Tuesday 16 November 2010

The New Mutants Vol 1 #1

The New Mutants Vol 1 #1

Initiation

This and the issue following are set over the course of a single day.

The team become formally known as the New Mutants at some point after their return from Pierce's headquarters in Kentucky. Stevie Hunter becomes one of their teachers. Unbeknownst to all, Charles Xavier is succumbing to the influence of the Brood Queen symbiote.

Elsewhere, Moira MacTaggert and Illyana Rasputin depart Muir Island for London at the behest of Gabrielle Haller.


Xavier's School: Danielle inadvertently uses her power on Xi'an, exposing the abuses the latter endured in her escape to the United States. A quarrel ensues, and Danielle seeks sanctuary in the former residences of the X-Men.

London, England: Moira and Illyana meet with Gabrielle concerning the future of Xavier's son David Haller.

Xavier's School: Charles commences the team's first attempt against the Danger Room. Fearing a repeat of her encounter with Xi'an that morning, and subconsciously alert to the presence of the Brood Queen, Danielle flees the mansion. While the team prepare for an outing to Salem Centre Mall, Rahne searches for Danielle. She finds her friend at Breakstone Lake, where the Cheyenne relates the story of the Demon Bear. Danielle declines to accompany the team to the mall, and the New Mutants depart, tailed by agents of Henry Peter Gyrich. Danielle returns to the mansion to try herself against the Danger Room unsupervised. Charles, controlled by the Brood Queen and concealed in the control booth, disengages the room's safety locks.

NOTES: Xi'an's backstory, first told in Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 #100, is repeated here in brief. Danielle's father belonged to the Eagle Clan, and her mother to the Horse Clan. Xi'an refers to a previous outing of the New Mutants with Stevie, during which an incident with Rahne took place.

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