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The New Mutants is the name of two defunct Marvel Comics Superhero teams, as well as the title of two series featuring those teams. Both were offshoots of the popular X-Men franchise and both featured a team of teenaged, Mutant superheroes.

The first New Mutants were a junior team of Teenage X-Men. Created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod , they first appeared in ''Marvel Graphic Novel '' #4 (1982) and were featured in an eponymous title from 1983 until 1991, when they were reinvented as X-Force . Like its parent title, ''The New Mutants'' highlighted interpersonal and group conflict as well as action and adventure, and featured a large, ensemble cast.

The second ''New Mutants'' series, launched in 2003, featured another group of teenaged mutants, tutored by members of the first group. Unlike the original New Mutants, they were only one part of a huge cast of Students At Xavier Institute . At first they were notable for their drive to become superheroes but soon rival groups played a large role in the series. In 2004 it was relaunched as ''New X-Men: Academy X,'' after which the central group was formally dubbed The New Mutants.

In late 2005, as part of the Decimation "event", the remaining students were merged into one group and formed a junior segment of X-Men .


NEW MUTANTS VOL. 1

  caption ''New Mutants'' (vol 1) #1 Clockwise from top: Cannonball, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Karma, Dani Moonstar, Professor X (blue in background) Art by Bob McLeod
  comic Color background:#ff8080
  team Name New Mutants I
  publisher Marvel Comics
  debut ''Marvel Graphic Novel '' #4 (1982)
  creators Chris Claremont
  status Became X-Force
  base Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters
  alliance Color background:#ffc0c0
  members Cannonball <br/> Wolfsbane <br/> Danielle Moonstar <br/> Karma <br/> Sunspot <br/> Magik <br/> Magma <br/> Cypher <br/> Warlock <br/> Bird-Brain <br/> Gosamyr <br/> Rictor <br/> Rusty Collins <br/> Skids <br/> Boom Boom <br/> Shatterstar <br/> Thunderbird (James Proudstar) <br/> Feral <br/> Copycat


  caption New Mutants<br>Art from ''New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook''<br/>Art by Georges Jeanty
  comic Color background:#ff8080
  team Name New Mutants II / New X-Men
  publisher Marvel Comics
  debut ''New X-Men: Academy X'' #2 (2004)
  creators Nunzio DeFilippis <br/> Christina Weir <br/> Keron Grant <br/> Randy Green
  status Absorbed into general student body
  base Xavier Institute For Higher Learning
  alliance Color background:#ffc0c0
  members Hellion <br/> Surge <br/> Dust <br/> Mercury <br/> Rockslide <br/> X-23 <br/> Prodigy <br/> Elixir