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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
duskvstweak's review
3.0
Woo! Done with Claremont's run on the New Mutants. 55 issues and some change, I can't say I'm a fan. There's so good stories, but nothing topped the Demon Bear issues with Bill Sienkiewicz. This volume is bittersweet because the last few issues are exactly what Claremont should have been doing with the book in the first place; young mutants being kids, maybe not getting along with other young mutants.
Looking forward to seeing what this series becomes under Louise Simonson.
Looking forward to seeing what this series becomes under Louise Simonson.
edcorcoran's review
3.0
This wraps up Claremont's run on the New Mutants. After this, Louise Simonson takes over and the Fall of the Mutants crossover gets started. I'm not going to say Claremont goes out with a bang, but this is mostly a step up in quality from the previous few collections. It's certainly not a the level of quality of the Sienkiewicz issues or the Asgardian War, though. The constantly shifting artists in this set holds back the quality, too.
Issue 48 sees half the team thrown into another callback to Days of Future Past (although this is a different Sentinel ruled post-apocalyptic world) that is pretty good. Issue 49 sees the other half of the team in a Mutant-supremacist post-apocalyptic world that has a bit of a Judge Dredd style to it. This one was particularly great. Issue 50 brings back the always great Starjammers and actually comes up with a good way to (briefly) re-integrate Professor X with the team. It also a wonderful final battle with Magus. Issue 51 basically wraps things up and is mostly notable for everybody really fucking over Illana. Issue 52 is mostly a huge fakeout, but it does have some good Magneto/Illana character moments. Issue 53 is the real standout. It's just the New Mutants at a party with the Hellions, but the character interactions are really great. Issue 54 wraps up the previous issue's plot, but isn't quite as fun.
There's also an annual with the Impossible Man, one of my least favorite characters. It's a comedy issue that isn't funny, but it does have a clever final move where Warlock defeats the Impossible Man by changing color (one thing Impy can't do). The team wears their "graduation" uniforms throughout the issue which are so god-awful they make a bad issue worse.
Issue 48 sees half the team thrown into another callback to Days of Future Past (although this is a different Sentinel ruled post-apocalyptic world) that is pretty good. Issue 49 sees the other half of the team in a Mutant-supremacist post-apocalyptic world that has a bit of a Judge Dredd style to it. This one was particularly great. Issue 50 brings back the always great Starjammers and actually comes up with a good way to (briefly) re-integrate Professor X with the team. It also a wonderful final battle with Magus. Issue 51 basically wraps things up and is mostly notable for everybody really fucking over Illana. Issue 52 is mostly a huge fakeout, but it does have some good Magneto/Illana character moments. Issue 53 is the real standout. It's just the New Mutants at a party with the Hellions, but the character interactions are really great. Issue 54 wraps up the previous issue's plot, but isn't quite as fun.
There's also an annual with the Impossible Man, one of my least favorite characters. It's a comedy issue that isn't funny, but it does have a clever final move where Warlock defeats the Impossible Man by changing color (one thing Impy can't do). The team wears their "graduation" uniforms throughout the issue which are so god-awful they make a bad issue worse.
voxlunae's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
vroodles's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
pipelonco's review against another edition
4.0
Requete interesante el arco del futuro más la lucha con magus,da pa pe las elecciones que estan viviendo en el presente y que no existe el mal menor si no buscar y manejar otras alternativas.luego bajo su epicidad pero me gustaron los dibujos de Rick leonardi pero ojala no rehusen esos traje de graduación
meliemelo's review
3.0
I feel like we're missing big chunks of the story, I wish some of the special issues and X-Men crossovers had been included. Also, I was not a big fan of the space part but that's just me. Other than that, cool volume.
jesse_post's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0