Friendship and reconciliation is the name of the game in New Mutants #22, where our plucky teens/tweens work through the awkwardness of accidentally abetting a villain who murdered your friend, and we finally learn what Shadow King’s deal is.
REVIEW: New Mutants #21 Picks Up the Pace
Reading this issue had me saying, “Finally!!!” out loud. The slow-burning Shadow King plotline is moving to its final act, its different strands finally weaving together — though not explosively (yet!). But still, it is a relief to get the gears in motion especially fast in New Mutants #21.
REVIEW: New Mutants #19: Paper Tigers
The New Mutants are at the Hellfire Gala, a little different than we’ve seen them before — new artists Alex Lins and Matt Milla have some big shoes to fill, and issue #19 really underscores just how much emotional heft Rod Reis’ work has brought to the series.
REVIEW: New Mutants #17 is a Quest of Questions
New Mutants #17 continues to try to shed light on the anxieties and issues hidden in the new world of Krakoa, following Rahne, Dani and Xi’an, and the young mutants under the Shadow King’s tutelage in plot lines that are slowly beginning to intertwine. The month-long gap between #16 and #17 makes this issue feel…
REVIEW: What’s Inside a Hero’s Mind in Children of the Atom #2?
In Children of the Atom #2, a new superhero group finds themselves facing off against old foes. Their mission to help people is commendable, but it may not be what the world wants from them right now.
Single Issue Stories: A Conversation With Vita Ayala on New Mutants #15
Vita Ayala and Rod Reis’ New Mutants #15 is an issue that marked a personal turning point for the new Krakoan paradigm in what we can expect the stories of this era to tackle. This issue is an unfolding promise to tackle concepts such as identity, bodily-agency, and belonging in ways that no X-Men story has…
REVIEW: New Mutants #16 – A Crowded Room
The word of the arc is synergy, both in power sets and community. New Mutants has a broad cast of characters it follows: members of the titular New Mutants team, the younger generations of mutants who have been around for years but never allowed to age, and actual new-new mutants, like Cosmar (both newly powered…
REVIEW: New Mutants #15 – Passages to Krakoa
New Mutants continues to pick at the seams that hold Krakoa together in #15. The issue is titled, “Out of the Shadows,” but it’s questionable what is actually being exposed here—the motivations of some young mutants, or the limitations of the current resurrection protocols?
REVIEW: New Mutants #14 – What Up, Warlock?
New Mutants as a title and a team managed to leave X of Swords unscathed — while Cypher is now married to Bei the Blood Moon, he’s taken his bride back to Krakoa with him and appears none the worse for wear. In New Mutants #14, we find that the team members who weren’t off…
And Justice For All: Vita Ayala and Tana Ford on Livewire Volume 3: Champion
In case you weren’t paying attention, one of the best series of the last year ended recently: Valiant’s solo hero book Livewire. Penned by Vita Ayala with art duties rotating for each arc, Livewire ran for 12 issues on the heels of the Harbinger Wars 2 event and told a complex, thoughtful, and at times painful…
Cover Reveal: Ironheart 2020 #1
As announced last fall at New York City Comic Con, Marvel’s Iron Man 2020 event begins this month with Iron Man 2020 #1 starring Arno Stark. The event will feature several spin-off titles, including Ironheart 2020. Ironheart, aka Riri Williams, debuted in Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato Jr.’s Invincible Iron Man #9 (2015), and got her…
The Wilds Volume One: A Beautiful Zombie Apocalypse
The Wilds Volume One Natasha Alterici (cover artist), Vita Ayala (writer), Jim Campbell (letterer), Danny Lore (editor), Marissa Louise (colourist), Emily Pearson (artist), Stelladia (colourist) Black Mask Studios November 20, 2019 What is most striking about this zombie apocalypse is, well, the flowers. Every zombie story seeks a new take on the shambling press of undead…