| rdfs:comment | - The New X-Men was the training team of students at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. After the student body was ravaged by M-Day only a select few were chosen to make up the team, rather than the squad system the school had used. The team was broken up after the closing of the Institute.
- New X-Men (2001-2004) is an American comic book series written by Grant Morrison, which follows the X-Men's "Blue Team" as they attempt to stop several new threats against both mutants and mankind. The series was a retitling of the then-ongoing second volume of the X-Men series which began in the early 90's, and shared the series' numbering. Morrison, a critically-acclaimed writer known for his high-profile works at DC Comics, was brought onboard to revitalize the title and introduce a number of new story elements. The series started with a shocking development, as the new villain Cassandra Nova directed an army of Sentinels to destroy the mutant island Genosha, resulting in millions of deaths and a shake-up to the status quo.
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| abstract | - New X-Men (2001-2004) is an American comic book series written by Grant Morrison, which follows the X-Men's "Blue Team" as they attempt to stop several new threats against both mutants and mankind. The series was a retitling of the then-ongoing second volume of the X-Men series which began in the early 90's, and shared the series' numbering. Morrison, a critically-acclaimed writer known for his high-profile works at DC Comics, was brought onboard to revitalize the title and introduce a number of new story elements. The series started with a shocking development, as the new villain Cassandra Nova directed an army of Sentinels to destroy the mutant island Genosha, resulting in millions of deaths and a shake-up to the status quo. The following arcs introduced several new students at Charles Xavier's school (including Beak, a deformed half-human birdman, Angel Salvadore, a young woman who sports the wings of a fly, the Stepford Cuckoos, and Xorn, a Chinese prisoner who can heal injured people and sports a black hole inside his helmet), and dealt with more mature themes. The series culminated in a storyline, "Planet X", that was over two years in the making - Xorn revealed himself to be Magneto (who was thought dead after Genosha was destroyed), and subsequently crippled Xavier while enacting a plan to turn Earth into a mutant haven and exterminate humanity in the process. The series comprised nine story arcs (and one annual issue), including:
* E For Extinction (#114-116): Cassandra Nova makes her first appearance and uses an army of Sentinels to destroy Genosha, Emma Frost rejoins the team and Xavier (possessed by Nova) outs himself as a mutant on live television.
* The Man From Room X (Annual 2001): The team travels to Hong Kong to rescue a captive mutant named Xorn, who has many dark secrets, and is persuaded to join the team.
* Imperial (#118-126): Several new students are introduced at the Xavier Institute, while the team goes into Xavier's mind to free him from Nova's influence. Meanwhile, Nova uses Xavier's powers to manipulate the Shi'ar into attacking the Xavier Institute.
* New Worlds (#127-133): The team revisits Genosha to look for survivors, as well as broker peace amidst rising mutant/human tensions, while Cyclops begins a "psychic" relationship with Emma.
* Riot At Xavier's (#135-138): One of Xavier's students, Quentin Quire, begins to mock his mentor's pacifistic teachings, and (along with a group of militant classmates, all hopped up on the mutant drug Kick) attempts to kill humans and cause a riot in retaliation.
* Murder At The Mansion (#139-141): After discovering Scott's psychic relationship with Emma, Jean freaks out and uses the power of the Phoenix to burn through the White Queen's defenses. Later on, Emma is found to have been shattered into thousands of pieces, prompting an investigation into what caused her death.
* Assault On Weapon Plus (#142-145): Fantomex, Cyclops and Wolverine journey to a dormant asteroid that houses the remnants of the Weapon Plus program, which is discovered to go back to at least World War II, and results in Wolverine discovering his past.
* Planet X (#146-150): The series climaxes with Xorn revealing himself to be Magneto and throwing the entire Xavier Institute into chaos when he cripples Xavier again and attempts to exterminate humanity as a precursor to turning Earth into a mutant haven.
* Here Comes Tomorrow (#151-154): The final arc written by Morrison, which follows a group of mutants in the far future who discover Jean Grey inside a Phoenix Egg and attempt to free her, while Beast (under the influence of Sublime) attempts to destroy the X-Men once and for all.
* Bright New Mourning (#155-156): The only New X-Men arc not written by Morrison (Chuck Austen took over writing duties). The story was a bridge to the "Reloaded" series (which went back to the traditional X-Men title), and followed the team as they rebuild after the events of the "Planet X" arc. The book resulted in a re-energizing of the franchise, and was critically and commercially acclaimed. However, the revelation that Xorn was actually Magneto in disguise was hastily retconned by Marvel after the run due to fan backlash. The series reverted back to the original X-Men title beginning at issue #157. For the series New X-Men: Academy X, visit the New Mutants page.
- The New X-Men was the training team of students at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. After the student body was ravaged by M-Day only a select few were chosen to make up the team, rather than the squad system the school had used. The team was broken up after the closing of the Institute.
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