New Mutants (Manga New Mutants) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Nunzio Defilippis (Author), Christina Weir (Author)

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Product Description
Moonstar, Karma, Magma and Wolfsbane the once 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 X-Men! --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Marvel Comics; illustrated edition edition (June 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785113789
• ISBN-13: 978-0785113782
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,308,411 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mutants with heart, December 5, 2004

By	Guy L. Gonzalez "Malcontent" (Bloomfield, NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is the New Mutants!, March 23, 2005

By	Samanda b Jeude (Canton, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: New Mutants Vol. 1: Back to School (X-Men) (Paperback)

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!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, November 9, 2006

By	CaffineFreeJAVA "Where ever you go, there you... (CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Mutants Vol. 1: Back to School (X-Men) (Paperback)

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.