History ComicBook / NewMutants

Doug Ramsey was killed, four new team members were added (Rictor, Boom-Boom, Rusty & Skids, from Simonson's own "X-Terminators" team), and things soon fell apart for the team. The fabled (and notorious) RobLiefeld shot some new energy into the book, and a horde of new characters started showing up, as Liefeld's creative energies (there was nothing else like him at the time -- his extreme linework, flashy cyborgs and armoured characters were very unique in the era before the [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Iron Age Of Comics]]) would quickly overwhelm the pages. A new cyborg character named Cable showed up -- preaching a more [[DarkerAndEdgier militaristic and extreme]] approach to heroics, Moonstar left for Asgard, Rusty & Skids were brainwashed by the new villain team (The Mutant Liberation Front), and the team soon fell into the X-Tinction Agenda, which resulted in the loss of Warlock (to Cameron Hodge's energy-drain) and Wolfsbane (who became a mutate and left to join the new X-Factor).

*** TheHero[=/=]TheBigBad: Hellion

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[[caption-width:228:Old school is back to kick some butts]]

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[[caption-width:234: Characters clockwise from the bottom: Anole, Elixir, Hellion, Prodigy, Rockslide, Dust, Gentle, Pixie, Mercury, Surge, X-23 ]]

*** Not so much now in the new run of NewMutants since he seems to have had a decent boost in the scope of his powers.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: In issue number 47 (entitled "My heart for the Highlands"), several of the team find themselves in 14th century Scotland and fight on behalf of Robert the Bruce. Afterward, Doug Ramsey has a question, and the answer implies this trope:

--> '''Doug:''' Pardon my asking sir, but--Aren't you afraid of us? We pop up out of nowhere, wielding fantastic powers. You've only our word that we're not deons or worse.

After Wells' departure, this series was taken first by MikeCarey, as a part of his ''Age Of X'' storyline, during which he introduced an alternate reality with a much darker history [[spoiler: which was later revealed to be a LotusEaterMachine all present had been dragged into by one of Legion's personalities]], and later by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning. In face of all their accomplishments Cyclops decided to not disband the team (despite three members leaving as [[spoiler:Karma lost a leg, Cannonball was traumatized by events from Wells and Carey's runs and Magik had to be restrained after she manipulated her friends and almost got them killed for personal vendetta]]) and to make their new mission taking care of all the loose ends that remained unresolved after the threats the X-Men faced and making sure they won't come to haunt them again (in other words, he made them a less lethal and more moral version of the third ''ComicBook/XForce''). This started with the retrieval of [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]], who'd been trapped in the Omega Machine since his encounter with Norman Osborn and was being tortured/used to open portals by Sugar Man. He was rescued, but underwent a significant DePower that chopped his formerly near cosmic levels of power back to 'residual telekinesis'. Lacking other options, he joined the team. This volume lasted until issue 50 where it was cancelled. In the MarvelNow relaunch, Sunspot and Cannonball are confirmed to be new members of ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', Magik is on the new roster of ''Uncanny X-Men'' and Dani is part of the cast for the ''Fearless Defenders''.

* RapeAsBackstory: Xi'an and her mother were ''both'' raped while escaping from Vietnam. This was only alluded to for several years, as the established timeline would have made Xi'an 12 or 13 when it happened.

The series wasn't well-received and was canceled after twelve issues. The third ''ComicBook/XForce'' series by former ''New X-Men'' creators Kyle and Yost tried a few times to boost ''Young X-Men'' by including {{Cameo}}s and mentioning its plot points, incorporating the unresolved Donald Pierce plot-line. Guggenheim has said that [[OldShame he isn't fond of the direction he took the team]] and today would do it differently, if he had a chance.

After Wells' departure, this series was taken first by MikeCarey, as a part of his ''Age Of X'' storyline, during which he introduced an alternate reality with a much darker history [[spoiler: which was later revealed to be a LotusEaterMachine all present had been dragged into by one of Legion's personalities]], and later by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning. In face of all their accomplishments Cyclops decided to not disband the team (despite three members leaving as [[spoiler:Karma lost a leg, Cannonball was traumatized by events from Wells and Carey's runs and Magik had to be restrained after she manipulated her friends and almost got them killed for personal vendetta]]) and to make their new mission taking care of all the loose ends that remained unresolved after the threats the X-Men faced and making sure they won't come to haunt them again (in other words, he made them a less lethal and more moral version of the third ''ComicBook/XForce''). This volume lasted until issue 50 where it was cancelled. In the MarvelNow relaunch, Sunspot and Cannonball are confirmed to be new members of ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', Magik is on the new roster of ''Uncanny X-Men'' and Dani is part of the cast for the ''Fearless Defenders''.

*** TheSmartGuy: Cypher / Nate Grey, albeit in certain specialised areas on the part of the latter.

* OpposingSportsTeam: The original Hellions came across as very much this trope -- a bunch of prep school kids whose fights with the New Mutants were usually fueled by school rivalry more than anything else. In their first appearance, Sam even compares the New Mutants (and their opponents by extension) to "high school varsity".

After Wells' departure, this series was taken first by MikeCarey, as a part of his ''Age Of X'' storyline, during which he introduced an alternate reality with a much darker history [[spoiler: which was later revealed to be a LotusEaterMachine all present had been dragged into by one of Legion's personalities]], and later by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning. In face of all their accomplishments Cyclops decided to not disband the team (despite three members leaving as [[spoiler:Karma lost a leg, Cannonball was traumatized by events from Wells and Carey's runs and Magik had to be restrained after she manipulated her friends and almost got them killed for personal vendetta]]) and to make their new mission taking care of all the loose ends that remained unresolved after the threats the X-Men faced and making sure they won't come to haunt them again (in other words, he made them a less lethal and more moral version of the third ''ComicBook/XForce''). This volume lasted until issue 50 where it was cancelled. In the MarvelNow relaunch, Sunspot and Cannonball are confirmed to be new members of ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', Magik is on the new roster of ''Uncanny X-Men'' and Dani is part of the cast for the ''Fearless Defenders''.

Doug Ramsey was killed, four new team members were added (Rictor, Boom-Boom, Rusty & Skids, from Simonson's own "X-Terminators" team), and things soon fell apart for the team. The fabled (and notorious) RobLiefeld shot some new energy into the book, and a horde of new characters started showing up, as Liefeld's creative energies (there was nothing else like him at the time -- his extreme linework, flashy cyborgs and armoured characters were very unique in the era before the [[TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Iron Age Of Comics]]) would quickly overwhelm the pages. A new cyborg character named Cable showed up -- preaching a more [[DarkerAndEdgier militaristic and extreme]] approach to heroics, Moonstar left for Asgard, Rusty & Skids were brainwashed by the new villain team (The Mutant Liberation Front), and the team soon fell into the X-Tinction Agenda, which resulted in the loss of Warlock (to Cameron Hodge's energy-drain) and Wolfsbane (who became a mutate and left to join the new X-Factor).

The second New Mutants series, launched in 2003 and written by Nunzio [=DeFilippis=] and Christina Weir, featured another group of teenaged mutants - air-controlling Wind Dancer, skill-copying Prodigy, super-fast energetic Surge, healer Elixir, emotion-controlling Wallflower, and flying Icarus - but unlike the original New Mutants, they were only part of a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 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. Main cast of original New Mutants had become teachers at Xavier's Institute and has problems coming in terms with the fact they are now „old guard” for the new generation.

In 2004 it was relaunched as ''New X-Men: Academy X'', after which the central group was formally dubbed "The New Mutants". They quickly found rivals in team supervised by Emma Frost – new Hellions – that considered arrogant telekinetic Hellion, made-of rocks DumbMuscle Rockslide, capable of turning her body into sand Dust, bestowed with decaying touch Wither, fear-inspiring Tag and Mercury, whose body was made from metal similar to mercury, she could manipulate at will.

Series focused strongly on character's relationships and personal issues instead of supervillain battles which was a downfall for some but a strength for others, who appreciated good characterization and an optimistic feel.

In 2005 the series was taken over by WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution writers Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost who introduced it to new, DarkerAndEdgier, status quo. In the wake of ComicBook/HouseOfM event most of mutants on Earth has lost their powers, including several students at Academy X, from which lots has quickly suffered CListFodder-style deaths. All of the training squads were disbanded and the students with the most offensive capabilities – Helion, Surge, Dust, Mercury, Rockslide, Elixir and CanonImmigrant ComicBook/{{X 23}} were formed into ''New X-Men'' team, whose purpose was protecting students in case adult X-Men failed to do so. Later the reptilian Anole, flying illusionist Pixie, super-strong Gentle, and depowered Prodigy, who still retained all his copied knowledge and skills, were added to the team.

Despite being strongly criticized for much DarkerAndEdgier approach than previous writing team, Kyle and Yost managed to provide a lot of consistent stories, exploring character's lives, relationships and how they cope with the fact that they may be not only the youngest generation of mutants, but the last.

After ''Messiah Complex'' event, New X-Men was canceled and replaced with new series, Young X-Men, written by Marc Guggehneim and being SpiritualSuccessor to all previous incarnations, introducing a team roster featuring both Dani Moonstar and Sunspot from New Mutants and Dust, Rockslide and Anole from New X-Men, as well as young mutants from other titles – Blindfold and Wolf Cub (the former originally was supporting character in Creator/JossWhedon's Astonishing X-Men and latter in ChuckAusten's Uncanny X-Men. Both were also hanging around in New X-Men but never officially joined them) and new characters – Ink, Graymalkin and Cipher.

The story starts with Donald Pierce impersonating Cyclops and gathering mutants left after the X-Men disbanded, convincing them that the original New Mutants have all pulled out FaceHeelTurn and sending new team to kill them. After his cover was blown off, the real Cyclops accepted the team and Dani and Sunspot joined them as supervisors.

The series wasn't well-received and was canceled after twelve issues. A third ComicBook/XForce series tried a few times to boost Young X-Men's popularity with use of {{Cameo}}s and mentioning its plot points, incorporating the later unresolved Donald Pierce plot-line. Guggenheim has said that [[OldShame he isn't fond of the direction he took the team]] and today would do it differently, if he had a chance.

The third ''New Mutants'' series written by Zeb Wells, reuniting most of the original team, launched in May of 2009. This new series incorporated few elements from both ''New X-Men'' and limited series X-Infernus via the return of Illiyana and the New Mutants being reassigned to help her blend back into mutant community, which may be problematic, considering that, after their last two encounters, the youngest generation of X-Men ''hates her guts''. The team roster has quickly expanded with addition of Warlock and return of Doug. After his defeat at their hand, Legion has become their supporting character and unofficial member of the team. The series has been focusing on 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 Wells' departure, this series was taken first by MikeCarey, as a part of his ''Age Of X'' storyline, during which he introduced alternate reality with much darker history [[spoiler: which was later revealed to be LotusEaterMachine all present mutants has been dragged into by one of Legion's personalities]], and later by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning. In face of all their accomplishments Cyclops decided to not disband the team (despite that three members leaving [[spoiler: Karma lost a leg, Cannonball has been traumatized by events from Wells and Carey's runs and Magik has to be restrained after she manipulated her friends and almost got them killed for personal vendetta]]) and to make their new mission taking care of all loose ends that remain unresolved after each new threat the X-Men face and making sure they won't come to haunt them again (in other words, he made them a non-lethal version of the third ComicBook/XForce). This volume lasted until issue 50 where it was cancelled, but in the MarvelNow relaunch, Sunspot and Cannonball are confirmed to be new members of ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', Magik is on the new roster of ''Uncanny X-Men'' and Dani is part of the cast for the ''Fearless Defenders''.

In 2005 the series was taken over by WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution writers Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost who introduced it to new, DarkerAndEdgier, status quo. In the wake of ComicBook/HouseOfM event most of mutants on Earth has lost their powers, including several students at Academy X, from which lots has quickly suffered CListFodder-style deaths. All of the training squads were disbanded and the students with the most offensive capabilities – Helion, Surge, Dust, Mercury, Rockslide, Elixir and CanonImmigrant {{X-23}} were formed into ''New X-Men'' team, whose purpose was protecting students in case adult X-Men failed to do so. Later the reptilian Anole, flying illusionist Pixie, super-strong Gentle, and depowered Prodigy, who still retained all his copied knowledge and skills, were added to the team.

* ForWantOfANail: Stryker attempts to invoke this: Taking advantage of knowledge of the future provided by [[spoiler: Nimrod]], he specifically targets [[spoiler: Wallflower and Dust]] for assassination because, in what he was shown, [[spoiler: first Laurie and then, after she is murdered Sooraya]] single-handedly defeated his attack on the school. It might have worked if not for [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{X-23}} [[SpannerInTheWorks taking Dust's place]]]].

* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler: Cypher after discovering due to interfacing with a sentient alien computer he will eventually conquer the world and have everyone with techno organic armor that allows him to control them. ]]

The second New Mutants series, launched in 2003 and written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, featured another group of teenaged mutants - air-controlling Wind Dancer, skill-copying Prodigy, super-fast energetic Surge, healer Elixir, emotion-controlling Wallflower, and flying Icarus - but unlike the original New Mutants, they were only part of a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 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. Main cast of original New Mutants had become teachers at Xavier's Institute and has problems coming in terms with the fact they are now „old guard” for the new generation.

*** TokenEvilTeamate: X-23 (more TykeBomb than evil, but still)

*** TheSmartGuy: Cypher / Nate Grey, albeit in certain specialised areas.

The ''New Mutants'' are three series featuring an eponymous group of teenaged mutant superheroes-in-training. The three series, two of which are now defunct, are spin-offs of the popular Comicbook/{{X-Men}} franchise published by Marvel Comics.

The first team of "New Mutants" was created by Chris Claremont (long-time writer of ''Uncanny X-Men'') and artist Bob [=McLeod=]; they first appeared in 1982's Marvel Graphic Novel #4 and were subsequently featured in their own title from 1983 until 1991. Initially consisting of invulnerable flier Cannonball, fear-inducing Mirage (usually just called "Dani"), werewolf Wolfsbane, mind-possessing Karma (a character from a Claremont-written "Marvel Team-Up" story) and super-strong Sunspot, it was unusual in that the heroes were not only young (ranging from thirteen to nineteen), but absolute amateurs who could barely use their powers (Dani's Fear-powers often manifested without her desire, and Cannonball could barely control his flight). The book highlighted interperson and group conflict, as well as action and adventure, and featured a large ensemble cast.

Eventually, Louise Simonson was replaced by Fabian Nicieza as head writer, and the book was transformed into ''{{X-Force}}'', renewing the gutted team with Liefeld creations Domino (a gun-toting former ally of Cable), Shatterstar (a dual double-bladed sword-wielding arena gladiator from Mojoworld), Warpath (former Hellion member Thunderbird) and Feral (an {{Expy}} of Wolfsbane). Various teams and backstories were introduced, as they brawled with Liefeld's never-ending cavalcade of new character designs (the MLF, Weapon: P.R.I.M.E., The Externals). Liefeld would leave a year later (in the Image Exodus), and Nicieza would take the helm, forming a much more stable book, though still firmly a 1990s-style book. It ran for over one-hundred issues, before quietly disappearing.

In 2005 the series was taken over by [[XmenEvolution X-Men Evolution]] writers Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost who introduced it to new, DarkerAndEdgier, status quo. In the wake of HouseOfM event most of mutants on Earth has lost their powers, including several students at Academy X, from which lots has quickly suffered CListFodder-style deaths. All of the training squads were disbanded and the students with the most offensive capabilities – Helion, Surge, Dust, Mercury, Rockslide, Elixir and CanonImmigrant {{X-23}} were formed into ''New X-Men'' team, whose purpose was protecting students in case adult X-Men failed to do so. Later the reptilian Anole, flying illusionist Pixie, super-strong Gentle, and depowered Prodigy, who still retained all his copied knowledge and skills, were added to the team.

After ''Messiah Complex'' event, New X-Men was canceled and replaced with new series, Young X-Men, written by Marc Guggehneim and being SpiritualSuccessor to all previous incarnations, introducing a team roster featuring both Dani Moonstar and Sunspot from New Mutants and Dust, Rockslide and Anole from New X-Men, as well as young mutants from other titles – Blindfold and Wolf Cub (the former originally was supporting character in JossWhedon's Astonishing X-Men and latter in ChuckAusten's Uncanny X-Men. Both were also hanging around in New X-Men but never officially joined them) and new characters – Ink, Graymalkin and Cipher.

The series wasn't well-received and was canceled after twelve issues. A third {{X-Force}} series tried a few times to boost Young X-Men's popularity with use of {{Cameo}}s and mentioning its plot points, incorporating the later unresolved Donald Pierce plot-line. Guggenheim has said that [[OldShame he isn't fond of the direction he took the team]] and today would do it differently, if he had a chance.

After Wells' departure, this series was taken first by MikeCarey, as a part of his ''Age Of X'' storyline, during which he introduced alternate reality with much darker history [[spoiler: which was later revealed to be LotusEaterMachine all present mutants has been dragged into by one of Legion's personalities]], and later by Creator/DanAbnett and Andy Lanning. In face of all their accomplishments Cyclops decided to not disband the team (despite that three members leaving [[spoiler: Karma lost a leg, Cannonball has been traumatized by events from Wells and Carey's runs and Magik has to be restrained after she manipulated her friends and almost got them killed for personal vendetta]]) and to make their new mission taking care of all loose ends that remain unresolved after each new threat the X-Men face and making sure they won't come to haunt them again (in other words, he made them a non-lethal version of the third {{X-Force}}). This volume lasted until issue 50 where it was cancelled, but in the MarvelNow relaunch, Sunspot and Cannonball are confirmed to be new members of ''Comicbook/{{TheAvengers}}'', Magik is on the new roster of ''Uncanny X-Men'' and Dani is part of the cast for the ''Fearless Defenders''.

** Post HouseOfM New X-Men.

** Second Incarnation, pre HouseOfM:

** Hellions in Academy X, pre HouseOfM (doubles as FiveBadBand when their rilvary with New Mutants came into play):

** Post HouseOfM New X-Men:

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

* SapientShip: The shapeshifting Warlock often turned "him"self into a starship to transport the NewMutants around.

** Mephisto is drawn suspiciously like Creator/DavidTennant when he goes on a date with Magma, complete with the [[DoctorWho Tenth Doctor's]] outfit.

*** TokenEvilTeamate: X-23 (nore TykeBomb than evil, but still)

*** TheSmartGuy: Cypher

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Julian Keller lives this trope - he wil lact like a horrible person to everybody, but can be really sweet to people he cares about and is willing to even get himself in harm's way to protect them.

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