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9. New Mutants

One of the problems with the X-Men is that there have been so many incarnations throughout the years that everyone kind of has a different perspective on what they should be.

So for everyone who loves watching the X-Men do superheroic things, there are just as many people who want to see them go back to being students. By green-lighting a second X-title, Marvel was able to have its cake and eat it too.

The New Mutants were a class of new students who were brought into the Xavier School so they could be trained to use their powers. Included among their number were long-running X-favorites like Moonstar, Cannonball, Sunspot, Magik, and Wolfsbane, plus Warlock and Cypher, who are just the best. There’s some truly incredible writing and art in the original New Mutants series, especially the Demon Bear Saga and Issue 64, the saddest comic book of all time.

Give it a read if you get the chance.