History ComicBook / NewMutants

Louise Simonson's run as writer ended with the crossover ''X-Tinction Agenda'', which saw the death of Warlock and the departure of Wolfsbane to join ComicBook/XFactor. Rob Liefeld took over plotting duties for the book as of issue #98, with Fabian Nicieza scripting the dialogue. Over the course of those final three issues, Liefeld set about transforming the book into the much more edgy and gritty ''ComicBook/XForce'', dropping Sunspot and Rictor from the team while adding ex-Hellion member Warpath as well as his original creations of Domino, Shatterstar and Feral. ''New Mutants'' ended with issue #100, and ''X-Force'' began with issue #1 four months later. For more on that series, see [[ComicBook/XForce its own page]].

* SciFiLGBT

* MagicIsFeminine: [[Characters/MarvelComicsIllyanaRasputin Illyana Rasputin]] and [[MagicalNativeAmerican Dani Moonstar]] are the team's mystical members. Illyana acquired mystical knowledge thanks to her travels to different dimensions and Dani is a [[{{Valkyries}} Valkyrie]].

Louise Simonson took over as the new writer with issue #55, with her run seeing the characters initially seem to regress in age and maturity; however, her run soon took a dark turn with the death of Cypher. Magma left the team around this time as well. Gosamyr, an alien CharmPerson, was added to the team shortly afterwards but written out just as quickly. Four new team members were added in the ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' crossover, all of whom had been recurring characters in ''ComicBook/XFactor'' and had starred in the miniseries ''X-Terminators'' (both also written by Simonson):

* IHaveNoSon: Goes both ways in issue #12 with both Da Costas. Roberto's dad tells him he has no son, and Roberto shoots back that this means he's now half an orphan.

* ScaryBlackMan: Axe, a large, towering man hired by Emmanuel Da Costa to abduct his ex-wife. He's also got super-strength, and as the name suggests, a big axe.

* DePower: Nate undergoes this during his rescue in ''Unfinished Business''. One moment he's a RealityWarper and [[CosmicEntity nigh cosmic level]] psychic, the next, he's barely bending spoons with his 'residual telekinesis'. Needless to say, he does ''not'' adjust well - though eventually comes to terms with it, managing to develop it into something approximately useful (he can lift himself or someone else, fire off energy blasts, and move things), [[DeadpanSnarker resurrecting the sarcastic tendencies]] he had before he became a somewhat strange cosmic AllLovingHero (albeit of the GoodIsNotSoft variety) in the process.

* NotSoDifferent: While some of the Hellions were right bastards, most of the team were generally nice people who just so happened to be working for the bad guys.

* AcademyOfEvil: Emma Frost used to be headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy — a front for the Hellfire Club that produced the Hellions, rivals to the New Mutants.

* ApocalypseMaiden: Magik .

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

* BreakTheCutie:
** Illyana, with all Belasco did to her in Limbo, followed up by the events of ''Inferno'' and then contracting the Legacy Virus.
** Most of the characters from New X-Men got it in one way or another after Kyle and Yost took over but the crown goes to Pixie, who got ''part of her soul stolen''. ''TWICE''.

* ChickMagnet:
** Doug Ramsey, who has had a grand total of five love interests even though he was only around for about 50 issues in the original run. Information about the upcoming Age of X crossover suggest he's one even in an alternate reality.
** Hellion is always being described as good looking, and is genuinely charming and charismatic when he wants to be.

* CountryMouse: Sam Guthrie a.k.a Cannonball.

* DivineRaceLift: Dani Moonstar, a Native American, became a Valkyrie.

* EvilMentor: Cable started out this way, but he got better with character development.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Julian Keller lives this trope - he will act like a horrible person to everybody, but can be really sweet to people he cares about and is willing to go to insane lengths to protect them.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Rahne. She's a genetic mutant who can shapeshift from human to wolf. Eventually, she gained the ability to take on a variety of "transitional" half & half states, and during the 90s she spent some time unable to change fully back to humans. Eventually, she was retconned as having a Healing Factor, and after her pregnancy with Tier, she gained Nigh-Invulnerability and Super Strength.

* SapientShip: The shapeshifting Warlock often turned himself into a starship to transport the ComicBook/NewMutants around.

* TakingTheBullet: Doug died doing this for Rahne (who didn't even realize what had happened until the fight was over).

* TragicDropout: In the original ''New Mutants Graphic Novel'', Sam Guthrie was obliged to quit high school and give up his hopes for college to work in the local coal mine after his father died of black lung. His first day on the job was marked by being caught in a cave in, his powers kicking in, and the owner of the mines finding another use for him.

* AliensMadeThemDoIt: Empath on Tom and Sharon.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the most ludicrous examples. The New Mutants go to Hell in one issue and fight demons. Some of the demon language is translated. If you followed each letter precisely, you can make out them saying words like "Hey dick-breath" and "Fuck nuts". Dead [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18984_6-comic-book-easter-eggs-that-stuck-it-to-man.html Serious]].

The ''New Mutants'' is a spin-off of the popular Comicbook/XMen franchise published by Marvel Comics. To date there have been four ongoing series, three of which have featured the same team as main characters.

The first team of "New Mutants" was created by Chris Claremont (long-time writer of ''Uncanny X-Men'') and artist Bob [=McLeod=], first appearing in 1982's Marvel Graphic Novel #4 and subsequently featuring in their own ongoing series from 1983 until 1991. As their name suggested, they were a new generation of teenage mutants at the Xavier School being taught by Professor X to control and develop their powers – they consisted of invulnerable flier Cannonball, fear-inducing Mirage, werewolf Wolfsbane, mind-possessing Karma (who originated in a Claremont-written "Marvel Team-Up" story) and super-strong ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}. Unusually, the teenage heroes were not intended by Professor X to be a team of superheroes at all, but ended up getting caught up in dangerous adventures regardless. The book highlighted interpersonal and group conflict, as well as action and adventure, and featured a large ensemble cast.

Karma was soon written out of the series and several new main characters were introduced, including lava-controlling Magma, Colossus' younger sister-turned-demon-sorceress [[EnsembleDarkhorse Magik]], {{Omniglot}} mutant Cypher, and shape-changing techno-organic alien Warlock. Various stories include [[ComicBook/TheDemonBearSaga the team confronting Dani's fearsome foe the Demon Bear]], a confrontation with sorceress Selene in the Roman Republic LostColony of Nova Roma in Brazil, a rivalry with the Hellions (a [[RivalDojos Rival School]] formed by X-adversary Emma Frost), Karma's reappearance under the possession of the Shadow King, Magneto taking over as Headmaster of the school from Professor X, and a confrontation with Warlock's evil father the Magus. Chris Claremont left the series with issue #54, at which time Karma also left the team again.

Louise Simonson took over as the new writer with issue #55, with her run seeing the characters initially seem to regress in age and maturity; however, her run soon took a dark turn with the death of Cypher. Four new team members were added in the ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' crossover – earthquake-generating Rictor, time-bomb creator Boom-Boom, pyrokinetic Rusty and forcefield-generator Skids, formerly of ''ComicBook/XFactor'' and the miniseries ''X-Terminators'', both also by Simonson. The team broke from Magneto after his FaceHeelTurn and subsequently became caught up in a long adventure in Asgard.

Creator/RobLiefeld came aboard as the series' new artist with issue #86 and shot some new energy into the book, as his creative energies would quickly overwhelm the pages – there was nothing else like him at the time, and his extreme linework, flashy cyborgs and armoured characters were very unique in the era before the [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Iron Age Of Comics]]. The cyborg character named ComicBook/{{Cable}} was soon introduced as a new mentor figure for the team, preaching a more [[DarkerAndEdgier militaristic and extreme]] approach to heroics; Mirage remained behind in Asgard, while Rusty & Skids were brainwashed by the new villain team known as the Mutant Liberation Front.

A horror film adaptation of the team, directed by Josh Boone (the director of ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars''), is in the works for Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox's ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. For details on the movie, go [[Film/TheNewMutants here]].

Karma was soon written out of the series and several new main characters were introduced, including lava-controlling Magma, Colossus' younger sister-turned-demon-sorceress [[EnsembleDarkhorse Magik]], {{Omniglot}} mutant Cypher, and shape-changing techno-organic alien Warlock. Various stories include the team confronting Dani's fearsome foe the Demon Bear, a confrontation with sorceress Selene in the Roman Republic LostColony of Nova Roma in Brazil, a rivalry with the Hellions (a [[RivalDojos Rival School]] formed by X-adversary Emma Frost), Karma's reappearance under the possession of the Shadow King, Magneto taking over as Headmaster of the school from Professor X, and a confrontation with Warlock's evil father the Magus. Chris Claremont left the series with issue #54, at which time Karma also left the team again.

*** TheSmartGuy: Shan

A film adaptation of the team, directed by Josh Boone (the director of ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars''), is in the works for Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox's ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. For details on the movie, go [[Film/TheNewMutants here]].

* DefeatByModesty: Back when Genosha was a country where mutants were enslaved, the New Mutants were teleported there by a character whose powers didn't affect clothing, then had their powers neutralized. Most of them were a little embarrassed, but Wolfsbane, a devout Presbyterian was paralyzed with shame.

* DefeatByModesty: Back when Genosha was a country where mutants were enslaved, the New Mutants were teleported there by a character whose powers didn't affect clothing, then had their powers neutralized. Most of them were a little embarrassed, but Wolfsbane (a devout Presbyterian) was paralyzed with shame.

* EvilMentor: Cable started out this way, but he got better with character development/retooling.

* 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 fuelled 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".

* TokenMinorityCouple: Danielle Moonstar and James Proudstar, had bits of romantic tension for no other reason but one...
** One wonders whether this trope counts, considering both teams were made up ''entirely of token minorities.'' Sure, Dani and James were both Native Americans, but they also both happened to be the leaders of their respective teams, both were fiercely competitive, and both displayed a lot of respect for the other team.

* TouchOfDeath: There was Wither, whose power was decaying any living (or once-living) thing he came into contact with. He eventually left the institute and fell in love with Selene, who was immortal and couldn't be affected by his power.

** Illyana in original series with all Belasco did to her, ''Inferno'' and Legacy Virus. Most of the characters from New X-Men got it in one way or another after Kyle and Yost took over but the crown goes to Pixie, who got ''part of her soul stolen''. ''TWICE''.
** ''Age of X'' crossover has broken both Pixie and Cannonball. To explain, in that story we see alternate reality, that is terrible CrapsackWorld and all mutants are fighting for their survival [[spoiler: until it's revealed that it's actually pocket reality created by one of Legion's personalities and all those people are members of 616 X-Men dragged into it]]. Everybody have now different history and Sam and Megan have ones of the most depressing ones [[spoiler: and once everything goes back to normal they are devastated and demands their memories about whole thing erased. Oh, and Pixie counterpart from that world, Nightmare, apparently survived as SuperpoweredEvilSide inside her mind]].

* CameBackStrong: Amara's powers as Magma don't manifest until Selene throws her into lava as a sacrifice. (Strangely enough this is never tied in to the Externals, even though it appears to be a textbook case, and would provide a decade-old precedent to justify the storyline.)

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

* RetGone: In a storyline, the New Mutants were Ret Goned by the Beyonder. The only one to remember their existence was Kitty Pryde, who had a magical connection to one of the New Mutants that even the Beyonder's godlike powers couldn't erase.
* SapientShip: The shapeshifting Warlock often turned "him"self into a starship to transport the ComicBook/NewMutants around.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything : Doug and Warlock fusions are... intimate.

* FaceHeelTurn: Sunspot, Mirage (though neither stayed evil for long, and Dani's heel turn was retconned as being undercover), Feral.

* LegacyCharacter: Right after Thunderbird died, he passed the mantle to his brother Warpath. Since then, Warpath has grown from this trope into a character all his own.

** Cannonball towards Lila Cheney.
*** Recently there were some subtle hints about Cannonball having possible crush on Rogue.

* ToHellAndBack: Magik rules her own region of Hell called Limbo, meaning she and her teammates technically go to Hell and back at least once an issue.

** Wolfsbane.
** In one of the later iterations of the series, there is Dust, a devout Muslim who still observes niqab.

** Kitty Pryde and Magik were a subversion. Both were kick butt girly girls.

* TragicDropout: In the original ''New Mutants Graphic Novel'', Sam Guthrie was obliged to quit high school and give up his hopes for college to work in the local coal mine after his father died of black lung. His first day on the job was marked by being caught in a cave in, his powers kicking in, and the owner of the mines finding another use for him....

* YourHeartsDesire: Rare hero example: Danielle Moonstar, AKA Mirage, could create a mental illusion of your worst fear, or your heart's desire. She could choose which one, but even she couldn't know ''what'' her victim was seeing.

Louise Simonson's run as writer ended with the crossover ''X-Tinction Agenda'', which saw the death of Warlock and the departure of Wolfsbane from the team. Rob Liefeld took over plotting duties for the book as of issue #98, with Fabian Nicieza scripting the dialogue. Over the course of those final three issues, Liefeld set about transforming the book into the much more edgy and gritty ''ComicBook/XForce'', dropping Sunspot and Rictor from the team while adding ex-Hellion member Warpath as well as his original creations of Domino, Shatterstar and Feral. ''New Mutants'' ended with issue #100, and ''X-Force'' began with issue #1 four months later. For more on that series, see [[ComicBook/XForce its own page]].

The third ''New Mutants'' series written by Zeb Wells, reuniting most of the original team, launched in May of 2009. This new series incorporated a few elements from both ''New X-Men'' and the limited series ''X-Infernus'', beginning with the return of Illiyana and the New Mutants being reassigned to help her blend back into mutant community. This was problematic, considering that, after their last two encounters, the youngest generation of X-Men ''hated her guts''. The team roster quickly expanded with addition of Warlock and return of Doug. After his defeat at their hand, Legion became 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 Creator/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 Comicbook/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''.

The fourth ''New Mutants'' series, written by Jonathan Hickman and Ed Brisson, will launch as part of the ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' relaunch. It features Magik, Sunspot, Cypher, Mirage, Karma and Wolfsbane alongside Chamber and Mondo as they head to space to look for a missing member of their team.

Louise Simonson took over as the new writer with issue #55, with her run seeing the characters initially seem to regress in age and maturity; however, her run soon took a dark turn with the death of Cypher. Four new team members were added in the ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' crossover – earthquake-generating Rictor, time-bomb creator Boom-Boom, pyrokinetic Rusty and forcefield-generator Skids, formerly of ''ComicBook/X-Factor'' and the miniseries ''X-Terminators'', both also by Simonson. The team broke from Magneto after his FaceHeelTurn and subsequently became caught up in a long adventure in Asgard.

Creator/RobLiefeld came aboard as the series' new artist with issue #86 and shot some new energy into the book, as Liefeld's creative energies would quickly overwhelm the pages; 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]]. The cyborg character named ComicBook/{{Cable}} was soon introduced as a new mentor figure for the team, preaching a more [[DarkerAndEdgier militaristic and extreme]] approach to heroics; Mirage remained behind in Asgard, while Rusty & Skids were brainwashed by the new villain team known as the Mutant Liberation Front.

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/XMen 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 ComicBook/{{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 interpersonal and group conflict, as well as action and adventure, and featured a large ensemble cast.

Various plotlines include the team opposing Dani's fearsome foe The Demon Bear, a trip to Nova Roma -- an offshoot of the last of the Roman Republicans in Brazil (where they picked up new member Magma and new enemy Selene, the life-stealing immortal sorceress), Colossus' younger sister-turned-demon-sorceress [[EnsembleDarkhorse Magik]], a team-up with Doug Ramsey aka Cypher (a language-translating mutant), a rivalry with The Hellions (a [[RivalDojos Rival School]] formed by X-adversary The White Queen), and a meeting with Warlock (a shape-changing techno-organic alien running from his evil father, The Magus, a creature capable of destroying stars in his rage), Karma's disappearance (and takeover by The Shadow King), and Magneto taking over as Headmaster of the school from Professor X. By issue #50, the team defeated The Magus, and Chris Claremont soon left, and Louise Simonson took over.

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) Creator/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).

Eventually, Louise Simonson was replaced by Fabian Nicieza as head writer, and the book was transformed into ''ComicBook/XForce'', 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.

!New Mutants Vol. 2 and New X-Men: Academy X

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. The main cast of original New Mutants had 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 ''New X-Men: Academy X'', after which the central group was formally dubbed "The New Mutants". In 2005, the series was taken over by ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' writers Creator/CraigKyle and Creator/ChristopherYost, who changed to a new DarkerAndEdgier status quo in the wake of the ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' event. In 2008, ''New X-Men'' was canceled and replaced with a new series, ''Young X-Men'', written by Marc Guggenheim. The title was part of Marvel's attempt to launch a second "Young ____" title in line with ''Young Avengers''.

For more on this volume and it's tropes, please see Comicbook/NewXMenAcademyX

* DePower: Nate undergoes this during his rescue in ''Unfinished Business''. One moment he's a RealityWarper and [[CosmicEntity nigh cosmic level]] psychic, the next, he's barely bending spoons with his 'residual telekinesis'. Needless to say, he does ''not'' adjust well - though eventually comes to terms with it, managing to develop it into something approximately useful (he can lift himself or someone else, fire off energy blasts, and move things), [[DeadpanSnarker resurrecting the sarcastic tendencies he had before he]] became a cosmic AllLovingHero in the process.

Various plotlines include the team opposing Dani's fearsome foe The Demon Bear, a trip to Nova Roma -- an offshoot of the last of the Roman Republicans in Brazil (where they picked up new member Magma and new enemy Selene, the life-stealing immortal sorceress), Colossus' younger sister-turned-demon-sorceress [[EnsembleDarkhorse Magik]], a team-up with Doug Ramsey aka Cypher (a language-translating mutant), a rivalry with The Hellions (a [[RivalDojos Rival School]] formed by X-adversary The White Queen), and a meeting with Warlock (a shape-changing techno-organic alien running from his evil father, The Magus, a creature capable of destroying stars in his rage), Karma's disappearance (and takeover by The Shadow King), and Magneto taking over as Headmaster of the school from Professor X. By issue #50, the team defeated The Magus, and Chris Claremont soon left, and [[DorkAge Louise Simonson]] took over.