New Mutants 41 Review spoilers

[GambitXRemy]

New Mutants #41

From the preview pages blink teleports to party and talks everyone into going to Madripoor

Dani, Magma and blink let loose and dance

Sunspot jealous and emo gets couching on picking up the ladies from doug!

Warlock meets a special someone...... "it put a smile on my face"

Magma dating the devil on the D.L.


OH AND THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/RichieSorrows/148769_314186205318911_157874194283447_778511_2103 264584_n.jpg


Edit: Great issue I love DNA One issue stories, when i ever i think Im going to give up on this title they suck me back in with the done in one issues

[worstblogever]

I kind of feel bad for that girl Trois. I mean, she's being romanced by a living virus. She might as well just tongue kiss a vial of concentrated herpes.

[majormcmeat]

I should be a crime to be as charming as this issue was.

[Boozier]

It was a super fun done-in-one issue.

[GambitXRemy]

ya i loved it...... there done in one issues are my fav, oh and this was my first ever review !!!!!!

[cookepuss]

This was such a fun issue and really stands up there with the Mephisto one. I want more of this sort of character development out of DnA. They're more than capable of it when they aren't trying so hard. They were really on fire with the team dynamic. It's like they were channeling PAD this issue. I approve. :biggrin:

It also didn't hurt that the art just really infused each character with a distinct personality. At times, it even reminded me a bit of Kaare Andrews' Gen13 work, particularly his "Superhuman Like You" arc. It wasn't too cartoony, but it had a lot of energy. I loved it.

I know a lot of people will be pissed that Dani is being forced into yet another relationship, but I don't mind as long as they don't inherently change her character to get there.

I'd give this issue a 5 star, but the fact that they just left Bobby drunk and sad kinda makes me sad too. Still.... The story was very fun. The art was great. The characters, for once, felt like they should - even Doug. 4.5 stars for me. All it needed was Lock's puppy.

BTW, anybody else think that Nate kinda looked like Frank Quitely's Flex Mentallo at times? There was this one frame...

[DeniseXfrost]

New Mutants #41

From the preview pages blink teleports to party and talks everyone into going to Madripoor

Dani, Magma and blink let loose and dance

Sunspot jealous and emo gets couching on picking up the ladies from doug!

Warlock meets a special someone...... "it put a smile on my face"

Magma dating the devil on the D.L.


OH AND THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/RichieSorrows/148769_314186205318911_157874194283447_778511_2103 264584_n.jpg


Edit: Great issue I love DNA One issue stories, when i ever i think Im going to give up on this title they suck me back in with the done in one issues
I want the power bottom ensemble.

[nate-grey]

Wait, Sunspot goes emo and gets coached on pickups by Doug?! Why do writers hate Bobby so much? :tongue:

Can't wait to read this issue though, the preview was incredible! Done in one's are the best lately. Just the premise of this issue reminds me of the issue after Second Coming where they got drunk together and just hung out. Hilarious.

[Pixie_Solanas]

I kind of feel bad for that girl Trois. I mean, she's being romanced by a living virus. She might as well just tongue kiss a vial of concentrated herpes.

To empathize, Dani's doing the same to the nearest available toiletface in the scan posted.

[Ex_]

They're KILLING with these done-in-ones. This is probably the best issue of the volume so far. I laughed out loud a lot while reading this. If we got David and Alvaro Lopez and character stories like this every month, I'd be more than happy to pay $3.99 for this.

[Dudebro McTypo]

I've noticed something so far on DnA's run: the one shot issues are awesome...while the multiple issue story are just ok.

They should turn NM into a sit-com

[GambitXRemy]

I also love how dani and doug are wearing "there verison of the new X-men Uniforms"

[GambitXRemy]

They're KILLING with these done-in-ones. This is probably the best issue of the volume so far. I laughed out loud a lot while reading this. If we got David and Alvaro Lopez and character stories like this every month, I'd be more than happy to pay $3.99 for this.

this issue is only 2.99

[cookepuss]

Wait, Sunspot goes emo and gets coached on pickups by Doug?! Why do writers hate Bobby so much? :tongue:
I think that it's consistent with their characters though. Bobby always fancied himself a ladies man, but never really was. Doug was never a ladies man and now suddenly understands them in ways Bobby can't. Neither one of them knows women anymore than the next guy, but it's funny watching them go for it. Doug's play by play is just too funny at times.


Just the premise of this issue reminds me of the issue after Second Coming where they got drunk together and just hung out. Hilarious.
This is really the sort of fun that's generally been missing from the X-universe for a few years now. The X-Men have been all broody since at least HoM and maybe even before. Nice for somebody to not only remember that the word "fun" is in the dictionary, but these characters more than just code names with costumes.

[Starfish]

That was a lovely read; such a fun and heart warming issue.

And I agree, the one-shot stories seem to be much better than the regular arcs.

[cookepuss]

I also love how dani and doug are wearing "there verison of the new X-men Uniforms"
Which goes back to my Flex Mentallo remark. David Lopez must be a fan of Frank Quitely, even going so far as to rejig the New X-Men leathers.

Honestly, I really, REALLY hope that this book doesn't get cancelled. The sales are mediocre, but the quality seems to be on the upswing.

[GambitXRemy]

It was really cool to see nate so nervous, can we also get future kids from dani and nate jk

[Ex_]

this issue is only 2.99

I know, and if all the issues were of this quality, I'd happily pay a dollar more!

[worstblogever]

To empathize, Dani's doing the same to the nearest available toiletface in the scan posted.

LOL. When in Madripoor, I guess...

[GambitXRemy]

Which goes back to my Flex Mentallo remark. David Lopez must be a fan of Frank Quitely, even going so far as to rejig the New X-Men leathers.

Honestly, I really, REALLY hope that this book doesn't get cancelled. The sales are mediocre, but the quality seems to be on the upswing.

the sale are up there with x-factor and there going into a crossover that should bump them up in sales and KG is writing with DNA

[nate-grey]

I've noticed something so far on DnA's run: the one shot issues are awesome...while the multiple issue story are just ok.

They should turn NM into a sit-com

Hell yeah, that would be hilarious! I would totally watch and read that!


this issue is only 2.99

I'd pay an extra dollar for consistently good NM stories!


I think that it's consistent with their characters though. Bobby always fancied himself a ladies man, but never really was. Doug was never a ladies man and now suddenly understands them in ways Bobby can't. Neither one of them knows women anymore than the next guy, but it's funny watching them go for it. Doug's play by play is just too funny at times.

Sunspot may not have been a true lady killer, but it was not from lack of confidence. Even when he failed, he picked himself up quickly and moved on to the next one. You're right that's it's not out of line with his character though, as it is likely a reaction to the constant rejection from Magma, whom he obviously has real feelings for. His original lady killer attempts were trying to avoid becoming emotional attached due to the death of his first girlfriend. Having to watch Magma date Mephisto over him is understandably eating him up on the inside. I mean, damn that's an insult.

I can't wait to see Doug's take on members of the opposite sex. It's been awesome seeing things from his point of view, way to totally revitalize a stale character.


This is really the sort of fun that's generally been missing from the X-universe for a few years now. The X-Men have been all broody since at least HoM and maybe even before. Nice for somebody to not only remember that the word "fun" is in the dictionary, but these characters more than just code names with costumes.

The done in ones really feel like issues of the original series to me, where they spent as much time hanging out as they did adventuring. It's been great to get back to that feel when all the other books seem so stuffy and serious. I like adventure, but just as much time should be spent in downtime since the book is essentially about a family.

[Ex_]

Is Trois completely new? There isn't a forgotten MCP story about Wolverine meeting her or something?

[The Lucky One]

I think that it's consistent with their characters though. Bobby always fancied himself a ladies man, but never really was. Doug was never a ladies man and now suddenly understands them in ways Bobby can't.

I declare shenanigans. :wink: Bobby has always fancied himself a ladies' man, as you said, but rarely was actually depicted as a successful one. But Doug was more of an unintentional ladies' man -- he never went out of his way, but women (Rahne, Tarot, Roulette, Psylocke, Cyndi [Legion's female personality]) always seemed drawn to him anyway. I actually really like that element of his character, because (intentional or not) it's a subtle, natural extension of his power -- he understands language and women, far more than men, tend to place a great deal of importance on communication. It's only natural that they'd be subconsciously drawn to someone whose power lets him understand the things they're not saying as much as the stuff they are.

On that note- the hug/jump on his back is a minor thing, but wonder if they're setting up Blink as a possible Doug love interest?

-D

[cookepuss]

the sale are up there with x-factor and there going into a crossover that should bump them up in sales and KG is writing with DNA
Bumps are only temporary though. As of March, it ranks #88 with 21,508 copies on the sales chart. That puts it on par with Jeff Parker's Hulk, which sold 21,510 that month. The book also still sells more than Thunderbolts and Secret Avengers, but it's also barely selling more than the recently cancelled X-23. That, iirc, makes it the lowest selling X-book that's still being published.

What concerns me is that the book keeps on bleeding readership. March 2010, the book was selling 36.6k and ranked #49. In March 2012, it sold 21.5k and ranked #88. That's a drop of 42% over 2 years. From Feb 2012 to March 2012 alone, the book dropped 7.5%. (It ranked #74 for January with about 23.9k sales)

At this point, they're just about at their threshold for cancellation. And with the book consistently sliding, as we approach issue #50, I'm convinced that Marvel's going to yank the plug on the book. Marvel needs to do more to bring it back into the fold with the rest of the mutant titles. Sitting on the outer rim of the X-verse has rarely been good for x-titles. X-Factor is a rare exception.

[Majinoaw]

So is Dani secretly having a relationship with a blam devil? That is sick!

[Hi-Fi]

I declare shenanigans. :wink: Bobby has always fancied himself a ladies' man, as you said, but rarely was actually depicted as a successful one. But Doug was more of an unintentional ladies' man -- he never went out of his way, but women (Rahne, Tarot, Roulette, Psylocke, Cyndi [Legion's female personality]) always seemed drawn to him anyway. I actually really like that element of his character, because (intentional or not) it's a subtle, natural extension of his power -- he understands language and women, far more than men, tend to place a great deal of importance on communication. It's only natural that they'd be subconsciously drawn to someone whose power lets him understand the things they're not saying as much as the stuff they are.

On that note- the hug/jump on his back is a minor thing, but wonder if they're setting up Blink as a possible Doug love interest?

-D
Yeah, when Doug slapped Roulette in the face, it showed he really understands how a woman should be treated.

I love the art in this! Nice stand-alone issue about drug addiction.

[cookepuss]

Yeah, when Doug slapped Roulette in the face, it showed he really understands how a woman should be treated.
One writer will have Hank Pym or Peter Parker slap Jan or MJ, respectively. Another writer will write them as being the total opposite of that. Different writer, different characterization. One issue Wolverine has unbreakable bones. The next issue space gangsters break his legs. Something is always true or untrue until the writer says otherwise. How many times has Bendis written characters out of character just to serve his story? A lot. That's fiction for you.

[Moriarty]

yeah, this was a fun issue. much needed after that last story arc, which i didn't really care for. so, anyone wanna take bets on how many issues it takes before Cannonball shows up pissed?

[Home made ectoplasm]

Yeah, when Doug slapped Roulette in the face, it showed he really understands how a woman should be treated.

I love the art in this! Nice stand-alone issue about drug addiction.

So Blink was on drugs after all?

[cookepuss]

so, anyone wanna take bets on how many issues it takes before Cannonball shows up pissed?
Maybe Future Cannonball will say something when he pops up in #45, part of the "Fear The Future” arc that's being described as "the climax of all the sinister seeds that DnA have been planting".

[nate-grey]

yeah, this was a fun issue. much needed after that last story arc, which i didn't really care for. so, anyone wanna take bets on how many issues it takes before Cannonball shows up pissed?

Oh man, he's already been through this with Sunspot and Boomer. This is going to be hilarious.

[Hi-Fi]

One writer will have Hank Pym or Peter Parker slap Jan or MJ, respectively. Another writer will write them as being the total opposite of that. Different writer, different characterization. One issue Wolverine has unbreakable bones. The next issue space gangsters break his legs. Something is always true or untrue until the writer says otherwise. How many times has Bendis written characters out of character just to serve his story? A lot. That's fiction for you.
I was mainly joking with Drew.


So Blink was on drugs after all?
And she hooked up Dani and Amara with some of that.

[cookepuss]

I was mainly joking with Drew.
*sniff* Is this the part where I take my toys and go home :wink:

I was just looking at the issue and it occurred to me that Lopez draws Warlock kinda like Gumby. That's gonna give me some weird dreams tonight.

[Hi-Fi]

*sniff* Is this the part where I take my toys and go home :wink:

I was just looking at the issue and it occurred to me that Lopez draws Warlock kinda like Gumby. That's gonna give me some weird dreams tonight.
Nah! Join in.

The Warlock subplot was kinda adorable. I wanna see that lady again.

[cookepuss]

I felt a little bad, but unsurprised, by the fact that she thought it was just a costume. Did she also think that maybe he was a foreigner who just spoke bad English too? =P Still funny when even Warlock gets more play than Bobby. That's an all new low for our sloppy seconds loving solar powered strong man.

[nate-grey]

Would love to see Warlock's reaction to first time with a human female: "Self is king of the world!"

[GambitXRemy]

can warlock even hook up with a human in that way

[cookepuss]

Dude, I think that women would LOVE Warlock. He can change shape to look like anybody he wants and doesn't require D batteries in the bedroom.

[nate-grey]

can warlock even hook up with a human in that way

Don't see why not, but she's probably gonna catch a transmode virus if he doesn't use protection. :wink:

[GambitXRemy]

it just hit me that dani is hooking up with the bosses son

[cookepuss]

Guess she's really bucking for future leader of the X-Men then. (Notice how they totally dropped that Zeb Wells plot, btw?)

[worstblogever]

Is Trois completely new? There isn't a forgotten MCP story about Wolverine meeting her or something?

There was a mutant character named Trois aka Trioccula in X's Brotherhood, but this is totally not the same character.

[nate-grey]

it just hit me that dani is hooking up with the bosses son

Technically, but in an alternate reality petri dish soap opera kind of way...Which is only reinforced since Scott doesn't really claim him and seems more interested in Nate's alternate future sister...Not the best plan on Dani's part.

[GambitXRemy]

I hope we get future nate grey and dani kids

[cookepuss]

Which is only reinforced since Scott doesn't really claim him and seems more interested in Nate's alternate future sister...
Didn't Scott just recently offer a place to Nate on Utopia so he could get to know family? Pretty sure a scene like that happened recently. Either way, Scott's in no position to play daddy to anybody right now. He's pretty far off his rocker. And when he IS totally sane, he's kind of a mediocre dad. I mean, he left Madelyne and baby Cable the moment he heard Jean was alive. He's not going to win father of the year that way. Rachel kinda got the cold shoulder from Scott and Jean for a while too. Nate's in good company. The only way Scott could be a worse dad is if he renamed himself Magneto.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Was it me or was this thing lifted wholesale from the Hangover 2 plot? Substitute Thailand for Madripoor and Zach Galifinakis for Dani Moonstar.

[Kymeric]

Wonder what Cable will say when he comes back to find Dani boinking his twin?

[goneandromeda]

If the next two issues didn't crossover with JiM this would be it. Totes dropped.

[cookepuss]

And that was the beginning of the most awkward threesome in history.

[nate-grey]

Didn't Scott just recently offer a place to Nate on Utopia so he could get to know family? Pretty sure a scene like that happened recently. Either way, Scott's in no position to play daddy to anybody right now. He's pretty far off his rocker. And when he IS totally sane, he's kind of a mediocre dad. I mean, he left Madelyne and baby Cable the moment he heard Jean was alive. He's not going to win father of the year that way. Rachel kinda got the cold shoulder from Scott and Jean for a while too. Nate's in good company. The only way Scott could be a worse dad is if he renamed himself Magneto.

He may have offered Nate a place to live and the chance to get to know him, but he nearly had a panic attack when Rachel slowly disappeared after AOX. In all fairness, he really hasn't had a relationship with either and has proven himself to be a generally terrible father. The only one he really shows consistent concern toward is Cable, but only we he grew into an old man (lemon party). He probably only freaked out about Rachel leaving due to her resemblance to Jean, and Rachel skipped over to Wolverine's school at the first opportunity, so go figure.

I bet Father's Day is really awkward for that family.

[GambitXRemy]

I knew dani and nate were gonna hook up I called it forever ago

[nate-grey]

DNA haven't been terribly subtle with those hints.

[GambitXRemy]

Your right.. ha but is it me or is nate finally feeling apart of the team

[Pixie_Solanas]

DNA haven't been terribly subtle with those hints.

Blunt-force subtletly. But hey, he called it. lol.

[nate-grey]

Yep, he totally did! I was initially seeing the hints, but didn't really believe they would go there given her relationship with Cannonball...but when the hillbilly is away, the mice will play. :biggrin:

I (obviously) like Nate in general and was looking forward to his inclusion on the team, but did not feel like he really fit in for a while. He's starting to come around, but is not entirely there yet. Haven't read this issue yet though, so maybe he totally clicks. I think DNA are on the right path with Nate for sure, but time will tell for me.

[Helios]

"THE SHAAAAMMMMEEEE"

nuff said.


Love this team.

[GambitXRemy]

There's moment in this run that are just amazing and this was one of them

[Come To Deathstrike]

This book is 96% horrible. So far, this issue & the one with Mephistopheles have been good.

Everything else has been ATROCIUS

[baltiroo]

I do not like the Dani/Nate pairing at all. It's doubly weird given how she dislikes Cable so much, but isn't opposed to swapping spit with Nate Grey. And poor Sam. This is his second time that being in a long distance relationship has soured. Still don't like Doug at all and Berto isn't acting like he has any swagger. Still hoping for some better stories - although I do really like the done-in-one stories thus far.

[juan678]

nate would be better in AOA; Helping your Mother vs. Stepfather and Father (Cyclops AoA)

[cookepuss]

It's doubly weird given how she dislikes Cable so much, but isn't opposed to swapping spit with Nate Grey.
Not really weird. It's probably more telling than anything else. It's like how most people rebel against their parents, but end up marrying people with very similar qualities. Maybe she also sees something in the younger man that has been buried within his older, more grizzled counterpart. Nate's not so cuddly, but he's certainly not as jaded or battle hardened as Cable yet. Only a few people have ever really gotten to Cable's chewy center, so to speak.

Besides, sexual attraction is just sexual attraction. Nobody ever said that it's a relationship. The gal's not a nun, right? Pretty sure that the X-Men don't take a vow of celibacy. Just because most of the X-Men aren't getting any action doesn't mean that Dani can't.


And poor Sam. This is his second time that being in a long distance relationship has soured.
Yeah, but doesn't that say more about Sam? Instead of leaning on Dani when it came to his PTSD, he turned tail and ran. Doug is way more mentally f***ed than Sam and even he stuck with the team and sought help. In the end, the short lived Samni pairing probably isn't that significant. Fans are probably wishing and hoping desperately that all those years of competing for leadership was nothing more than sexual tension. I'm not so sure.


Still don't like Doug at all
He's improving. Doug was always a dork. After he died and came back during Necrosha, he briefly became an unlikely bad-ass. Ever since, writers have been struggling to get him back into character, opting instead to saddle him with meaningless techno babble. The Paradise Island arc looks to have been a turning point for him. He's not back to normal just yet, but he's getting there. He's a dork again, but he's currently more Sheldon from Big Bang Theory than David from WarGames.


Berto isn't acting like he has any swagger.
Maybe it's just me, but I think that everybody gets to a point where they wonder where their mojo has gone or if they've slowed down a bit. The New Mutants aren't kids anymore. Bobby isn't 13 like he was in the GN. He's an adult in his very early 20s. You have to think that he's maybe wondering if something is wrong with him since Amara's not responding. Has he lost a step? Is he doing something wrong? Did a sudden change of cologne make him repugnant? Bobby's probably just going through one of those moments of self-doubt. It's all a part of growing up. You never really grow out of that sort of self-examination. You just learn to better handle it. Bobby will be fine.


Still hoping for some better stories - although I do really like the done-in-one stories thus far.
I think that it's DnA more than the book itself. Ironically, for guys who have done these big cosmic stories, they seem to have a little trouble getting a handle on the team dynamic for this X-team. They're great with those smaller intimate moments, but it gets away from them a bit when things get bigger. Not a lot, but to the point of the tail sometimes wagging the dog. I also don't think that they have the best handle on the New Mutants continuity. They miss some of the finer points every now and then. Zeb Wells was much better at that, having crafted much richer stories from that lore.

What I WILL give them credit for is for making Warlock more recognizable and true to type. It's not as simple as adding "self this" and "self friend that" to his dialog. Like Doug, he's getting closer to what fans recognize. He's still not nearly as cartoony as I'd prefer, but it's a step.

[worstblogever]

Something cracks me up about the idea that Roberto couldn't get laid in a monkey whorehouse with a fistful of bananas.

Come to think of it, he didn't get any action while he was at the Hellfire Club, did he?

[cookepuss]

nate would be better in AOA; Helping your Mother vs. Stepfather and Father (Cyclops AoA)
I'm a little lost at this point. Is this the true AoA or some variant? That universe has been mangled so many times. First it was nuked and then it wasn't. Then it's years later. It's a trainwreck of a timeline at this point.

[cookepuss]

Come to think of it, he didn't get any action while he was at the Hellfire Club, did he?
Probably not since, by the time he joined, the club was more about its own self-serving agenda than decadence. That aspect pretty much got stripped away from the club after the 80s.

[GambitXRemy]

I really enjoyed most of this run I will admit the blink metal band arc was just bad..... but I've liked everything else. They rescued nate was cool. Fear itself arc had great art, the last arc was okay but nothing amazing with birdbrian. The one shot are fuc*ing amazing tho, and I've also liked hopes and nates reactions towards eachother

[Kymeric]

nate would be better in AOA; Helping your Mother vs. Stepfather and Father (Cyclops AoA)

Im pretty sure thats endgame for the character once he gets his powers back and his purpose in life sorted out. That takes the character full circle. Even with unlimited god like power itd still be a crapload of work to clean up the aoa. So thats hardly the end.

Remember he thinks the AoA is still gone, its only bishops action with the crystal + the phoenixs rebirth + the Exiles screwing with the structure of multiple realities structures

[cookepuss]

DnA have a hard time capitalizing on solid ideas.

1. "Let's revisit Paradise Island and Bird Brain." - Nice idea, but they really don't do much with Bird Brain and wrap up the Paradise Island arc in a very hasty deus ex machina sort of way.
2. "Let's make them fight an evil heavy metal band." - Nice idea, but couldn't they give these bad guys some personalities? Superhero books suffer most when the enemies are boring or the heroes are free of inner conflict. That heavy metal band was so bland and generic that it should've been and could've been a much better one issue story.
3. "Let's make Doug the master of ALL languages, not just spoken" - Nice idea, but shouldn't that make him more adept of a fighter, especially since Wells laid the foundation for that? Shouldn't it make him LESS awkward and dorky since he can read everybody's signals?
4. "Hell puppy!" Did Warlock eat him or something? - Did he get forgotten like Franklin Richards' teleporting dog?
5. "The curious, snoopy neighbor across the street" - We're waiting. What's up with that dude?
6. "The New Mutants are Cyclops' cleanup team" - Okay. You recovered Nate and Blink. Is Cyclops that tidy that he doesn't make that many messes that need cleaning up?

Good ideas. Minimal followup. It's amazing to me that they're actually going through the Amara/Mephisto story. THAT should be interesting, unless they somehow let it fizzle. (Although I can't see how dating the devil will result in anything but a very dramatic breakup.)

I'd like to see them do a couple of things with this book now that Nate and Blink are there. Threnody. I'm pretty sure that she's out there somewhere. Bringing her back in to complicate Nate's life and relationship with Dani could be interesting. Madelyne Pryor (Red Queen). With Nate on the team, the story practically writes itself. Could be epic. Blink VS Blink! Another good pairing if they can ever get the Exiles' Clarice off her butt and back into continuity. Plus, whose side would Nate chose? Does he go with friend and teammate Blink or his AoA compatriot Blink?

[Pixie_Solanas]

This book is 96% horrible. So far, this issue & the one with Mephistopheles have been good.

Everything else has been ATROCIUS

This book needs atrocitus and his kitty to come in and rip some faces off.

[GambitXRemy]

DnA have a hard time capitalizing on solid ideas.

1. "Let's revisit Paradise Island and Bird Brain." - Nice idea, but they really don't do much with Bird Brain and wrap up the Paradise Island arc in a very hasty deus ex machina sort of way.
2. "Let's make them fight an evil heavy metal band." - Nice idea, but couldn't they give these bad guys some personalities? Superhero books suffer most when the enemies are boring or the heroes are free of inner conflict. That heavy metal band was so bland and generic that it should've been and could've been a much better one issue story.
3. "Let's make Doug the master of ALL languages, not just spoken" - Nice idea, but shouldn't that make him more adept of a fighter, especially since Wells laid the foundation for that? Shouldn't it make him LESS awkward and dorky since he can read everybody's signals?
4. "Hell puppy!" Did Warlock eat him or something? - Did he get forgotten like Franklin Richards' teleporting dog?
5. "The curious, snoopy neighbor across the street" - We're waiting. What's up with that dude?
6. "The New Mutants are Cyclops' cleanup team" - Okay. You recovered Nate and Blink. Is Cyclops that tidy that he doesn't make that many messes that need cleaning up?

Good ideas. Minimal followup. It's amazing to me that they're actually going through the Amara/Mephisto story. THAT should be interesting, unless they somehow let it fizzle. (Although I can't see how dating the devil will result in anything but a very dramatic breakup.)

I'd like to see them do a couple of things with this book now that Nate and Blink are there. Threnody. I'm pretty sure that she's out there somewhere. Bringing her back in to complicate Nate's life and relationship with Dani could be interesting. Madelyne Pryor (Red Queen). With Nate on the team, the story practically writes itself. Could be epic. Blink VS Blink! Another good pairing if they can ever get the Exiles' Clarice off her butt and back into continuity. Plus, whose side would Nate chose? Does he go with friend and teammate Blink or his AoA compatriot Blink?


Hellhound is still around and the snoopy guy arcoss the street is still around
Zeb well only used doug being a total badass in the necrosha arc.
As missions go they been pretty busy find nate, find blink, fear itself, dougs arc was only okay they really couldn't stick the landing to it but they've gone on missions

[The Lucky One]

I was mainly joking with Drew.

Exactly. Hi and I like to joke around, but he knows as well as I do that when you're getting your underage drink on and some tart from New Jersey is playing you, sometimes you just gotta smack that ho. Just like I understand that when this Air Force tramp be thinkin' she all that, sometimes you have to put that bitch in a coma and steal her brain.

And we both understand that sometimes you have to shoot a girl in the leg and let her bleed out, or punch a girl in the face. But only if you're literally the last man on Earth.

Just kidding, violence against women is never funny. Except in completely fictional universes.

-D

[cookepuss]

Hellhound is still around and the snoopy guy arcoss the street is still around
Maybe he's dog sitting. :tongue:


Zeb well only used doug being a total badass in the necrosha arc.
True, but it made more an interesting character. I also find it hard to believe that he can no longer do that stuff now that he's broken free from Selene. Maybe he's discovered that the language physical violence just isn't interesting to him anymore. I'd buy that excuse. But to see other people running cover for him and making him physically incapable in battle seems a little hard to swallow. The idea is for him to grow, not to regress.


As missions go they been pretty busy find nate, find blink, fear itself, dougs arc was only okay they really couldn't stick the landing to it but they've gone on missions
Sure, but do they have a mission statement? They're basically supposed to be the less brutal version of X-Force, making them (naturally) X-Force G1. The few side trips they've taken have thrown them off course, making it seem like Cyclops doesn't really leave any loose ends. It also makes it seem as if Cyclops was just giving them busy work to keep them out of his hair.

[cookepuss]

Just kidding, violence against women is never funny.
You've clearly never met some of the women in my life. Just kidding. (mostly) :wink:

[GambitXRemy]

I like the new mutants living of utopia and doing there own thing there still under cyclops but I still like them just chillin and talking and having beers and trying to get jobs and finding puppies and dating the devil

[JaggedFel]

IMO, Berto is getting trolled. I am not sure DnA have done one thing good for him at least give him some cool battle scenes to make up for the crap.

[Regino]

IMO, Berto is getting trolled. I am not sure DnA have done one thing good for him at least give him some cool battle scenes to make up for the crap.

To be fair, Roberto's a moron. He dated Boom-Boom for crying out loud. It's not like they made him worse; he's consistently terrible--as always.

[JaggedFel]

To be fair, Roberto's a moron. He dated Boom-Boom for crying out loud. It's not like they made him worse; he's consistently terrible--as always.

IMO, most x-men have questionable dating records might be the Soap Opera nature of x-comics.

[GambitXRemy]

To me sunspot has the same problem as iceman did where the writes always revert them to be the class clown of the group

[Dudebro McTypo]

Enjoyed the issue a ton, though a tad disappointed they didn't have an X-Force cameo considering they were also in Madripoor.

[GambitXRemy]

I rather have the new mutants stay as far as they can from the new mutants title

[vampiric_cannibal]

Wonder what Cable will say when he comes back to find Dani boinking his twin?

Say? Cable is a man of action. And he'd high 5 Nate for getting some high quality, non-incestuous genes into the bloodline. And if Nate reproduces with anyone too powerful, the kid is going to explode at puberty.

[fod_xp]

this issue is only 2.99

Saga is also $2.99. Be smart make the correct purchase to promote the Comics Industry as a legitimate story telling medium.

[worstblogever]

Probably not since, by the time he joined, the club was more about its own self-serving agenda than decadence. That aspect pretty much got stripped away from the club after the 80s.

Pretty sure that after the 80s, the Hellfire Club has still shown itself to be a sex club. What with Emma Frost's origins as a dancer being retold, and Morrison's "Weapon Plus" arc of New X-Men featuring a stop in where Cyclops was watching a Jean Grey-lookalike hitting the pole.

[Leirus]

Pretty sure that after the 80s, the Hellfire Club has still shown itself to be a sex club. What with Emma Frost's origins as a dancer being retold, and Morrison's "Weapon Plus" arc of New X-Men featuring a stop in where Cyclops was watching a Jean Grey-lookalike hitting the pole.

Even so, with Leland dead, the level of debauchery plummeted.

[fod_xp]

Pretty sure that after the 80s, the Hellfire Club has still shown itself to be a sex club. What with Emma Frost's origins as a dancer being retold, and Morrison's "Weapon Plus" arc of New X-Men featuring a stop in where Cyclops was watching a Jean Grey-lookalike hitting the pole.

That was a 200 pound telepath making herself look like Jean Grey because she sensed Scott's lust for that kind of Jean. Shaw tells Scott that just before he chortles at Scott's poor taste in alcoholic beverage.

[yanapryde]

Rapid fire thoughts on this issue and New Mutants as a whole, in their current state:

Dani and Nate: I'm cool with it. I get it. Its a tiny bit funny how forgettable Sam is for his "ladies" when he isn't around 24/7. Poor Country Dope.

Dani and Doug: The crush is cute, and I understand it from Doug's perspective. Dani's a hot, aggressive, take charge woman. I hope it fizzles out once the Dani/Nate pairing is more public. Or at least have some friction between Nate and Doug. For the lolz.

Doug: I miss Wells's Doug. I miss body language reading, punch/kick dodging, slightly creepy, NOT emaciated Doug.

Plot hooks: I feel that the previous poster, sighting the lack of follow through on multiple plot hooks is correct. Many good ideas-- or at least entertainment potential -- with little continuation. Get on it DnA. PlzNthNx.

Sunspot & Magma: Its realistic, at least. The unrequited interest. Especially for Sunspot. I love that he's always been this total ladies man but can't get this one chick to dig him and its essentially neutered his "game".

The Warlock / Cosplayer thing is odd. Warlock has one love: Doug Ramsey.

[Norj]

The Warlock / Cosplayer thing is odd. Warlock has one love: Doug Ramsey.

Warlock dated a girl with molecular manipulation powers named Hope in his mini-series.

[GambitXRemy]

The cosplay girl and warlock were super cute and adoarable

[yanapryde]

Warlock dated a girl with molecular manipulation powers named Hope in his mini-series.

For real? DATED? Like...exchanged kisses etc?

[Seresecros]

Seres is going to be super-pissed about Moonstar

[Flinkman]

I thought this was fun...makes me really sad that Blink isn't on the team full-time. why the heck isn't she?!

[Master of Sound]

Still, Magma and Sunspot are badly and rarely used.

[baltiroo]

Not really weird. It's probably more telling than anything else. It's like how most people rebel against their parents, but end up marrying people with very similar qualities. Maybe she also sees something in the younger man that has been buried within his older, more grizzled counterpart. Nate's not so cuddly, but he's certainly not as jaded or battle hardened as Cable yet. Only a few people have ever really gotten to Cable's chewy center, so to speak.

Besides, sexual attraction is just sexual attraction. Nobody ever said that it's a relationship. The gal's not a nun, right? Pretty sure that the X-Men don't take a vow of celibacy. Just because most of the X-Men aren't getting any action doesn't mean that Dani can't.

Yeah, but doesn't that say more about Sam? Instead of leaning on Dani when it came to his PTSD, he turned tail and ran. Doug is way more mentally f***ed than Sam and even he stuck with the team and sought help. In the end, the short lived Samni pairing probably isn't that significant. Fans are probably wishing and hoping desperately that all those years of competing for leadership was nothing more than sexual tension. I'm not so sure.

He's improving. Doug was always a dork. After he died and came back during Necrosha, he briefly became an unlikely bad-ass. Ever since, writers have been struggling to get him back into character, opting instead to saddle him with meaningless techno babble. The Paradise Island arc looks to have been a turning point for him. He's not back to normal just yet, but he's getting there. He's a dork again, but he's currently more Sheldon from Big Bang Theory than David from WarGames.

Maybe it's just me, but I think that everybody gets to a point where they wonder where their mojo has gone or if they've slowed down a bit. The New Mutants aren't kids anymore. Bobby isn't 13 like he was in the GN. He's an adult in his very early 20s. You have to think that he's maybe wondering if something is wrong with him since Amara's not responding. Has he lost a step? Is he doing something wrong? Did a sudden change of cologne make him repugnant? Bobby's probably just going through one of those moments of self-doubt. It's all a part of growing up. You never really grow out of that sort of self-examination. You just learn to better handle it. Bobby will be fine.

I think that it's DnA more than the book itself. Ironically, for guys who have done these big cosmic stories, they seem to have a little trouble getting a handle on the team dynamic for this X-team. They're great with those smaller intimate moments, but it gets away from them a bit when things get bigger. Not a lot, but to the point of the tail sometimes wagging the dog. I also don't think that they have the best handle on the New Mutants continuity. They miss some of the finer points every now and then. Zeb Wells was much better at that, having crafted much richer stories from that lore.

What I WILL give them credit for is for making Warlock more recognizable and true to type. It's not as simple as adding "self this" and "self friend that" to his dialog. Like Doug, he's getting closer to what fans recognize. He's still not nearly as cartoony as I'd prefer, but it's a step.

You make very compelling arguments and I have to agree on most of your points. I still believe it was a mistep to resurrect Doug, especially since there has been no reaction from Wolfsbane at all. What a wasted opportunity. I just don't think Doug really adds anything positive to the team. You're right about Sam, it speaks volumes more about how forgettable he is when not around. Was not a fan of the Sam/Dani pairing to begin with (I think he would be more interesting paired with Rogue) so I am not bothered too much. I understand about Bobby and his unrequited love for Amara - I do wish we could get some more forward development with him though.


DnA have a hard time capitalizing on solid ideas.

1. "Let's revisit Paradise Island and Bird Brain." - Nice idea, but they really don't do much with Bird Brain and wrap up the Paradise Island arc in a very hasty deus ex machina sort of way.
2. "Let's make them fight an evil heavy metal band." - Nice idea, but couldn't they give these bad guys some personalities? Superhero books suffer most when the enemies are boring or the heroes are free of inner conflict. That heavy metal band was so bland and generic that it should've been and could've been a much better one issue story.
3. "Let's make Doug the master of ALL languages, not just spoken" - Nice idea, but shouldn't that make him more adept of a fighter, especially since Wells laid the foundation for that? Shouldn't it make him LESS awkward and dorky since he can read everybody's signals?
4. "Hell puppy!" Did Warlock eat him or something? - Did he get forgotten like Franklin Richards' teleporting dog?
5. "The curious, snoopy neighbor across the street" - We're waiting. What's up with that dude?
6. "The New Mutants are Cyclops' cleanup team" - Okay. You recovered Nate and Blink. Is Cyclops that tidy that he doesn't make that many messes that need cleaning up?

Good ideas. Minimal followup. It's amazing to me that they're actually going through the Amara/Mephisto story. THAT should be interesting, unless they somehow let it fizzle. (Although I can't see how dating the devil will result in anything but a very dramatic breakup.)

I'd like to see them do a couple of things with this book now that Nate and Blink are there. Threnody. I'm pretty sure that she's out there somewhere. Bringing her back in to complicate Nate's life and relationship with Dani could be interesting. Madelyne Pryor (Red Queen). With Nate on the team, the story practically writes itself. Could be epic. Blink VS Blink! Another good pairing if they can ever get the Exiles' Clarice off her butt and back into continuity. Plus, whose side would Nate chose? Does he go with friend and teammate Blink or his AoA compatriot Blink?


I thought this was fun...makes me really sad that Blink isn't on the team full-time. why the heck isn't she?!

1. You are exactly right.
2. Right again. Would've been better off with a done-in-one
3. Yes.
4. I am sure it will be brought up in the Exiled crossover
5. Indeed.
6. Yes, where is the clean-up?

Would love a follow up for Threnody. Been way too long. Maybe too long for them to bring her back? Blink bothers me because she basically got a personality transplant. I think she should still be a little morose instead of the happy-go-lucky chick we have instead. Just not convinced yet.

[xhx23x]

The whole issue felt like Blink drugs the reader too. Like the first few pages I was like "eeeh." and then by the end I was like "weeeee"

I'm not sure what it says about the book as a whole, but it was nice to see them laughing and having fun, I guess.

I want this book to focus more on Magma's love life.

[worstblogever]

Even so, with Leland dead, the level of debauchery plummeted.

Oh, of course. That goes without saying.

[Norj]

You know your game needs work when this happens.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wandero/?action=view&current=015.jpg

[GambitXRemy]

it was zeb well that reverted sunspot back into a ladies man



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[The Lucky One]

For real? DATED? Like...exchanged kisses etc?

Enh, sort of. I'm going from memory, but it was a pretty chaste, peck-on-the-lips type of relationship, if even that. At the time, Warlock's status quo was that he had Warlock's memories and body but Doug's human emotions and reactions -- he still thought of himself as Warlock, but a much more human 'lock.

I seem to remember at one point Wolfsbane joined up with them and Hope was a little jealous, but got over it. The "dating" was more on the level of smitten, grade-school-crush stuff.

And then Hope, Chi-Chee, and Psi-mon were never, ever seen again.

-D

[GambitXRemy]

Enh, sort of. I'm going from memory, but it was a pretty chaste, peck-on-the-lips type of relationship, if even that. At the time, Warlock's status quo was that he had Warlock's memories and body but Doug's human emotions and reactions -- he still thought of himself as Warlock, but a much more human 'lock.

I seem to remember at one point Wolfsbane joined up with them and Hope was a little jealous, but got over it. The "dating" was more on the level of smitten, grade-school-crush stuff.

And then Hope, Chi-Chee, and Psi-mon were never, ever seen again.

-D

how long ago was this warlock comic

[CmX]

This issue made me wish Blink had just stayed dead. She annoyed the hell out of me this issue.

[The Lucky One]

how long ago was this warlock comic

I remember it was sophomore year of college, so... 1999? 2000? Right around then. Only 9 total issues.

-D

[GambitXRemy]

This issue made me wish Blink had just stayed dead. She annoyed the hell out of me this issue.

Blink was great she put dani on the spot about nate

[majormcmeat]

Man I love this series. DnA have a great handle on the characters. If only they paced it better.

I'm getting pretty nervous about it getting cancelled. Hopefully they'll give another creative team a crack at it first, or do some silly stunt to give it a sales boost.

[GambitXRemy]

Man I love this series. DnA have a great handle on the characters. If only they paced it better.

I'm getting pretty nervous about it getting cancelled. Hopefully they'll give another creative team a crack at it first, or do some silly stunt to give it a sales boost.

It is a great book and you are right about the pacing...... I hope it doesn't get canceled because I love the new mutants and dani and nate esp.

[ohsnapulon5000]

this series made me never want them to release a Gen X vol. 2 book.

[majormcmeat]

It is a great book and you are right about the pacing...... I hope it doesn't get canceled because I love the new mutants and dani and nate esp.
It just seems that ever DnA arc has been an issue longer than it needed to be.
And I know that if/when this book goes, the characters will just fade away, and that's what worries me. Damn it there are still awesome stories to be told!


this series made me never want them to release a Gen X vol. 2 book.
Whaaaaat? You don't want more X-kids adventures? But they're totally wasted as they are!

[GambitXRemy]

See I grew up in the 05 x-men through reprints and once I got old enought to really get into comics I found out about the new mutants and fell in love with that team dani is my fav. The only reason I was okay with nate joining the team because his kinda like cable I don't want to say alt verison because they don't have the same mother. Anyways cable was born in uxm 201 with both the new mutants and x-men were both still at the school and for a short time aoa was the real reality and nate never lived in the aoa reality when it turned into and alt reality

[The Black Guardian]

It's so painful to see how the New Mutants have descended into this crap. Cannonball should consider himself lucky he escaped.

[Kurolegacy]

One thing I can't tell, is Blink on the team or is she a friend who will drop in from time to time because she didn't leave at the end of the issue but she's not in any team shots for the May through July covers (still trying to figure why we never even saw so much of a cameo of her in the Gold books).

[Perfection/Emma 2]

This issue was good except for Sunspot and Blink leaving. This issue would had been a whole lot funnier if Sunspot ran around the carnival naked. Adding to The Black Guardian comment, I so know Rahne and Sam are beyond thrilled to get away from these losers.

[c.lei]

It's so painful to see how the New Mutants have descended into this crap. Cannonball should consider himself lucky he escaped.

The really sad thing is that you could see this crap coming the very moment it was announced that Nate Grey was being brought into the book.

[Perfection/Emma 2]

^ Let's not place all the blame on He-Rachel. The book fell off WAY before then.

[fod_xp]

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Why does Doug look like he is abusing crack? He looks like an emaciated 40 year old Luke Skywalker doing serious crack abuse.

[Come To Deathstrike]

The only way I can get through an issue of New Mutants is with crack.

[fod_xp]

The only way I can get through an issue of New Mutants is with crack.

Blink made me start abusing crack so I'd hopefully OD and die before she appears in another issue of New Mutants.

[Meehl]

These filler issues are very important. You take the characters and you traumatize them and you traumatize them and you traumatize them and you traumatize them. Then, between arcs, you decompress them. You let them breathe and behave in ways other than "immediate survival mode." This has always been the ebb and flow of X-stories. And its essential.

[fod_xp]

These filler issues are very important. You take the characters and you traumatize them and you traumatize them and you traumatize them and you traumatize them. Then, between arcs, you decompress them. You let them breathe and behave in ways other than "immediate survival mode." This has always been the ebb and flow of X-stories. And its essential.

That's not the problem. The problem is New Mutants issues are painful to read, and Blink's manic spastic stalking and subsequent kidnapping of the New Mutants worked against the intended purpose of this "one-and-done" decompression issue. It further hurts the book that the New Mutants have zero personality, so when Jar Jar Blink pops in the whole thing suffers insanity spasms.

[trajikflp]

He may have offered Nate a place to live and the chance to get to know him, but he nearly had a panic attack when Rachel slowly disappeared after AOX. In all fairness, he really hasn't had a relationship with either and has proven himself to be a generally terrible father. The only one he really shows consistent concern toward is Cable, but only we he grew into an old man (lemon party). He probably only freaked out about Rachel leaving due to her resemblance to Jean, and Rachel skipped over to Wolverine's school at the first opportunity, so go figure.

I bet Father's Day is really awkward for that family.

he's never killed any of his kids. If we're going to talk ill of Cyclops' fathering skills, let's at the very least look at Wolverine's fathering skills as well. Unless it's just a fact that Wolverine sucks as a father, that it's not worth bringing up. I think if we're able to really look into what was going through Cyclops' head in any of those instances where he dropped the ball on being a good father, maybe we wouldn't be so judgmental. He already has father issues so it's not like he got on the groundwork of becoming a good father.

[GambitXRemy]

^ Let's not place all the blame on He-Rachel. The book fell off WAY before then.

what really when was that

[Khajit]

Am I the only one who remembers moonstar is still dating Sam Guthrie? Moonstar still remembered she was last issue at least? incoming dogfight for the ladies? Does he even know she's left him after 2~weeks of him going to westchester?

[CmX]

Jar Jar Blink

Please refer to her as this from now on! lol

[Havok83]

Just read and loved it. It was pure fun and great writing all around.

Amara is still dating Mephisto though? WTH is wrong with her?

http://i.imgur.com/xRs0d.jpg

Loved that final shot

[Norj]

Amara is still dating Mephisto though? WTH is wrong with her?

She used to date Empath clearly she has a thing for Bad Boys.

[Gorviss]

Personally I lost interest in this title. I can't read it anymore. After Zeb left, the book has gone downhill.

[fod_xp]

Just read and loved it. It was pure fun and great writing all around.

Amara is still dating Mephisto though? WTH is wrong with her?

http://i.imgur.com/xRs0d.jpg

Loved that final shot

Nothing is wrong with Amara. Her dating Mephisto is the best thing happening in this book, period. This image is not flattering at all. Nate looks like he has rape face and Doug still looks like a 45 year old crack addict Luke Skywalker. This is terrible, why is Dani so dumpy looking?

[Dudebro McTypo]

Nothing is wrong with Amara. Her dating Mephisto is the best thing happening in this book, period. This image is not flattering at all. Nate looks like he has rape face and Doug still looks like a 45 year old crack addict Luke Skywalker. This is terrible, why is Dani so dumpy looking?

Magma dating Mephisto might be the greatest thing her character has ever done

[dr.maikel]

I wish the real Nate grey returned.,

[majormcmeat]

Just read and loved it. It was pure fun and great writing all around.

Amara is still dating Mephisto though? WTH is wrong with her?

http://i.imgur.com/xRs0d.jpg

Loved that final shot

Gotta love the Cyclops magnet. I'm really sad to see the Lopez bros. off the book. It's so expressive and the anatomy is great, although I'm not a fan of this Warlock design.

[Nissus]

I hope Marvel thinks first to change the creative team rather than the cancellation. A writer must stay writing a comic for a long time only if the development is successful.

[CmX]

Magma dating Mephisto might be the greatest thing her character has ever done

It's the only thing she's ever done.

[otipep_90]

You guys should take a look at Marvel.com, it has an interview with DnA on the next two arc for New Mutants (Fear the Future, & Fight the Future) which brings us to #50 and beyond. I don't think its getting cancelled anytime soon. Some cool things were said on how small seeds were planted all over the place and how they are all going to tie into these two arcs. Blink is coming back, as is Cannonball, Karma, the Hellions and more...

[BLACKWINGS]

Nate looks like he has rape face and Doug still looks like a 45 year old crack addict Luke Skywalker. This is terrible, why is Dani so dumpy looking?

Agreed. The art is one of the major issues I have with the current condition of this title. Nate looks like a Vegas Elvis, Dani indeed looks dumpy, Doug indeed looks like a drug addict, and that Warlock looks like a cheap Nickelodeon cartoon. Seriously . . . that Warlock . . . uuuggghhh.

[PO!]

OW come one the art is amazing! they couldnt look more real! The whole EXILED cross over is killing me! I HATE IT! MEphisto Date and this issue are amazing! I wish we could have more things like this!

guys I have a new mutants fan page in facebook! you are all welcome to join

http://www.facebook.com/TheNewMutants

[Moira Brandon]

Yeah! I recomend this fan page..is amazing!! BTW, I think the New Mutants are going in a different path, like X-Factor, and the writers DNA are making a comic with a very personal style, not like an Uncanny X-Men spinoff as X-Men or X_men Legacy are :)

[c.lei]

I wish the real Nate grey returned.,

I wish he had never showed up......

[c.lei]

Agreed. The art is one of the major issues I have with the current condition of this title. Nate looks like a Vegas Elvis, Dani indeed looks dumpy, Doug indeed looks like a drug addict, and that Warlock looks like a cheap Nickelodeon cartoon. Seriously . . . that Warlock . . . uuuggghhh.

Sad to say, the art *IS* killing this title. It's like all the crappy artists that aren't wanted on the other marvel books are being dumped on this title, and it shows.

[c.lei]

Yeah! I recomend this fan page..is amazing!! BTW, I think the New Mutants are going in a different path, like X-Factor, and the writers DNA are making a comic with a very personal style, not like an Uncanny X-Men spinoff as X-Men or X_men Legacy are :)

Well, since X-Factor is pretty much crap too, this isn't saying all that much......