Uncanny X-Periment # 17: "Enter: The New Mutants!"

The New Mutants Graphic Novel, The New Mutants # 1-3, The Uncanny X-Men # 167

I won't be reading a whole lot outside of the main X-Men books, but these are quite integral to the overall X-Men story, so here they are. Xavier, while believing the X-Men dead, has decided at last to to rescue and train new Mutants. He does not intend this Mutants to be like the X-Men. These Mutants are going to be students, not super-heroes.

So enter Cannonball, Karma, Mirage, Sunspot, and Wolfsbane. A interesting bunch, each one diverse and able to stand on their own two feet, but as a whole, make up an interesting team.

After an encounter with Donald Pierce, the New Mutants then come face-to-face with Sentinels and a Brood. This Brood, as it turns out, has gone after the Professor. After all this, the X-Men come back and kick the New Mutants' ass.

There are some great moments here, including the New Mutants handling the Sentinels, the X-Men cracking down on the New Mutants, and the face-off with the Brood. Like I said, the characters each bring their own story to the table, allowing for a diverse cast. Even Xavier, in his usual (and getting old) routine of "the X-Men are dead AGAIN!" is fairly well developed. He gets to walk by the end of the story!

I have one major gripe, though. Why in the world does every Claremont has a Native American, they hate "whites?" I mean, maybe it was just the way they ALL WERE back then, but come on . . . I know three Native Americans and none of them hate us like Danielle Moonstar and Thunderbird do. The most they hate is Chief Wahoo . . .

So! Yet another great X-Men installment. And another good one is coming up. Next up, "From the Ashes."

~W~