Comics Official NEW MUTANTS Discussion Thread

[El Bastardo]

How in the world could the word "conclusion" on the cover ruin the book for you?

 

[Generation Lee]

Well the issue was meant to conclude the current arc. I lifted the book up expecting to get a conclusion however the arc was not concluded therefore I was disappointed with the outcome or lack of in this case. So basically I felt cheated by the the comic this month.

 

[Havok83]

I just read it myself and I thought WTF;there was no conclusion. It just ended with a to be continued. That must have been an error on the cover

 

[Havok83]

Well the issue was meant to conclude the current arc. I lifted the book up expecting to get a conclusion however the arc was not concluded therefore I was disappointed with the outcome or lack of in this case. So basically I felt cheated by the the comic this month.

It looks like it was intentional and not an error. Here's the solicit for the next issue

NEW MUTANTS #20
Written by ZEB WELLS
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by DAVE WILKINS
“Rise of the New Mutants”
The New Mutants were defeated last issue and those that are left standing are licking their wounds. Can they possibly pick up the pieces and stop Project Purgatory from letting the Elder Gods loose? Certainly not alone. The New Mutants turn to the rest of the X-Men for help, but can even the mighty X-Men hope to stop the terrible future foretold in NEW MUTANTS #9? Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Leonard Kirk (DARK X-MEN) continue their landmark run!
Part 1 (of 2)

The "Fall of the New Mutants" concluded with issue #19 but #20 picks up right after that as the second part of the story titled "Rise of the New Mutants". The final conclusion will be in #21

NEW MUTANTS #21
Written by ZEB WELLS
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by DAVE WILKINS
“The Rise of the New Mutants”
The stunning conclusion of Zeb Wells' run on New Mutants is here. Everything set in motion from #1 comes around here as the full force of the X-Men is brought down on Project Purgatory. But will it be in time? The full power of the Elder Gods is in the hands of General Ulysses. Will the power of Legion be enough to turn the tide? Part 2 (of 2).
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

 

[Specter313]

NEW MUTANTS #23
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by STEVE KURTH
Cover by LEINIL YU
“AGE OF X” CHAPTER FOUR!
In possession of knowledge that could mean the collapse Fortress X, Rogue is on the run, hunted by every other member of the mutant race. But one of those pursuing her has an agenda of his own. Will it be her destruction…or something else entirely?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

 

[Specter313]

New Mutants #20
Story by Zeb Wells
Art by Leonard Kirk, Andrew Currie
Colors by Guru-eFX
Letters by VC - Joe Caramagna
Cover by Dave Wilkins
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, December 29th, 2010

“Rise of the New Mutants”

The New Mutants were defeated last issue and those that are left standing are licking their wounds. Can they possibly pick up the pieces and stop Project Purgatory from letting the Elder Gods loose? Certainly not alone. The New Mutants turn to the rest of the X-Men for help, but can even the mighty X-Men hope to stop the terrible future foretold in NEW MUTANTS #9? Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Leonard Kirk (DARK X-MEN) continue their landmark run!

 

[Generation Lee]

Just one question on the last page in the background was that supposed to be

Spoiler

Bishop's remains and if so anyone know why?

 

[Specter313]

Yeah, I don't know what's up with that. Unless it's just a coloring mistake, the M shouldn't be red, so it wouldn't be him if that's the cause, but I don't know what it being there would mean anyway, since it's inside Legion's head anyway.

 

[Generation Lee]

I was thinking the same but if you look closely there are hints it maybe him.

 

[Specter313]

Hmm, I just reviewed Legion's history and Bishop was rather instrumental in his original "death", so maybe this part of his personality was locked away with a vision of Bishop to torture as revenge.

 

[Specter313]

NEW MUTANTS #24
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by STEVE KURTH
Cover by MICO SUAYAN
“AGE OF X” CONCLUSION!
This is it. As the psychic barricades protecting Fortress X crumble and the human militias flock to exterminate all the mutants within, mutantkind makes its last stand…against the anti-mutant forces who would see them wiped out, but also against the one responsible for their plight in the first place. And when the dust settles? No one will be left unscathed.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Ugh, I was hoping AoX Gambit didn't use cards at all

 

[Specter313]

NEW MUTANTS #21

STORY BY Zeb Wells
ART BY Leonard Kirk, Andrew Currie
COLORS BY Guru-eFX
LETTERS BY Chris Eliopoulos
COVER BY Dave Wilkins
PUBLISHER: Marvel Comics
COVER PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE DATE: Wed, January 26th, 2011

“The Rise of the New Mutants”
The stunning conclusion of Zeb Wells' run on New Mutants is here. Everything set in motion from #1 comes around here as the full force of the X-Men is brought down on Project Purgatory. But will it be in time? The full power of the Elder Gods is in the hands of General Ulysses. Will the power of Legion be enough to turn the tide? Part 2 (of 2).

 

[Specter313]

NEW MUTANTS #22

Written by MIKE CAREY

Penciled by STEVE KURTH

Cover by LEINIL YU

“AGE OF X” PART TWO!

The last surviving mutants have banded together, spending each day securing the walls of their stronghold, beating back those who would see them wiped out. But when a conspiracy is discovered within the fortress itself, could it be that mutantkind’s last bastion will crumble from the inside out?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

Carey's the interim writer for the next 3 issues which is probably why this crossover partly came about. Gives Marvel a few months before they find a new regular writer for it.

I'm just bummed out that Wells is off the book. His run was great.

 

[Havok83]

I'm just bummed out that Wells is off the book. His run was great.

Im glad he's gone. I liked the book in the beginning but it was too heavy on nostalgia without actually moving the characters forward or making much progress with them. I think the book needs new blood. Plus I didnt care for his potrayal of some of the characters, namely Sam, Dani and Doug

I read his last issue this weekend and it was a good end to his run. I loved that Illyana was finally able to embrace Piotr. That was a good moment

 

[Specter313]

And they're still keeping it a secret as to who is taking over at the start of the whole MMXI event.

 

[Havok83]

I fear they might give them back to Chris Claremont

 

[Havok83]

Oh wow, new creative team just announced

The new creative team on New Mutants, starting with issue #25, will be Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and artist Leandro Fernandez.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is 11:00 on Sunday 27th February, 2011. And Comics Vanguard just SCOOPED Y'ALL!

http://comicsvanguard.blogspot.com/2...e-we-know.html

 

[Specter313]

DnA writing an X book? I approve.

 

[Generation Lee]

Although I haven't got round to reading it they got my attention with Annilation so I'm staying on.

 

[Specter313]

Marvel Comics is kicking off a week of live conference calls announcing the incoming teams for the X-Men books, starting with Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning on "New Mutants" with May's issue #25, and CBR was on the call to bring you all the news.

"The appeal has been there a very long time," said Abnett, noting that favorites of the team as younger readers included the cosmic books and the X-Titles. "We've said many times that we've been very lucky working on the Marvel stuff to do the stuff we grew up reading...to get to do the same with the mutant characters is wonderful," added Lanning.

The book under DnA's watch will start with an arc called "Unfinished Business" where the team will track down mutants who have been off the map including Nate "X-Man" Grey and Blink. "In past X-coninuity, there have been big stories erupting around events from the past," said Lanning. As leader of the mutants, Cyclops sets the New Mutants team out to nullify potential threats born from the X-Men's past.

"One thing we wanted to do with the New Mutants is set them up as a team...that deals with loose ends," Abnett said as Lowe noted that the team never refers to themselves as New Mutants. "These are no longer kids. These are young adults...characters in their 20s who are fully fledged X-Men." The editor added that Cyclops has placed them together to groom the leaders of the future.

The makeup of the team will see some "pretty significant changes" by the end of the first arc, according to Lowe, but Abnett promised that any changes would be organic. No left field characters would just be dropped into the fray. "They made perfect, organic sense, and I think it's a very good sign when a team book does that and you don't even have to think about it."

Particularly with Nate Grey "X-Man, knowing the level of his power set, is a great one to start off with," said Abnett. "He's X-Royalty that needs to be relocated. He can't just be left hanging in the wind," said Lanning. "The last time we saw him, he was being taken off to be hooked up to the Dark Beast's machines."

The team joked with editor Nick Lowe about his frequent requests for them to put more kissing in the books and interpersonal romance, though they promised that they'd be playing with relationships already in development from writer Zeb Wells. Dani Moonstar's relationship with Sam Guthrie will play "as well as [us] introducing a real curveball romantic liason," Lanning said.

However in addition, Abnett joked frequently after being asked if surprises and twists would be on tap that if he reveals shocking turns were on the way, they'd lose their shock value. "There are relationships in the New Mutants crew that have been established but never developed...we like to progress things and see where they play out," he said.

The pair compared the team's dynamic to a soap opera like "Dallas" in regards to its big cast and crossing story lines.

Asked how they'd meet the challenge of keeping a book based on a classic X-title from sliding well into nostalgia territory. "Nick's actually encouraged us to go further and further with everything," Lanning said. "I don't think there's anything we've thrown at Nick that he's said 'No' to." Abnett adding, "We've been very impressed with the oversight Nick has over the books as a whole" with each book being able to stand well on its own while also existing in the same world of the other X-books. "It's incredibly satisfying to have Nick know exactly what's going on in the background...we can develop our story without stepping on the toes of anyone else.

"I think we're also enourmosly fond of the classic era 'New Mutants' book," he added. "You don't want to just go back and plunder those stories again, but some of those things are ripe for further stories. There are themes and settings there that are absolutely New Mutants things that you can move forward."

Lowe added that he loved the classic feel of the X-line where the New Mutants would be eating popcorn in their book when suddenly the Uncanny X-Men would crash through the wall. One of his goals with the relaunch of these titles is to bring that connected feel to the line. "There's a nice blurring of the edges," Abnett said as Lanning added that this book was a different challenge from the cosmic line where they were entirely on their own.

Asked whether the Starjammer characters of Havok, Polaris and Marvel Girl might be a loose end to tie up, the writers deferred to Lowe who said "In the next calendar year, you will see your #1 pals Alex, Lorna and Rachel."

As for who the "Groot" of the book would be, the writers said that the phrase "I am Warlock" would soon be a catch phrase amongst Marvel fans.

And the question of whether Wolfsbane might show up, Lowe kidded that the team had a firm "no pregnant women in action" policy and that they hoped to confer with "X-Factor" writer Peter David

Blink's role in the book is different because she has less past with the proper X-Men characters, but the writers believed that using a heroine such as that helped open up new story potential. "It's a great excuse to go out and get vast collections of 'Exiles' books," said Lanning who was getting new ideas and character connections from learning more about Blink's history outside the 616 universe.

Finally, Lowe spoke on the artist of the book will be former "Hulk" and "Punisher MAX" artist Leandro Fernandez who also did the initial "New Mutants" teaser which hit online last week. "He is killing it on this book," the editor said. "When I saw his first pages for issue #25 I soiled myself...it'll end up being likely for most Marvel stuff where he does the lion's share of the book and other guys filling in." The editor noted that a second artist has already been signed on the book – someone he's worked with in the past who hasn't been available to Marvel in years – but he wouldn't reveal who that is just yet.

"We're well pleased, I must say," added Lanning of the second artist noting that the early background sketches for the series made their jaws hit the ground.

"New Mutants" #25 ships to comic shops this May from Marvel Comics. Come back to CBR all week for more X-Men-centered calls.


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http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=31063

 

[Specter313]

NEW MUTANTS #23

Written by MIKE CAREY

Penciled by STEVE KURTH

Cover by LEINIL YU

“AGE OF X” CHAPTER FOUR!

In possession of knowledge that could mean the collapse Fortress X, Rogue is on the run, hunted by every other member of the mutant race. But one of those pursuing her has an agenda of his own. Will it be her destruction...or something else entirely?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

 

[Specter313]

NEW MUTANTS #26
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by LEO FERNANDEZ
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
In the wake of the devastating events of 'Age of X', the New Mutants embark on a new chapter with a new M.O. and new line-up. Who's on the team and who's out? Find out with new writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning as they are joined by New artist extraordinaire, Leandro Fernandez. Did we mention, it's all-NEW?!!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

 

[Specter313]

NEW MUTANTS #27 & #28
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Pencils by LEO FERNANDEZ (#27) & MICHAEL RYAN (#28)
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Issue #27 I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT BY TBA
“UNFINISHED BUSINESS” Part 3 (of 3)
The New Mutants have found X-Man, but in the clutches of Sugar Man! What is Sugar Man doing with Nate? And what is Nate going to do to Sugar Man once the New Mutants get him freed. It’s not every day you get an Omega Level Mutant angry… 32 PGS. (each)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (each)
NOT ACTUAL COVER