X-Men: New X-Men

New X-Men is a superhero comic book published by Marvel Comics, a spin-off of the hugely popular X-Men franchise. more...

First series

New X-Men, formerly known as X-Men volume 2, changed its name when writer Grant Morrison stepped in with issue #114. The idea by the newly appointed Marvel Comics editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada, was for flagship titles like X-Men to regain some of its former glory, as well as regaining critical acclaim.

Morrison's run lived up to the "new" in the name, adding many fresh and original ideas to his X-Men run, and placing the team of Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Beast, Emma Frost and Xorn into the role of teachers. Morrison and artist Frank Quitely redesigned the look of the X-Men, dropping the familiar colourful spandex costumes for a more contemporary look and feel.

Some more of his most notable changes were the "secondary mutation" of Beast to resemble a feline rather than his usual ape like appearance, and the reintroduction of Emma Frost as a member of the team. However, fans would get the biggest shock in issue 115 when the island of Genosha (and its most notable inhabitant Magneto) was completely destroyed, setting a tone that would dominate the rest of Morrison's tenure on the book.

Morrison's New X-Men was met initially with mixed reviews. Many long time, continuity-concerned X-Men fans regarded Morrison's initial issues as nothing more than hype to pick up sagging sales. Others, mostly new readers saw Morrison as a breath of fresh air in the very convoluted world of "X-Books". However sales increased and much of the negative reaction by long term fans changed to praise for revamping a title which was flagging. Morrison's run proved to be one of the most successful runs on any X-Men title and managed to become the critically acclaimed flagship title Quesada had desired.

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