it's about time. It's a simpler, more comprehensible period where you didn't need a scorecard and several reference volumes to keep up with what was going on in mutantdom. TNM was not so much a vehicle to expand X-Men storylines as it was an attempt to recreate Uncanny's success by introducing an all-new team of ethnically diverse young heroes. It succeeded on several levels. The most obvious was that the storylines really got inside the characters' heads, and readers had a chance to grow with them. Another less fortunate example was the use of stereotypical speech patterns to indicate their origins. Regardless, Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Karma, and Wolfsbane quickly became my favorite Marvel characters, and I stuck with them for 50-odd issues. Uncanny X-Men was treading water at this time, but the New Mutants were really going somewhere!

This trade collects Marvel Graphic Novel # 5 (the team's first appearance), New Mutants #1-7 and Uncanny X-Men #167. We start from "almost" the very beginning of their story - Karma was actually introduced in Marvel Team-Up #100, but no involvement from Professor X there. These early issues provide a good basic set-up - Marvel Graphic Novel gives brief origins of each character before tying them all together to face a greater danger, similar to the format of the classic Giant-Size X-Men #1. Subsequent issues feature the Sentinels, Viper, and Silver Samurai. In addition, many hints are given for future storylines that would really bring the series into its own, such as the Demon Bear and Legion. The real focus is not so much on the latest threat to our heroes, but on how they deal with each other. Overall, this is solid comics storytelling, and it didn't take writer Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod long to win me over. Of course, there are missteps, such as the inevitable overworked dialogue from Claremont. Then, Uncanny X-Men #167 is a crossover issue which starts off with a misunderstanding and big battle between the two teams. It seems the X-Men lost the keys to the mansion while fighting the Brood and decided to tear the whole thing down instead of just knocking! Furthermore, issues #5 & 6 feature guest appearances by... get ready... TEAM AMERICA! No, not the counterterrorist creations of Trey Parker and Matt Stone; this Team America is something that could only happen with `80s Marvel: a toy line tie-in featuring a bunch of motorcycle-riding do-gooders, possibly one of the most nonsensical comics Marvel ever produced. Interestingly, the story is not as bad as might be expected, as it reveals that the members of Team America are actually mutants, and they must be guided by Professor X in their ability to manifest a gestalt being known as the Black Rider. Still, it was too early in the series to feature a random 2-issue guest shot like this - the New Mutants are still trying to find themselves, so let them!

To reiterate, while Claremont's writing wasn't doing much for me on Uncanny X-Men, he was really working some magic with The New Mutants, and these stories set it up. Bob McLeod's art for this series is solid. While his Professor X does tend to look like a constipated monkey, his artistic skills are never in question. Sal Buscema comes in to pencil a few issues, and while I've never been a fan of his harsh lines, McLeod's inks soften the blow. NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC VOL. 1 is definitely something to be read by any X-Men fan, and it's essential preparation for the greater storylines to come (hopefully featured in a volume 2 and 3).

Uncanny X-Men - The New Age Vol. 1: The End of History

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Yes claremont returns, but is this really a good thing?
Uncanny X-Men
The REAL X-Men return!
Fans Only Please
Loved the artwork, loved the stories, but you know Marvel...

Uncanny X-Men - The New Age Vol. 1: The End of History
Chris Claremont , and Alan Davis
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0785115358

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New alliances are forged as old friendships are rekindled, but one thing is certain: The X-Men will never be the same! With the team split in two, the Uncanny X-Men must face the unbridled force of the Fury on two sides of the globe! Will the villain's "divide-and-conquer" plan prove to be the X-Men's ultimate undoing? Collecting Uncanny X-Men #444-449.

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Yes claremont returns, but is this really a good thing?.......2006-12-29

Over the past 30 years the X-men have grown to be one of marvels most induring and lasting icons in the comic medium. Chris Claremont was the writer for the series from 1970 something (whenever the giant sized issue revamped the entire cast) to about 1992-or 1993ish. Between that time the X-men went from obscure comic geek fandom to a well established franchise. They have become just as famous as Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, or any other superhero or superhero group you can think of. And for 20 years or so Chris Claremont was the man behind the rise. They have 3 major movies under their belt (spin-offs planned), a fiercely loyal fan base that includes adults who grew up reading the old comics and new fans of the movies.

When it was announced the beloved Chris Claremont would return to Uncanny X-men for the first time in more then 10 years hopes were high. Maybe he would be the grounding force that the X-titles so badly need these days. Sadly this run has been haphazard at best. What the X-men franchise need is a strong central core. With all the other X-titles, spin-offs, ultimatizing, one-shots, movies, and such then X-men have lost what made Chris Claremont's first run so magical- continuity. Sadly this second run did not return Uncanny to being the center of the X-universe. Rather, it made this team seem less relevant. It is completely at odds with every other X-title that came out at the time (one major character in this run is a character who died/disappeared over 10 years ago and shows up in the first issue of the new run without context as to why she is even alive). While continuity can be seen as an elitist game (you only know it doesn't work if you buy every title, or have read every issue ever- but wait most of the past 20 years of the x-men are available in essential format so you too can read all the expensive back issues for under 20$ and compare), it still holds one truth: the people creating X-titles aren't really talking to each other so each title sees it's team or story as the only important one.

Chris Claremont's "new age" feels more like a step back to the 90's. that wouldn't be bad if the world hadn't moved on. He seems to want to take the characters back to the point they were when he left the title originally. This just doesn't work. They have grown and readers have grown since then.

Chris Claremont's work on the X-treme X-men title has been criticized by many (myself included, full disclosure). The writing in this volume (and the rest of the run) fall victim to the same weakness of that title. He (Claremont) is repeating himself in many of the stories. He takes the group to the savage land again for no particular reason except to go to the savage land. The shi'ar show back up again only to well show back up again (the chasing the pheonix thing is old....). Sometimes he is just verbatim retelling some aspect of the old stories, or at worst reworking them into a new time period with poorer context.

We have seen the baseball/sports team/off day open introduction to a new team of X-men at least in 7 different X-titles all written by Claremont since the 70's. What make this time unique? Nothing. This is the cruelest and most true critique of the "new age" of chris claremont- it isn't new. Every single arc is deriviative of an old story arc which (opinion) was once written better (read the essentials line then see if you disagree with me!).

Claremont's return to the X-men will be only a blip in the long run at best. Read it only if you want to read every X-men comic ever written or if you feel the need to read every issue of uncanny ever written (but then you'd have to read the X-babies too...yechh!).

Uncanny X-Men.......2006-08-23

The artistry, as always, is top of the line. The story lines are familiar insofar as they don't have charecters with different powers than you grew up with them having. Also the story keeps the pace up to keep you interested.

The REAL X-Men return!.......2006-07-28

Having read the X-Men sporadically since Claremont left in '92, I thought I'd give this a shot with his return. In only a few pages the magic was already back in the X-Men. His style of gearing each issue as if someone is picking up X-Men for the first time was a welcome style since its been so long for me. I picked up Grant Morrison's first few issues and was appalled to say the least. I can't describe how exactly, but nobody, I mean NOBODY writes the X-Men's words like Claremont. It's as if he has a direct connection into their brains. Although he had to work with all the other changes writers made over the years, he "made it his own" and "worked it". Reading this I felt like all was right in the comics universe.

Fans Only Please.......2006-06-26

This book is really only mediocre at best however for diehard fans it is a must to read if you are someone who is only interested in the X-men for the movies or an animated series than you would be much better off reading Astonishing X-men.

Loved the artwork, loved the stories, but you know Marvel..........2005-08-24

Been a fan of Uncanny since issue 150 when Storm and Emma Frost switched bodies and the Hellfire Club kidnapped the Xmen the second time around back in about 1981 ('82?). Claremont is still the best writer this book has had in my opinion, but I also love Joss Whedon at the helm of Astonishing X-Men. I have really enjoyed reading the teamup of Davis and Claremont in this rework of this book, which I thought had gone way downhill after the "Draco" storyline where Kurt found out he really was half-demon. I didn't like the weird "adult-oriented" storylines and NC-17 dialogues, near-nudity that didn't add anything, and overfocus on characters like the Summers brothers, who are my least favorites, anyway.

But I loved this collection, which I collected as individual issues. Marvel Girl's return was pure genius, particularly her rivalry with her father's lover, Emma Frost. The enmity and lack of sentimentality makes perfect sense, we all know Emma would make a horrid, wicked stepmother, and was the reason for Scott and Jean's divorce. Emma hammers the point home when she says "the child should never have been born." Hm. Still trying to figure out when Rachel's birthday occurs in Earth 616's timeline, if ever. We never really find out her true age.

I also love the brewing chemistry between Storm and Logan, whom I figured have always had a faint regard for each other, anyway, albeit subtle. They have kissed in one or two issues before (i.e., Boys' Night Out during the Outback "Reavers" storylines, in the second to last frame, one of the issues prior to Inferno when Storm was seeking out Forge to get her powers back; Storm has also always argued on Logan's behalf when Xavier was about to kick him off the fledgeling team. X-Men: The End also points to these two has having a romantic connection in the future. I hope they continue it. They've both been orphaned at an early age, they both don't really fit with anyone else, they both are mavericks. They work.

The plots in this collection are great, as well as the dialogue. I am, however, irritated that Cannonball walks off the team after two adventures after this book. Bad move. I don't want to have to collect every X-book that Marvel prints to have to chase down my favorite characters, but that seems to be their mad plot. I think Uncanny fans should buy this book if they really enjoy Claremont's work. And Alan Davis's work on titles such as the original Excalibur. Storm looks beautiful.

My biggest complaint is that the partnership between this artist and writer is that it was too short-lived. Marvel can't keep their really great artists on long enough. The party was over by about issue 460, after the "On Ice" storyline ended, and then it all went to heck. Davis does, however, come back for "House of M." Look for it.

New Mutants Vol. 1: Back to School (X-Men)

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Fantastic!
This Is the New Mutants!
Mutants with heart

New Mutants Vol. 1: Back to School (X-Men)
Nunzio Defilippis , Christina Weir , and Keron Grant
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0785112421

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Moonstar, Karma, Magma, and Wolfsbane - the former X-Men-in-training who helped define a generation - are back. But what happens when these "New Mutants" find out Professor Xavier's up-and-coming students think of them as the "Old Mutants?" Former students become the teachers as the old guard is asked back to help prepare the next generation of New X-Men. Collects New Mutants #1-6.

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Fantastic!.......2006-11-10

I had actually picked this book up AFTER reading the New X-Men: Academy X storylines where these featured characters had already returned. The art and story-telling in this compilation were an excellent mesh! I'm actually at work otherwise, i'd go into specifics. Buy this book and find out what I'm talking about.

This Is the New Mutants!.......2005-03-24

Not the -Ultimate X-Men Vol 8-. Danielle Moonstar returns, a reluctant but willing helper to Professor X ... only to be offered a job as a teacher as the Xavier Institute. Well worth the cost, this tale reunites her w/Karma & [tangentially] Magma, & showcases her essential humanity.
Danielle is a reluctant co-worker-to-Prof-er-Charles, unconvinced of her effectiveness even as she talks a toxic teen into coming w/her to Xavier's. The new thrust of Xavier's, as a training/teaching facilty for young outcasts rather than a "next X-men prep" is a bold move, & Dani is a natural ... & Karma, as a triple threat [she's a mutant! she's an Asain! Oooh, gods, she's *GAY*!] addition is charming [if generically drawn; i'm not a big fan of the artist]. Highly recommended!

Mutants with heart.......2004-12-05

When the New Mutants re-appeared on the stands, I was just returning to comics after a 15-year hiatus and welcomed the sight of a familiar face to ease me back into the monthly habit. Joshua Middleton's beautiful cover art featuring some of the women from the original lineup drew me in, and Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir's patient, nuanced introduction of the first mutant of the new generation, and their reintroduction and use of a tortured Danielle Moonstar as the story's anchor, kept me glued through to the last page.

The closing dialogue sealed the deal for me:

Sofia: What's Xavier's like?
Danielle: Like no place else in the world. You'll see.

While I didn't love Keron Grant's interior art, nor his uneven trio of inkers, there was something in its intent that worked for the tone of the story. Over the next 5 issues, DeFilippis and Weir made good on Danielle's promise, consistently delivering the goods by capturing that tricky combination of teenage angst and super-heroism that Marvel Comics seemingly trademarked ever since Stan Lee came up with the idea of a nerdy science buff bitten by a radioactive spider, but that so few mainstream comics are able to pull off today.

Unfortunately, this series was derailed by the X-Men Reloaded marketing stunt and relaunched as the vastly inferior New X-Men: Academy X.

ALL NEW X-MEN LIMITED DOMINO (WHAT PRICE VICTORY?, VOL. 1)

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ALL NEW X-MEN LIMITED DOMINO (WHAT PRICE VICTORY?, VOL. 1)

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic
ASIN: B000WV6YYS

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The New Mutants #1 Vol. 1 March 1983
Chris Claremont
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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ASIN: B000RKPKJO

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"Initiation!"

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The New Mutants #14 Vol. 1 April 1984
Chris Claremont
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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ASIN: B000RKPPEO

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"Do You Believe In--Magik?"

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