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New Mutants Epic Collection: Curse Of The Valkyries (New Mutants (1983-1991)) Kindle & comiXology

by Louise Simonson (Author, Contributor), Chris Claremont (Author, Contributor), Jon Bognadove (Illustrator), Format: Kindle Edition
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Collects X-Terminators #1-4, New Mutants (1983) #71-85.

From the horror of Limbo to the glory of Asgard! As the fires of Inferno burn, the New Mutants must escape Magik's dark domain - but that leaves the way open for S'ym and his demons to invade Earth! Luckily, X-Factor's former wards, the X-Terminators, are on the scene! Can Rusty, Skids, Boom-Boom, Rictor, Artie, Leech and Wiz Kid help the New Mutants repel an army of demons and save Magik's soul? Then, when Hela's evil spell corrupts Mirage's Valkyrie side, Doctor Strange lends a magical hand! But to cure Mirage completely, the New Mutants must travel to Asgard, home of the mighty Norse gods! The trouble is, Hela is scheming to murder Odin and conquer Asgard! Will a handful of mortal mutants be enough to defeat the Goddess of Death?
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    9 years and up
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    New Mutants (1983-1991)
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    488 pages
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0794FF1CS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel (February 28, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 28, 2018
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William Ray Cason
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow.
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2019
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Great book, enjoyed alot
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B. Ackley
4.0 out of 5 stars A great collection for the New Mutants fan
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2018
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I am ecstatic to get this epic collection which pretty much completes the New Mutans being collected (albeit in various formats). The issues here are not spectacular. Wrapping up the inferno storyline, merging the X-terminators into the New Mutants, and sending the kids off to Asgard. As one reviewer put it Louise Simonson was pretty much being booted off the book as soon as Rob Liefeld shows up after this collection.

The quality of the art is debatable. I am
Not a fan of today’s art which is often swiped or digitally traced. New Mutants was not a top tier title so the artists were mixed. Brett Blevins’ art style is an acquired taste while Sal Buscema and Rick Leonardi turn in competent work.

I enjoyed the Asgard storylune even though it is effectively the end of the new mutants (and comics) as they were at the time. The 90s would be in full swing and with it overly muscular heroes with pockets, guns, foil embossed covers, crossovers and a commitment to writing for the traff paperback. This collection has some slow issues with character development and fluff stories which no, don’t drive plots but do make you care about the characters when the big events happen.
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Katzz
4.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of pre-Cable-era New Mutants.
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2018
This is a great collection of issues that have often gone neglected compared to other X-books of the era. As far as I can tell, the X-Terminators Mini series and the New Mutants "Curse of the Valkyries" arc have never been collected in any form of trade before. This collects the New Mutants' side of Inferno, including the final fate of Magik, the merging of the X-Factor wards into the team, cutting ties with Magneto, a delightful Namor guest issue, a return to Asgard for an epic-length adventure, and, for better or worse, the introduction of Rob Liefeld onto the series. Knowing that this run of issues has the behind the scenes drama of Marvel basically forcing Louise Simonson off the book in favor of Liefeld does take the bloom off the rose somewhat, but it is still an enjoyable run with lots of fun and sometimes really creepily cartoonish artwork from Bogdanove and Blevins.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Cardboard Cut-Out Super-Hero Adventures
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2021
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At the time of this review, there are four New Mutants Epic Collections available: Renewal and the Demon Bear Saga happen before this one (they're volumes One and Two), and Cable happens right after this one (That one is volume Seven). This is volume Six. Because it currently follows the Claremont books, you get a real chance to see how far the New Mutants book had fallen. Claremont wrote the New Mutants as people, with their own interests, personalities, motivations... all the stuff that makes the New Mutants a group worth reading. Louise Simonson, with a few exceptions, wrote the New Mutants as interchangeable, sometimes with some mild character traits or verbal ticks to set them apart and mostly as cyphers to tell basic adventure stories. It is a stark contrast.

It starts strong. Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdavone's work on the X-Terminators limited series that tied into the Inferno event was pretty good stuff. The X-Terminators were wards of the X-Factor team but given their similar ages to the cast of New Mutants, it was probably inevitable that the two groups would meet up and then just keep hanging out. Bogdavone's art it a wonderful mix of more simplified but solid character work but with this weight of more mature themes. This is also Louise Simonson at her best. Most of Louise Simonson's dialogue in this book is childish, with characters just announcing every thought going through their head and leaving nothing to subtlety. That is the case here but there's this scene in X-Terminators #2 between a husband and wife where they are simply talking about their struggles and it is the most naturally written thing in this entire book. Then it turns to horror, selling the moment all the more because of the time spent building up the two adults as more realized people.

The Inferno issues are also pretty good. Illyana is one of the few New Mutants that shows any personality and it is all on display in these pages. Brett Blevins' art is also excellent, particularly for this type of reality warping tale. I like the expressive artwork. On the other hand, Blevins also tends to make the entire cast of characters about the same age which makes people like Cannonball look a lot younger than he really is.

All of Simonson's worst qualities are on display here but they are at least balanced by Illyana's very personal story... and probably the excitement that comes from crossing over with the X-Terminators and being part of an epic Marvel event. It's in the aftermath of Inferno that things fall apart. And they fall quickly.

New Mutants #75 features artwork by comics legend John Byrne and is inked by New Mutants co-creator Bob McLeod. Both of those guys can produce quality work but it is not on display here. The artwork looks rushed and bland. The story is a half-hearted tale separating the New Mutants from their erstwhile mentor, Magneto while returning the latter to a path of villainy. It's apparently the reason John Byrne agreed to illustrate the issue but he could not appear less interested. Nothing really works here.

And that continues with the following issues that lead into the team's Asgard adventure. The New Mutants meet up with the X-Terminators and both groups combine to become wards of X-Factor but no time is actually given to explore that idea before the New Mutants' story goes one way and X-Factor's goes another. It's one of those near misses that could have been great but... well, here we are.

Finally, the New Mutants ends up on an Asgardian adventure that just... drags... on... forever. It's seven issues but it's seven BRONZE AGE issues where storytelling is more condensed that it is in the modern day. Worse still, the story is separated by a fill-in story by Chris Claremont that breaks up the action and reminds us that there was a time when the New Mutants were more fully realized individuals at one point in time. It's just a mess.

Blevins still manages to put out some gorgeous issues here, but I'll admit I'm in the minority in my appreciation. There are also fill in artists like Terry Shoemaker and Rick Leonardi (who illustrates the issue leading into the Asgard storyline) that are well done.

The characters lack personality. The story seems to be running in place. I've looked up synopses for the issues in this collection and when they give their opinions, they all pretty much agree that the New Mutants series was getting tired. This wasn't working and something needed to be done to give new life to the title.

The next book shows that editorial realized this as well and they DID make some "shot in the arm" kind of changes. Did they work? Well... that's another review, isn't it?
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Warren
1.0 out of 5 stars And They Say Rob's Art Is Bad
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021
Honestly couldn't get into it the freaking art is garbage and I mean absolute garbage a 5 year old could do a better job.

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Reyna
2.0 out of 5 stars Glad I got it on sale for just under $30.
Reviewed in Canada on August 15, 2019
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It was supposed to be in new condition. One of the corners is dented and the bottom has a little bit of adhesive staining from the packaging they used which was a plastic sealable bag that was slightly too small. The packaging was a little broken in some places once it got to my apartment so there is minor wear. There is also a black mark on the top edge as if someone drew a dot on the edge of the pages with permanent marker.

As for the art, I understand that this art was made in the 80s so I can appreciate it in a retro way. On first glance I also appreciate that the artist actually gave the Wiz Kid aka Takeshi Matsuya in the first few pages an epicanthic fold and the black people have dark skin which some, even modern artists, avoid for some reason. They shouldn't be afraid to show different ethnic physical features. Just as long as they don't turn them into caricatures. Although the fact that Takeshi was a nerdy kid and the only child in the storyline with a bowl cut is toeing the line into ****** up. Most kids in the 80s-90s, including me when I was 4, had bowl cuts but they didn't give the other kids bowl cuts which is suspicious. And again we're judging them by 90s standards of racial diversity. I expect there to be a lot of weird subconscious microaggressions that make me pause in here because of the era it was made even if its intention was to be inclusive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfecto
Reviewed in Spain on August 5, 2019
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Perfecto estado y contenido
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Temple Phoenix
4.0 out of 5 stars New Arrivals and Terrible Possessions
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2018
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For the second New Mutants Epic offering, we have volume 6, collecting material from 1988 and 1989. We're near the end of the title's tenure for this one, but the young mutants show no sign of flagging. The book opens, however, with the four part X-Terminators miniseries, featuring ANOTHER group of teenage mutants - namely Rusty, Skids, Boom-Boom and Rictor from over in the X-Factor book. Confused? Well don't worry, it all quickly links up with the New Mutants themselves as part of the Inferno storyline, a crossover that ends up with dramatic consequences for NM member Magik and the two teams coming together.

It's another of those transitional periods, as members join and leave the team, and they resolve their relationship with sometime-mentor Magneto. It's to the credit of writer Louise Simonson and artist Bret Blevins that it all feels fairly natural and, more importantly, entertaining. The New Mutants still feel like pretty authentic teens, and their personalities are well-delineated amongst all the action.

Things settle just in time for the main storyline collected here, in which Moonstar finds her Valkyrie abilities leading to a nasty case of possession and her use in the schemes of Hela, Asgardian goddess of death. Before long, the entire team are in Asgard itself, battling for their lives against enemies far outside their usual experience. It's a good arc, and reads really well as a collected edition.

Extras include a selection of Official Marvel Handbook profile pictures, an ad for the Inferno crossover and some original art from Blevins, Jon Bogdanove and Rich Buckler. It's a quality book that shows the New Mutants were still living the teenage dream right through the eighties.
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Deniz Ozisik
2.0 out of 5 stars Career Suicide by Louise Simonson
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2019
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Asgard saga is what killed Louise Simonson’s mutant career. At the same time, she sent X-Factor to space, on pointless adventures. By the time both teams came back Liefeld and Portacio slowly took over, forcing Louise to defect to DC. Career suicide stories, post Inferno, all collected here.
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