New X-Men (2004 series)

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New X-Men
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The New X-Men in X-Men: Messiah Complex .
Art by Humberto Ramos.
From left to right: Elixir, Hellion, Dust, Gentle, Rockslide, Prodigy, Anole, Surge, Pixie, Mercury, X-23
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Format Ongoing series
Publication dateJuly 2004 – March 2008
No. of issues46 (List of story arcs)
Main character(s)
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Creative team as of June 2007
Created by
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Written by
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Artist(s)
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New X-Men is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics within the X-Men franchise. Whereas other X-Men comics mostly dealt with adult mutants, this series concentrated on the lives of young students residing at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. [1]

Contents

Publication history

After the end of Grant Morrison's run on X-Men, vol. 2 (titled New X-Men ) the title was used for a new series, New X-Men: Academy X during the X-Men Reload event. The title was later shortened to simply New X-Men (vol. 2) in 2006 when the new creative team of Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost took over the series from issue #20. [2]

The series also served continuation of New Mutants, vol. 2. Issues #16-19 were tied-in with the House of M event while issues #44-46 with X-Men: Messiah Complex. [1]

After the 2007 crossover X-Men: Messiah Complex, the New X-Men title was cancelled and briefly relaunched as Young X-Men for 12 issues. With the end of Young X-Men the characters were folded onto the main X-Men books, appearing most prominently in the pages of X-Men: Legacy , Uncanny X-Men , Wolverine and the X-Men , and X-Men in late 2000s and 2010s.

Sypnosis

New X-Men begins where Grant Morrison's run on the former New X-Men ended. The school is rebuilt and Emma Frost and Cyclops are named the headmasters. They organize the students into several battle squads who train together.

The series focuses chiefly on two rival teams: the New Mutants, whose mentor is Danielle Moonstar, and the Hellions, whose mentor is Emma Frost.

Decimation

In the aftermath of the Decimation event known as M-Day, the mutant student body in the academy dropped from 182 to 27. At least 45 depowered students were killed and, of the remaining students, Emma Frost picked a select group to train as New X-Men. Throughout the series, these New X-Men were Anole, Dust, Elixir, Gentle, Hellion, Mercury, Pixie, Prodigy, Rockslide, Surge (appointed leader) and X-23. The rest of the students were instructed to remain on school grounds. Some M-day survivors and depowered students either left the mansion or were killed off during villainous attacks by Stryker and his men, or various other enemies.

Future

The Young X-Men series launched as part of the X-Men storyline "Divided We Stand" in April, 2008. Written by Marc Guggenheim and pencilled by Yanick Paquette, it featured a line-up of Blindfold, Dust, Rockslide, Wolf Cub and three new characters: Graymalkin, Ink, and in the second issue, Cipher. The first arc involved the group being formed by Donald Pierce, who thanks to changes inflicted upon him by the Purifiers, impersonates Cyclops as part of an elaborate plot to kill the young mutants who he sees are the last generation of mutants born prior to M-Day. The group are manipulated into fighting members of the New Mutants before Pierce is ultimately exposed. In the end, per Blindfold's prediction at the start of the series, Donald Pierce murders Wolf Cub before being captured by the group and taken into custody by the X-Men.

When the X-Men franchise is relaunched with the relocation of the X-Men to San Francisco following the events in Uncanny X-Men, the characters relocate to California. The series is ultimately canceled with issue #12 and many events of the series (such as Dust being mortally wounded during the team's fight with the New Mutants) would be ignored by later writers.

Team roster

CharacterNameSquadJoined New X-MenNotes
Mirage Danielle "Dani" Moonstar New Mutants —Advisor of the New Mutants squad; depowered during M-Day. [3]
Elixir Joshua "Josh" FoleyYes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #23.Joined the New Mutants squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. [4]
Prodigy David AlleyneYes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #43.Field co-leader of the New Mutants squad. Joined the New Mutants squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. After being depowered, he regained the knowledge talents originally acquired before M-Day. [4]
Surge Noriko "Nori" AshidaYes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #23.Joined the New Mutants squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. [3]
Wallflower Laurie CollinsNoJoined the New Mutants squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. Killed by one of Stryker's Purifiers during mansion's attack in New X-Men, vol. 2 #25.
Wind Dancer Sofia Elizabeth Mantega—Field co-Leader of the New Mutants squad. Joined the New Mutants squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. Depowered during the M-Day. [5]
Icarus Joshua "Jay" GuthrieNew Mutants
Hellions (formerly)		NoJoined the Hellions squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2 briefly before switching to the New Mutants squad in New X-Men: Academy X #6. Killed by Stryker in New X-Men, vol. 2 #26. [3]
White Queen Emma Grace Frost Hellions —Advisor of the Hellions squad. [6]
Dust Sooraya QadirYes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #23.Joined the Hellions squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. [6]
Hellion Julian KellerField leader of the Hellions squad. Joined the Hellions squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. [7]
Mercury Cessily KincaidJoined the Hellions squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. [6]
Rockslide Santo Vaccaro
Tag Brian Cruz—Joined the Hellions squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2. Depowered during M-Day and killed along with several other depowered mutants on the bus ambushed by the Purifiers in New X-Men, vol. 2 #24. [6]
Wither Kevin FordHellions
New Mutants (formerly)		NoJoined New Mutants squad in New X-Men: Academy X #2 briefly before switching to the Hellions squad in New X-Men: Academy X #6. [6]
Rogue Anna Marie LeBeauAdvocates [8] —Advisor of the Advocates squad. [8]
BoggartRobin WiseDepowered during M-Day.
NaiadAurelie Sabayon
PinpointGerard Cooper
TrovãoPedro de Noli
UmbraPatrick Nesbitt
XenonShaun Kennedy
Cyclops Scott SummersCorsairsAdvisor of the Corsairs squad. [9]
Dryad Callie BettoDepowered during M-Day and killed along with several other depowered mutants on the bus ambushed by the Purifiers in New X-Men, vol. 2 #24.
Quill Maxwell JordanNoKilled by one of Stryker's Purifiers during mansion's attack in New X-Men, vol. 2 #27. [9]
SpecterDallas GibsonCorsairs
Hellions (formerly)		—Depowered during M-Day.
Three-In-One Celeste CuckooCorsairsNoField co-leaders of the Corsairs squad.
Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo
Phoebe Cuckoo
Northstar Jean-Paul Beaubier Alpha Squadron —Advisor of the Alpha Sqaudron squad. Killed in New X-Men: Academy X #13. [10]
Karma Xuân Cao MạnhAlpha Squadron
Paragons (formerly)		Replaced Northstar as the advisor of the Alpha Squadron squad in New X-Men: Academy X #14. Temporary advisor of the Paragons squad. [10]
Anole Victor BorkowskiAlpha Squadron [11] Yes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #41.Field leader of the Alpha Squadron squad. [10]
Indra Paras GavaskarNo—
KidogoLazaro Kotikash—Depowered during M-Day.
Loa Alani RyanNo—
Network Sarah Vale—Preview's sister; depowered during M-Day and killed along with several other depowered mutants on the bus ambushed by the Purifiers in New X-Men, vol. 2 #24.
RubbermaidAndrea MarguliesDepowered during M-Day and killed along with several other depowered mutants on the bus ambushed by the Purifiers in New X-Men, vol. 2 #24.
Wolfsbane Rahne SinclairParagonsAdvisor of the Paragons squad.
Magma Amara Juliana Olivians AquillaReplaced Wolfsbane as the advisor of the Paragons squad in New X-Men: Academy X #15.
DJ Mark SheppardDepowered during M-Day and killed along with several other depowered mutants on the bus ambushed by the Purifiers in New X-Men, vol. 2 #24.
MatchBenjamin "Ben" HammilNoField leader of the Paragon squad.
Pixie Megan GwynnYes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #41.—
PreviewJessica Vale— Network's sister; depowered during M-Day.
Trance Hope AbbottNo—
Wolf Cub Nicholas "Nick" Gleason
Gambit Remy LeBeauChevaliers [12] —Advisor of the Chevaliers squad. [12]
Bling!Roxanne "Roxy" WashingtonNoField leader of the Chevaliers squad. [12]
FlubberNick Shelley—Depowered during M-Day.
Onyxx Sydney GreenNo—
Rain BoyCarl Aalston—Depowered during M-Day.
Foxx Raven DarkhölmeJoined the Chevaliers squad in X-Men , vol. 2 #171. Revealed to be Mystique in disguise. [12]
Shadowcat Katherine "Kitty" PrydePaladins [13] Advisor of the Paladins squad. [13]
Armor Hisako IchikiNo—
Blindfold Ruth Aldine
WingEdward Tancredi—Depowered by Ord; committed suicide afterward in the Danger Room in Astonishing X-Men , vol. 3 #7
Beast Henry "Hank" McCoyExemplarsAdvisor of the Exemplars squad.
Angel Salvadore Depowered during M-Day.
Iceman Robert "Bobby" DrakeExcelsiorsAdvisor of the Excelsiors squad.
Storm Ororo MunroStorm's squadAdvisor of her squad.
Gentle Nezhno AbidemiYes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #41.—
Ernst ——No
No-Girl Martha Johannson
X-23 Laura KinneyYes, joined in New X-Men, vol. 2 #23.

Contributors

Issue(s)Writer(s)Artist(s)
As New X-Men: Academy X
1-2 Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir Randy Green
3-4 Staz Johnson
5-8 Michael Ryan
9 Carlo Pagulayan
10-11Paco Medina
12-13Michael Ryan
14-15Paco Medina
16-19 Aaron Lopresti
As New X-Men
20-22 Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost Mark Brooks
23Mark Brooks, Paul Pelletier
24-28Paco Medina
29 Duncan Rouleau
30-31Paco Medina
32 Mike Norton
33-37Paco Medina
37 Niko Henrichon. Paco Medina, Skottie Young
38-43Skottie Young
44-46 Humberto Ramos
New X-Men: Hellions (related reading)
1-4Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir Clayton Henry

Reception

New X-Men, vol. 2 received mixed reviews:

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks

TitleMaterial collectedPublication dateISBN
New X-Men: Academy X - Complete CollectionNew X-Men: Academy X #1–15; New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook #1; New X-Men: Hellions #1–4;December 2018 978-1302910327
New X-Men Childhood's End - Complete CollectionNew X-Men #16-32January 2019 978-1302913847
New X-Men Quest for Magik - Complete CollectionNew X-Men (2004) 33-39, 40-42 (A Stories), 43; X-Infernus 1-4, Saga; material from X-Men Unlimited (2004) 14; X-Men: Divided We Stand 2July 2019 978-1302918378
New X-Men: Academy X Vol. 1: Choosing SidesNew X-Men: Academy X #1-6January 2005 0-7851-1538-2
New X-Men: Academy X Vol. 2: HauntedNew X-Men: Academy X #7-11July 2005 0-7851-1615-X
New X-Men: HellionsNew X-Men: Hellions #1-4November 2005 0-7851-1746-6
New X-Men: Academy X Vol. 3: X-PosedNew X-Men: Academy X #12-15, New X-Men: Academy X YearbookJanuary 2006 0-7851-1791-1
House of M: New X-MenNew X-Men: Academy X #16-19, Secrets of the House of MMarch 2006 0-7851-1941-8
New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 1New X-Men #20-23May 2006 0-7851-1831-4
New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 2: CrusadeNew X-Men #24-27August 2006 0-7851-2024-6
New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 3: NimrodNew X-Men #28-32December 2006 0-7851-2025-4
New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 4: Mercury FallingNew X-Men #33-36June 2007 0-7851-2238-9
New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 5: Quest for MagikNew X-Men #37-43December 2007 0-7851-2239-7
X-Men: Messiah ComplexX-Men: Messiah CompleX one-shot, Uncanny X-Men #492-494, X-Men #205-207, New X-Men #44-46, X-Factor #25-27, X-Men: Messiah CompleX - Mutant FilesNovember 2008 0-7851-2320-2

Hardcovers

TitleMaterial collectedPublication dateISBN
X-Men: Messiah ComplexX-Men: Messiah Complex one-shot, Uncanny X-Men #492-494, X-Men #205-207, New X-Men #44-46, X-Factor #25-27April 2008 0-7851-2899-9

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