New Mutants Epic Collection: The Demon Bear Saga [New Printing 2]

A classic collection of New Mutants material. This edition is above average due to the introduction of Bill Sienkiewicz as artists. His style was very off-beat for a mainstream comic at the time. Some people I know were turned off by it, but I don't remember being that upset. It simply took an adjustment and, quite frankly, really enhanced many of the storylines - the titular Demon Bear story in particular. The only downside is that this was an era of crossover issues, particularly among the X titles, so often an event will happen to the New Mutants in another title and it's just mentioned in one of the issues. So, it can be a bit disjointed. But overall, I enjoyed it immensely.

This collection is a must for anyone interested in New Mutants and X-Men in general!! Not only do you get the famous Demon Bear Saga, but you also get the origins of several priceless characters!! Sienkiewicz’s art stands out as some of the most unique and transcendent, I have ever encountered after traversing through every decade of comic art from loads of titles!! Only down sides of this book is the exclusion of the issue where Doug discovers he is a mutant, as it is mentioned it’s revealed in X-Men (even though the epic collection before this, made a point to include a tie in X-Men issue)! Also the first story and ending story of this collection are definitely the weak points in many regards, but do expand on some characters in interesting ways too! Everything from slight cameos and set ups to the stellar stories that make up most of this collection, really make this an unforgettable read all around!!

I used to own the original issues I don't know what happened to them so fining this was a pleasant surprise I enjoyed reliving the same enjoyment I got reading the issues as a kid.

Probably would have been better on off-white, or even newsprint paper, but the quality is high and these are some of the best stories told about these characters. Introduces Warlock, gives us a nice slice of life for the New Mutants, good stuff.

Legion whatttt!? I want to frame some of the covers in my home. wish the movie got a better response because I want to see the NM in the MCU!

I'm properly, and utterly, astounded by this book. Even more so that I am just now reading it. I am an Uncanny X-Men reader, but haven't read many of the related titles. That being said, books like this are why comic books are, and will always be, relevant as an artistic medium. Positively delightful even through the few yawn-y moments all comic book arcs are destined to possess. I will be so sad to reach the end of this adventure... Thank you, Chris and Louise and the artists and everybody who helped make these books happen.

Let's be honest, this Epic Collection features the peak storyline from the entire New Mutants comic series, The Demon Bear by Chris Claremont and Bill Sikensiowvischz. Yeah, I'm not looking up how to spell his last name. You know who I'm talking about. The stories and art hold up as well as any modern comic. 5 star collection.

Now a major motion picture!" Demon Bear from #18 Death Hunt and ending in the cult classic #21 Slumber Party! Collects issues #13-31 Saturday Night Fight (Sienkiewikz last issue) and annual #1 Has about ten pages of extras including Sienkiewikz sketches, panels, interviews and the super sweet original cover for issue #26 Legion which got lost in the mail so he had to make the one you see now. (The original is way better!) Printed 2019

Volume Two of the New Mutants Epic Collections is a book of introductions. There are the new characters, all of whom will become important players in the wider X-universe - alien refugee Warlock, intergalactic rock star Lila Cheney, the White Queen's Hellions, and Charles Xavier's troubled son Legion. And then, of course, there is the arrival of Bill Sienkiewicz as the book's artist, a far more transformative moment. Chris Claremont's writing is as strong as ever, capturing the travails and insecurities of teenage life with the added complication of mutant powers, but it's Sienkiewicz's stylised, jagged, abstracted artwork that really stands the title apart from it's parent book, the X-Men. Figures morph and stretch, shadows creep and emotions become manifest under his facile brush. Warlock, in particular, with his constantly twisting physiology and hatchwork of details, would not have been the hit he was under any other artist. And Bill's painted covers are divine, as well. As well as the new characters mentioned above, the book plants much of its attention on Illyana (with her troubling and growing mastery of demonic magic), Cannonball (with his doubts and good-natured straightforwardness), Wolfsbane (with her religion-borne anxieties and struggles for maturity), and Danielle Moonstar, who faces the entity that killed her parents in the book's title story. Extras include covers to the X-Men Archives reprints, character designs by Sienkiewicz and Bob McLeod, a house ad, the frontispiece art, cover and afterword from the original Demon Bear Saga trade, an unused cover painting, and a Marvel Age interview with Sienkiewicz. It's a wonderful collection of artistically daring work that deserves a new audience.

Claremont +Sienkewizt un tándem genial

Même si la série mensuelle mérite d'être lue depuis le début, c'est vraiment avec l'arrivée de Bill SIenkiewicz que New Mutants a pris en hold-up les lecteurs de Marvel Comics dans les 80's. Une claque visuelle et narrative jamais vue auparavant et mille fois plus immersive que le très moyeu petit film d'horreur qui est sortit il y a quelques mois dans des salles désertes

Very enjoyable read,my first reading of these issues and enjoyed every page. Can't wait to carry on reading The New Mutants,which,in my opinion, has been improved with the addition of my fav,Magik.