Albeit NEW MUTANTS #2's story feels a tad fast, the fun space adventure continues to be a must read X-title! Read Full Review

Rod Reis' art really sells the tone. His characters look great. His sci-fi renderings are a little underwhelming, but so far, that's okay. A lot of the Dawn Of X books have been kind of dour and serious, so it's really nice to have a palette cleanser as great as this one in the line-up. Read Full Review

Rod Reis' art reflects the lighter tone of the story Hickman is crafting. There isn't a lot of action to be had and that's fine. I would like to see the art evolve a little more with the character expressions, but there are some great visual moments in this issue. The final pages are fantastic and everything with Cannonball and the team looks good. Read Full Review

If youre looking for something charming, witty, and entertaining that actually develops the characters within the team in a fun way not seen throughout Marvel Comics today, this is your comic. Hickman and Reis blend together masterfully making this comic uniquely full of life. Sure, the action within the opening two-issue has been lacking however, the cliffhanger leaves a bit of room for something interesting to arise as early as the next issue. Read Full Review

This is a delight and a pure joy for X-Men fans. It'll be hard to pass this up since its identity is so strongly team-based and a young team at that. Read Full Review

It's a fun issue with great art and a last page that promises some entertaining stories ahead. Recommended! Read Full Review

This one surprises me in terms of how well characterised and drawn it is. One of the more upbeat and genuine of the Dawn of X titles, true to the ethos of the namesake as well as perfectly in keeping with the new era. Oh and just one request...more Lila please?? Read Full Review

"New Mutants" #2 is irreverent, intergalactic bliss. Read Full Review

New Mutants #2 continues to captivate you on this experience you aren't going to get anywhere else. Mutants in space is nothing new, but you have to give credit where it is due that not many are willing to have fun like this with it. Be a rebel, live by your own rules, make memories along the way. That is what this team is doing. Read Full Review

New Mutants #2 continues the fun adventure. While the focus shifts a little, the comic is still all about the team and character interactions. There's a lot of humor to the comic and everything is with a wink, smile, and a nod. There's a charm about this series that's infectious and makes it stand out. Read Full Review

Reis' art is amazing and a deviation from the standard art that readers are used on team books. Paired with Lanham's vibrant colors this comic pops off the page! The end product is a visual adventure that readers are going to want to take their time to enjoy. While I was skeptical about this series in issue one, seeing the direction that Hickman is taking has me invested and wanting more. Read Full Review

New Mutants is making a play for being one of the mostlight-hearted of the Dawn of X titles, and it's easy to achieve thatwhen you have such a strong group of close friends at its core. Not every joke lands (the court sequence wants to be funnier than it is),but enough do that it's a breeze to read. The next couple of issues willbe returning back to Earth and Krakoa for a different group of youngmutants. While I'm looking forward to that it will be a day-countingcouple of months until issue #5 comes out, because this story has beenan incredibly fun ride thus far and I can't wait to see what happens next. Read Full Review

Fun characters, fun character moments and a generally nifty space adventure make for an overall enjoyable " if unremarkable " addition to Dawn of X. Read Full Review

This title still has time to work itself out (and since this is written so late, in many respects it already has.) But as of this issue, it needed a lot of work. Read Full Review

This was amazing. Hickman’s favorite characters to write ever are more than likely Bobby and Sam, as demonstrated in his awesome Avengers run. The art is PERFECT and it got me so nostalgic of Claremont’s original New Mutants run. The interactions between Sam, Bobby, and Izzy were everything I wanted out of Dawn of X. Hickman flaunts his mastery of continuity with the much appreciated inclusion of Xandra and Deathbird in this issue. New Mitants may just be the best Marvel Comic right now

Oh my God, this is amazing

Fun! That is about the best word to describe this series: fun. Hickman continues to give each character their own voices while telling a story that is both epic and funny. I especially enjoyed Roberto and Sam's interactions. Those two have always had a great friendship and Hickman clearly loves writing them.

Prelude:
New Mutants started out greatly in it's first issue. Now with Hickman solely writing this issue, let's see how it goes.

The Good:
Sunspot was really funny this issue.

The whole court case and it's surrounding scenes were great.

The two infographics were done immensely well. I especially loved what happened to Murd in the first infographic.

The characters are great here. They are the strength of this issue.

I don't know much about the Shi'ar Empire but I loved what I saw here.

I liked Rod Reis' art a lot more here.

The Bad:
Nothing.

Conclusion:
Another great issue from Hickman. It's very character focused which I love and is extremely entertaining to read. more

The New Mutants get convicted of space-crime, succeed in their Cannonball-finding mission, and get hurled straight into another fine mess. Exquisite art, brilliant sass, and superb pacing turn a potentially-tiresome screwball comedy into an absolute delight. I love this -- and I will keep this issue in mind the next time I cast aspersions on Jonathan Hickman's ability to do comedy.

This may very easily be my favourite DoX issue so far. Incredible writing by Hickman, delivering an excellent mixture of comedy and drama. And Reis' artwork is just stunning here, perfectly complementing the writing.

So much better and pure fun. It even made me chuckle a couple of times. Keep the issues to Hickman or Brisson. Don't mix them up in the same issue because it screws up the dynamic.
Rod Reis slays it as usual.

Like many others have said, this is a great improvement over the first issue. If Hickman continues to write Sunspot and Cannonball, I'll be a happy man. The comradery between these two written by Hickman is great, probably one of the best things to come out of the Avengers run that he did as well. The art continues to be great, and I love the light hearted tone of this story so far, I hope it continues, and Hickman can just have a breather between planning out world building events in X-Men and the rest of the X-Men relaunch.

Fun! Fun! Fun!

THE GOOD:

-I loved this issue. What an improvement over the first one.

-Rod Reis's art is great. He's a talented color artist as well as penciller.

-Okay, the space lawyer was legitimately hilarious.

-The characters definitely felt a lot stronger here. Especially Sunspot, since the direction they were going with him was more clear. They've still got a ways to go, but I'll take it.

-The story just got way more interesting.

-I was a little worried with how Hickman would fit with the tone of the series, but he did great by himself. I'm almost concerned for Brisson's issues now, since I'm not as big a fan of him.

-I do like the character interactions a lot. Not as much the individual characters, though.

-Oh man, what a perfect way to end.

THE BAD:

-Hmm. I'm torn with the opening recap. It's a lot of words, but with a lot of personality. Also, it's a recap, mostly. And the new information didn't really interest me. This issue should've just started with the trial scene. more

Daddy Hickman shows his love for Sunspot and it's great. Also, a nice surprise for those who've read Avengers World!

I liked a lot of the foundation built by the previous issue, and I think this does a good job of following up on that. Hickman writes all of the characters nicely here and, while this doesn't quite get to that 9/10 mark for me, I do prefer this issue to the first one. I sense great things coming.

New Mutants continues as the comic relief of the new era of the X-Men. Each title has a different adventure and this one stands out for having space adventures, which can also be considered a home for mutants.
The mutants have a perfect friendship that makes the pace of the edition very fun and joyful. However, his behavior being portrayed as a bit of a "teenager" ends up discouraging me a little.

This was fun, still great art.

I enjoyed the first issue of New Mutants. It was fun seeing the old school 80's team blended with the 90's Generation X team. The book has a lighter tone than most of the other Dawn of X titles. The jokes landed for the most part and overall the issue was a net positive.

Issue #2 is a step backward and feels a bit off. The story is focused around the characters attempting to find Cannonball. They find him in this issue and the question becomes why does this team stick together beyond just being friends and mutants? Why does this book exist?


The general plot picks up immediately from the last issue. The heroes are immediately bailed out by Cannonball which clears that plot thread but gets forced into an even bigger and dangerous situation.

Marvel takes it for granted that we'll stick with the title but the premise is flimsy and it feels irreverent. The arc also feels decompressed. I predict that the purpose of the series will not be firmly established until issues 5 or 6 and by then most of the excitement for the launch will have been lost.


The easiest book to compare New Mutants to would be Justice League Odyssey. That series features a splinter group on an adventure in deep space. JLO also has tenuous ties to the main Justice League group. New Mutants is worth a read for completionists but I expect more from an ongoing series premise than let's go get our homie and bring him home.

The art direction is solid. There isn't much for the characters to do though beyond spout exposition and crack jokes. It works for the issue but If this is the direction of the series I can't see fans hanging around for long especially considering the 3.99 cover price. more

" Hello, my lovely bride. "
- SUNSPOT

Good issue with Hickman again connecting well with these characters. He has a voice for every single character in this comic and it is very clear. I still am not convinced this was the best team for a space adventure but maybe I just am not a fan of the genre. I wish this title got a little darker at time but overall its entertaining. Nothing unforgettable here but worthy of a read.

"What's up, felons?"

The first issue was a blast. This was one, on the other hand, was a bit of a letdown.

The opening was pretty solid. Court scenes and meeting with Cannonball were fun. But after that Sunspot crossed the line between being funny and being insufferably annoying and all humor kinda just fell apart.

Magik doesn't have formal education and can't read? That's hilarious.

But Rod Reis' art is growing more and more on me and Shi'ar scenes are teasing something that might be interesting. So there's something to look forward to.

Tries too hard to be funny and fails.