History ComicBook / NewMutants

The team was initially conceived as a new generation of teenage mutants at the Xavier School being taught by Professor X to control and develop their superpowers. They took inspiration from the original five X-Men as a team of five teenagers with matching uniforms, but now [[FiveTokenBand multiethnic and international]]. The "original" New Mutants members are:

The third ''New Mutants'' series written by Zeb Wells, was launched in May of 2009. It reunites most of the original team. This series incorporates a few elements from both ''New X-Men'' and the limited series ''X-Infernus'', beginning with the return of Magik and the New Mutants being reassigned to help her blend back into the mutant community. It also has a larger MythArc about upcoming threat from Limbo, with occasional tie-ins to various [[BatFamilyCrossover X-overs]] and one guest-written tie in to [[ComicBook/DarkReign Siege]]. After that, it was taken over by Dan Abnett. This volume lasted until issue 50 where it was cancelled. Much of the team subsequently became cast members in other series as of the "ComicBook/MarvelNOW" relaunch.

* PapaWolf: Thew New Mutants are dubious about Magneto being their teacher, until some fratbros try to rape Dani. Magneto goes after them and puts the fear of him into them.

** After Creator/RobLiefeld gets free reign on the title, the ending becomes basically a setup for his ''ComicBook/XForce1991''.

** Nearly the entire team of Hellions (a few had quit since then, and Roulette and Empath both escaped) were horribly killed by Trevor Fitzroy's Sentinels in one fell swoop, wiping away several beloved (but little-known or referenced) characters. [[note]] The New Mutants later returned, but the Hellions didn't.]]

The ''New Mutants'' is the first major spin-off of the popular ''Comicbook/XMen'' franchise published by Creator/MarvelComics. As of January 2023 there have been four series simply titled ''New Mutants'', three of which have featured much the same team as main characters. There have also been a number of other ''New Mutants'' series with slightly different names, mostly focused on the same cast.

The second ''New Mutants'' series, launched in 2003 and written by Nunzio [=DeFilippis=] and Christina Weir, features another group of teenaged mutants - air-controlling Wind Dancer, skill-copying Prodigy, super-fast energetic Surge, healer Elixir, emotion-controlling Wallflower, and the telekinetic Hellion - but unlike the original New Mutants, they are only part of a huge cast of students at the Xavier Institute. At first they were notable for their drive to become superheroes, but soon rival groups played a large role in the series. Mirage and Karma of the original New Mutants had since become teachers at Xavier's Institute and had problems coming to terms with the fact they were now the "old guard” in the eyes of the new generation. In 2004 the comic was relaunched as ''Comicbook/NewXMenAcademyX'' – for all tropes relating to this incarnation of the team, see that page.

* CListFodder: The team and their co-stars were often victims of this, pre-dating the TeenTitans' over-use of the trope. To wit:

The third ''New Mutants'' series written by Zeb Wells, was launched in May of 2009. It reunites most of the original team. This series incorporates a few elements from both ''New X-Men'' and the limited series ''X-Infernus'', beginning with the return of Magik and the New Mutants being reassigned to help her blend back into the mutant community. It also has a larger MythArc about upcoming threat from Limbo, with occasional tie-ins to various [[BatFamilyCrossover X-overs]] and one guest-written tie in to [[ComicBook/DarkReign Siege]]. This volume lasted until issue 50 where it was cancelled. Much of the team subsequently became cast members in other series as of the "ComicBook/MarvelNOW" relaunch.

* InconvinientSummons: After a lot of build-up in both this title and ''Uncanny X-Men'', Doug Ramsey finally finds out he's a Mutant for good when Sunspot wakes him up in the middle of the night and drags him out to help deal with a funky alien robot who's shown up.

* Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh[[note]]The spelling of her name was originally Xi'an Coy Manh, but was eventually updated to a more realistic Vietnamese name[[/note]]) – She possesses people. Refugee from Vietnam. Originated in an earlier story from ''ComicBook/MarvelTeamUp'' by Creator/FrankMiller and series co-creator Christ Claremont.

* Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh[[note]]The spelling of her name was originally Xi'an Coy Manh, but was eventually updated to a more realistic Vietnamese name[[/note]]) – She possesses people. Refugee from Vietnam. Originated in an earlier story from ''ComicBook/MarvelTeamUp'' written by Claremont.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Early on in the original run there was some drama derived from Rahne being attracted to Sam (who treated her more like one of his younger sisters) and Sam being attracted to Amara (who did not seem to reciprocate his feelings), but these feelings were eventually forgotten as the book added more characters and created more plots and sub-plots.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Dani quips that Legion looks a lot like Professor X (whether she's sassing him or not is unclear, but Chuck and David do share the same bushy eyebrows).

* BadFuture: Illyanna could teleport in time as well in space. When she botched it, she often visited one of these by accident. The third series even begins by her coming to save Dani and Shan from a BadFuture we never see.

* EmptyShell: The New Mutants become this at one point during Claremont's run. The Beyonder murders every single member of the team (for once, not hyperbole, the members are each killed as they are trying to escape). He then brings them back to life, complete with memories of their death. The resulting characters are incapable of feeling and only barely interact with the world. The storyline makes the sixth season of Buffy look like Sesame Street, and is considered by many to be the most evil thing Claremont ever did to his characters (which is saying something, considering the Mutant Massacre).

* GracefulLoser: When her attempt to turn the New Mutants into Hellions is rumbled, Emma lets them go back to the Xavier Institute, no fuss no muss.

* WhamShot: The final page of the final issue of the first volume as mutant terrorist Stryfe removes his helmet...and is a dead ringer for Cable.

* Magma (Amara Aquilla) – Controls lava. From Nova Roma, a LostColony of the Roman Republic in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

The team was initially conceived as a new generation of teenage mutants at the Xavier School being taught by Professor X to control and develop their superpowers. They took inspiration from the original five X-Men as a team of five teenagers with matching uniforms, but now [[FiveTokenBand multiethnic and intenational]]. The "original" New Mutants members are:

* InternalizedCategorism: In MarvelUniverse, it is a social stigma to be a mutant. That is, to have superpowers. One issue has a boy hanging himself in shame of being able to create beautiful sculptures of light.

* TeensAreShort: In the early days, all of the team are pretty much the same size, except Sam, who towers over the others.