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Art by David Wynne!
Bobby is so very Bobby. (New Mutants #1)
Yeah, so, Dani, maybe get a handle on that. (New Mutants #1)
Remember, at this point, as far as everyone on Earth knew, the X-Men were dead. (New Mutants #1)
Oh, Storm. (New Mutants #1)
Meanwhile on Muir Island, REVELATIONS! (New Mutants #1)
“You’re not the X-Men. You’re just, um, wearing their original superhero costumes. Because, stuff.” (New Mutants #1)
OH, SHIT. THOSE GUYS. (New Mutants #1)
Well, that’ll end well. (New Mutants #2)
Gyrich realizes that part of the price of appearing in an X-Men book is occasionally having your conversation partner drop out for an extended inner monologue. (New Mutants #2)
“Son, I know Peter Corbeau, and you’re no Peter Corbeau.” (New Mutants #2)
Mostly including this to point out that FANDOM ZONE is a great name for a comics shop. (New Mutants #2)
FORESHADOWING. (New Mutants #3)
OH, NO! (New Mutants #3)
Aw, Illyana. (New Mutants #3)
Remember that time Bob McLeod drew a full page of a teenager and casual nudity and there was no sexualization whatsoever? Because that was RAD. (New Mutants #3)
Oooh, clever! (New Mutants #3)
Reinforcing the case for X-Men watching Star Trek. (New Mutants #3)
Aw, bros. And Magnum, P.I. For more on what happens next, see Episode 20. (New Mutants #3)
The more things change… (New Mutants #4)
That one time Professor Xavier wasn’t a jerk. (New Mutants #4)
And then the New Mutants just straight-up broke into a school dance. (New Mutants #4)
AW, SAM. (New Mutants #4)
WHY WOULD YOU PUT ALL THAT TNT THERE? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? (New Mutants #4)
… (New Mutants #4)
ETHICS. (New Mutants #4)
For more on these baffling gentlemen, see the links below.
Well, hello, Viper and Silver Samurai. (New Mutants #5)
Oh! Of course! Team America! Because, um, right, those guys. (New Mutants #5)
‘Kay. (New Mutants #5)
Xavier X-Plains the A-plot. (New Mutants #5)
Wait, what? (New Mutants #5)
Aw, Shan. (New Mutants #6)
Aw, Shan. (New Mutants #6)
Not that Black Mesa. (New Mutants #6)
Well, I think we can all be pretty excited that Team America have finally learned to control their dangerous power of making an extra good motorcycle dude. Dodged a bullet there. (New Mutants #6)
Next Week: NYCC Special, with Russell Dauterman and Kris Anka!
Links:
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Have a DEATH OF WOLVERINE edit. Obviously, SPOILERS.
By the way, will you be doing episodes on alternate universe ongoings? Stuff like Ultimate X-Men, or Exiles?
I wouldn’t mind a special on the What-Ifs covering the Claremont Era. There’s three issues covering the Dark Phoenix Saga alone.
GOD. I forgot all about Team America. But lords amighty how I loved these issues. I was their age when they came out and it was amazing to read about these awkward kids with powers who weren’t TRYING to be superheroes, per se. They just kept getting caught up in stuff.
I’d also forgotten how much I loved the almost criminally under-appreciated Bob McLoed’s artwork. It’s also kind of amazing that he has multiple instances of teenager nudity during his run and it’s pretty much never hyper-sexualized.
Man, I’ve never read New Mutants before you guys brought it up… and in some ways, I’m not disappointed at all. It really does read like a more modern comic lodged into the mid-80s, and that’s not a bad thing.
Although some of the plots are certainly cringe-worthy, it really brings up some of the early “school adventure” feel that classic X-Men has. And I can dig it for that, even if I don’t have the same history with these guys that I do with the main X-Men.
Trying really hard not to spam your blog with Sienkiewitz/Illyana fan-girling, but…
I know it’s looking ahead, but I’m so interested in how Sienkiewitz changed to depiction of Illyana. Here she’s fluffy, pink, busty, and I love the way Sienkiewitz changed that – the hard lines of hair, but also her body language, everything about the way he drew her had her set slightly apart from the others. Looking at these iterations of her made me go back to the Siekiewitz run and love it more.
(But then I love his take on all of the characters – the differences in personalities that come across with artists is something I love about comics, but also can turn me right off a book)