Overall New Mutants was an outstanding book. It was packed with everything you could want. Fun, excitement, quirkiness, sadness etc. It was also fun to see that the New Mutants can handle themselves pretty well at a party, well better than the Hellions did. Read Full Review

New Mutants continues to be one of the best series Marvel is putting out right now. The rest of the line can learn a lot from Ayala's writing on this series. Lins's fill-in art is a blast and fits so well stylistically with the rest of the series. Read Full Review

The more things change the more they stay the same. Different artist and colorist make the change smooth and not at all painful. They make the book feel exactly as it should, like Im meeting very old friends that Ive known for many years for a get together. And they all made it effortless to follow and gave me everything I needed. Read Full Review

A lot of good character drama and development focused squarely on the Hellfire Gala. That makes a good tie-in as far as I'm concerned. Read Full Review

Storytelling like this is has turned New Mutants into one of the most compelling of the current X-books. Read Full Review

New Mutants #19 by Vita Ayala shows the calm in the middle of the Reign of X. We do not often see a reunion of our favorite teams too often (i.e., the O5, X-Factor, Gen X, etc.). With the support of the art team, Vita did an amazing job orchestrating a true New Mutants reunion without trying to create something new. If you can, I would recommend picking up this issue. Hopefully, reading #19 will lead you to wonder what they were all like when they were a team. If so, check out the New Mutants Omni. You will not be disappointed either way! Read Full Review

New Mutants #19 is a fun party comic if you love these characters and want to see them interact. It's rather light on conflict and plot, but what it does have is a ton of heart. Read Full Review

I really enjoyed this book although as a huge fan of the wolverine family the end was quite shocking!!! I can't wait to find out what's in store!

This is probably a case where I agree with the filler complaint that is so prevalent in these Hellfire Gala issues' user reviews. It is a lot of character stuff here that is neat, but doesn't really contribute to the arcs of these characters. The ending though is so sad. I love Gabby, and that letter at the end is heartbreaking. Super fucked up for Vita Ayala to do that. So I hope it's somehow a fake out?

There were some enjoyable moments between all kinds of friends and how far they go to help one another out. Some of them have a lot of quirks, others express how well they treat each other. But it's probably Gabbi's efforts to convince her other friends about Shadow King's manipulations and her lack of contact with Laura that strikes the hardest.

The Gala stuff was very pointless for me. While I care about this team and what came before, the first half of this book was subpar. Ayala picks it up towards the end with familiar beats which are the parts I care about. The art here was bad. Coming from Rod Reis's amazing art, it was a shock to see this. Alex Lins needs to work on his craft because this is not ready for primetime. Lins gets his stuff together towards the end and his art improves a bit but man when is Rod Reis back?

The cast deals with Gala shenanigans while almost in the background, something tremendously important happens with Gabby. I actually love the Gabby development, dark and ambiguous as it is. The Gala shenanigans were cute and in character, but inconsequential. Ironically, this issue reveals more about the Gala's Big Reveal than any that have come before, almost by accident. And then there's the art. I will be charitable and say it improves over the course of the book. But I will be uncharitable and say it reaches "competent" at best, starting well below that mark.

I am convinced Ayala is just not the right writer for New Mutants. Ayala gets a few beats right here and there but doesn't seem to get the right vibe among the classic team and their relationships and dynamic. Trying to shoehorn Warpath and Scout and the X-kids into this book get clunkier with each issue.

Ayala might do really well with a book on the X-kids as less established characters but so much about the classic cast is mishandled in my opinion.

And why oh why would Wolfsbane be in her werewolf form at a gala???

i'm sorry it was terrible.

too much pointless filler