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Warren Ellis sends Excalibur on that grand old British tradition

2013-03-25T01:23:59Z

Posted by: icon_uk

a night out at the pub!

This is an unsual issue in that it has four different pencillers; David Williams, Mike Wieringo, Jeff Moy and Mike Miller, the art shifts are a little jarring at times, and Brian Braddock's hair approaches the hilarious at times, but try not to let that distract you..

( Hi-jinks ensue )

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How to introduce a rival team - The New Mutants meet the Hellions

2012-05-07T18:20:15Z

Posted by: icon_uk

Firstly please excuse the quality of the scans, the comics themselves are 28 years old and have been much read! :)

So this is another of my "Accentuate the Positive" posts, a glimpse into the past at some story or concept I thought was well presented, to prevent me making another angry post about current comics (Though I'll still post about the good ones of those I find too of course)

( Enemies? Sometimes. Rivals? ALWAYS! )

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My First Comic: New Mutants Special Edition #1

2012-03-15T05:13:42Z

Posted by: featheredserpent

("Special Edition" was a 64-page no-ads format for the princely sum of $1.50, before Marvel gave them their own Annuals)

( Journey with me now to those thrilling days of yesteryear... )

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30 Days of Scans: Day 11 - Favourite Elseworlds/Multiverse/Etc.

2010-08-26T22:31:33Z

Posted by: icon_uk

I've already used the X-Men's "Asgardian War" storyarc as an example of best friendship between Warlock and Cypher. And here it is again, as a springboard for perhaps my favourite "What it...?" world.

The cover alone convinced me! :D

At the end of the Asgardian Wars Loki gave the X-Men and New Mutants a choice, stay in Asgard and keep all that they had achieved there, all the new lives and new loves they had found, and in the case of Storm, powers returned to her, or return to Earth as they had been before they arrived; Storm would be powerless, Magma would be human instead of the elf-form the elven folk had curssed her with, and so on (The only exception he made, out of ~~narrative necessity~~ courtesy, was that Karma would NOT be returned to the grotesquely obese form her time under the control of the Shadow King had given her). The choice HAD to be unanimous though

Of course, in the mainstream MU, the choice to return to was made, but this IS a "What if...?"

( ...all things are possible )

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One Perfect Moment - Rahne Sinclair exorcises her demons...

2010-07-31T13:42:20Z

Posted by: icon_uk

When we first met Rahne Sinclair, back in the New Mutants Graphic novel, she was a terrified 13 year old, being pursued across her Scottish island home by a literal pack of torch-wielding villagers, led by the Reverend Craig, a Presbyterian minister of, even by Presbyterian standards, excessively strict views. (Translation - The man was nuttier than squirrel shit and had about as much to do with the Christian concepts of love and charity as a slug has to do with tap dancing)

( Awesomeness and an unfortunate 1990's costume within.. ) i

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Death Week - The Death of Cypher

2010-06-08T23:09:55Z

Posted by: icon_uk

I'm indebted to proteus_lives whose scans of these from a posting way back were easier to find on my hard disc and edit than digging out my copy of New Mutants #60. There are just over 5 pages from a 40 page issue here.

Summation of events to date... Sunspot and Warlock had left the team after Bobby had run away from school after accidentally nearly crippling Sam, and Warlock had left with him to make sure he was okay (Why Warlock would leave Doug and co like that is never adequately explained, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I LIKE Louise Simonson's writing on other titles, her Power Pack was awesome, but her New Mutants issues just plain never worked for me). They end up joining the Fallen Angels gang for a while, but eventually leave to come back home.

Meanwhile, bereft of his selfsoulfriend (and also his protection in battle situations), Doug is on something of a downer, his inferiority complex kicks into high gear, and even his somewhat unexpected relationship with Rahne is suffering because she is spending all her time fussing around a new friend "Birdbrain", humanoid bird creature who they helped release from captivity. He's basically having a REALLY shitty few months..

( But it's still better than what it so come )

char: cypher.doug ramsey, char: warlock, char; cannonball/sam guthrie, char: sunspot/roberto dacosta, char: wolfsbane/rahne sinclair, char: mirage/dani moonstar, title: new mutants, creator: louise simonson, creator: brett blevins, event: death week

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Lateral Thinking

2010-01-28T03:03:32Z

Posted by: colonel_green

Three and a third scans from X-Force #23.

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char: hrimhari, char: hela, char: wolfsbane/rahne sinclair, char: x-23/laura kinney, char: elixir/josh foley, creator: craig kyle, creator: chris yost, creator: clayton crain, title: x-force, publisher: marvel comics

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X-Force #22

2009-12-17T20:01:23Z

Posted by: queenursula

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New Mutants #21

2009-11-22T02:42:45Z

Posted by: sandoz_iscariot

It's Saturday night, and you know what that means...

SLUMBER PARTY!

( Skinny dipping! Makeovers! Tom Selleck! )

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New Mutants Pin-Ups

2009-11-19T04:01:11Z

Posted by: sandoz_iscariot

Reposted from SD 1.0, a series of beautiful Bill Sienkiewicz character pin-ups from his New Mutants run.

( from the private journals of Charles Xavier... )

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It seems some people had the same idea I did last night

2009-10-30T13:51:07Z

Posted by: kiplingkat.insanejournal.com

After Punisher Week, Ruins, and the ending of the recent New Mutants (on top of the general misery that the 616 has become in the last 6 years), it was time for cracky S-D fun. Icon_u.k. made me think of this (so he/she is to blame), the most Epic Battle ever to grace the pages of Marvel Comics.

I give you...

( New Mutants Annual #3 )

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Wolfsbane and Hrimhari: The Reunion

2009-10-20T02:23:42Z

Posted by: queenursula.insanejournal.com

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X-Men Sketchcard cuteness

2009-07-27T18:37:58Z

Posted by: icon_uk.insanejournal.com

For Monday morning in the USA I bring you unbridled cuteness to lighten the day

I've posted artist specific sketchcards in the past, and I recently found these from the new "X-Men Archives" set, the sketchcards by the Katie Cook, an artist whose cute style is utterly charming, and infinitely flexible.

I can thoroughly recommend checking out her website here, where she covers ever pop culture fanbase going (Sriously, she even manages to make ObiWan watching the recording of Anakin killing the Jedi "younglings" look cute and sad (as opposed to the movie, which made it somehow hilarious, or maybe that was just me).

She posted these herself on the Scoundrel Art Community forum, so I don't feel guilty for posting them here.

A couple of my favourites at a large size. followed by LOTS of images I'm pretty much expecting to see as icons within two days!

( Enjoy... and maybe have some insulin handy! :) )

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Why Doug Ramsey Was Awesome Pt 2

2009-05-03T15:57:55Z

Posted by: icon_uk.insanejournal.com

Since proteus_lives is planning to post NM Annual #2 as part of his Cypher posts before too long, I'd better pre-emptively post NM Annual #1, because of it's particular relevance to Doug! :)

When last we left Doug Ramsey, he'd just been woken up in the middle of the night by Cannonball flying in through his bedroom window to be told that he was a mutant, and taken to the X-Mansion to help the New Mutants establish meaningful dialogue with a disoriented and dangerous Warlock, which he did, which is impressive.

( What could he do to top that, you ask? )

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Why Doug Ramsey Was Awesome Pt 1

2009-05-03T13:45:28Z

Posted by: icon_uk.insanejournal.com

Inspired by proteus_lives recent post here I've dug out the posts from old s_d detailing the start of the more... well, BREATHING, side of Doug Ramsey's career;

( Prepare to be wowed! )

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The Death of Doug Ramsey

2009-05-03T01:54:48Z

Posted by: proteus_lives.insanejournal.com

Greetings True Believers! I saw several New X-Men posts and it got me thinking about the original crew of muties, The New Mutants. Aside from a few holes, I own pretty much all of the original 100 issue run of NM. To this day it's one of my favorite comic series. Serious, funny, heart-breaking, great characters. In an era where the phrase "Protecting a world that fears and hates them." really meant something. New Mutants was Buffy before Buffy. Outcasts, nerds, jocks, pagans, farmboys, casanovas, mean teachers, evil adults, the agonies of growing up. All while being mutants who occasionally have to save the world and live up to the mantles of those who came before them.

This post is from the TPB, Fall of the Mutants. An X-Crossover (Back when crossovers were still a new/clever idea.) It concerns the death of one of the New Mutants. A boy named Doug Ramsey. His code name was Cypher and his power was Omnilingualism, meaning he could translate any language spoken, written or on a computer. Weird huh? His death was controversial. He was apparently one of those character you either loved or hated. (He's also one of the few MU characters that has never returned from the dead. So his death still has some impact.)

What did you think of Doug Ramsey?

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