Magick is back. Long Live the New Mutants. Many comic readers might not realize this, but there was a time about 20 years ago when there were only two X-books produced by Marvel each month - the Uncanny X-Men and the New Mutants.
At the time, it was like nirvana for comic fans yearning for more stories of the children of the atom. After successfully dodging cancellation with the release of a new team in Giant-Size X-Men #1, the franchise took its first and next logical step into Marvel lore with the beginning of the New Mutants.
As was the case with everything mutant back in the day, Chris Claremont found himself at the helm as he created a new team for a new audience. These characters were similar in age to the first X-team of Scott Summers, Jean Grey and friends. They were also similar in experience. However the New Mutants did have the benefit of the older team to learn from, and "intern" with if you will.
One of the classic early stories was when Professor Xavier decided to "demote" Kitty Pryde to the junior circuit even though she had proved herself time and time again in battle. Remember that whole thing with the brood.
As they have done with some of the other titles in their vaults, Marvel has slowly been collecting the original New Mutant stories in trade paperback in New Mutants Classic. Volume four was released a few weeks ago and reprints up to issue #34. This new volume shows the team in its heyday of the team with Magick, Warlock, Cannonball and Bill Sienkiewicz providing masterful strokes as the artist.
With the upcoming release of New Mutants #1 now is a perfect time to go back and re-read the classic first adventure of Marvel's second mutant team - The New Mutants.
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