Check out a new creative team taking on the New Mutant title. Find out what happens when someone starts building a new Lethal Legion in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 by Marvel Comics!
NEW MUTANTS: LETHAL LEGION #1 (OF 5)
Writer: Charlie Jane Anders
Artist: Enid Balam and Elisabetta D’Amico
Colorist: Matt Milla
Letterer: Travis Lanham
Editor: Sarah Brunstad
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 8th, 2023
Previously in New Mutants: Check out the new mutants. Once upon a time, they were members who were too young to join the X-Men but old enough to be trained. Over time, they developed a rich history as both teens and adults with old and new members!
New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 starts with a monologue by Escapade, a newly recruited New Mutant, and her first mission. She then talks to Cerebella, who is upset despite rescuing some kids. Meanwhile, Wolfsbane meets with Morgan Red, who is being evicted and is upset that Escapade isn’t here to help them. Wolfsbane then takes Morgan into the sewers to a secret base, where they are attacked by a sizeable mutant crocodile-type creature. Escapade and Cerebella plan to take matters into their own hands and plan to take down Count Nefaria with the help of Scout. Their objective is to go to one of the Count’s recruitment rallies dressed as villains and take him out there!
I’m not familiar with the New Mutant team. When I picked this up, I was hoping for a new experience learning about characters I slightly know. In New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1, I wasn’t adequately introduced to the characters. Escapade and Morgan were introduced last year in their Pride title. I know she is transgender and likes to target corrupt organizations, but I don’t know much about her personality. As the characters introduced this plot, I found my interest waning because I wasn’t gripped by the characterization or the book’s conflict.
On top of that, I found the art simple. The character designs felt unique, but the foreground and background blurred together. This storyline has great potential, but this first issue didn’t work for me.
New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 felt a bit rushed. These characters are blank slates to tell a great story but don’t have enough space to fully be explored within this first issue. Maybe it will pick up in the subsequent comics. 3 out of 5 stars for New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1.
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New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1
New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 failed to grab my attention but showed potential for the remaining miniseries.
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Christopher Rondeau is a storyteller based in Tulsa, OK. Finding himself with little work, he ended up creating a job as a Game Master full time on the internet. Chris spends most of his days reading everything he can, writing bad fiction, and watching old Digimon cartoons with his daughter. Sometimes you can find him Dungeon Mastering a podcast or streaming on twitch. Recently, he has completed his Master's degree with a focus on collaborative storytelling. Find out more at https://rondeaucreator.com