New Mutants

''The New Mutants'', volume 1

• Cannonball, a 16-year-old from Kentucky, United States and eventual co-leader, with the ability to generate thermo-chemical energy and propel himself through the air.
• Karma, a 19-year-old girl from Vietnam and the team's original leader, who could mentally possess other people's bodies.
• Mirage, a girl who is a Cheyenne Native American and eventual co-leader after Karma's apparent death, who could create visual empathic three-dimensional illusions.
• Sunspot, a 14-year-old from Brazil who had superhuman strength fueled by sunlight and could store solar energy in his body to use his super strength during the night.
• Wolfsbane, a 13-year-old religious girl from Scotland, United Kingdom who could transform into a wolf and a werewolf-like creature.

• Cypher, an otherwise ordinary young man who could learn to read or speak any language rapidly, whether it was human, alien, or machine, making him an unmatched computer expert.
• Magik, sister of the Russian X-Man Colossus and long-time resident of the X-Mansion, an accomplished mystic who could open "teleportation discs" allowing travel to Limbo and from there, any point on Earth.
• Magma, a fiercely tempered native of a secret Roman society in the Amazon who can control lava.
• Warlock, an extraterrestrial of the techno-organic race known as the Technarchy. Considered a pariah due to the uncommon trait of empathy.

• Boom-Boom, a teen runaway who could create "plasma bombs."
• Firefist, a pyrokinetic wanted by the U.S. government.
• Rictor, a young Mexican who could create shock waves.
• Skids, a former Morlock who could project a frictionless force field around her body.

• "Domino", Cable's pale-skinned, black-garbed mercenary lover. Actually Copycat, impersonating Domino.
• Feral, who possessed a bestial temperament and appearance.
• Shatterstar, a swashbuckling warrior from another dimension.
• Warpath, the younger brother of slain X-Man Thunderbird and a former Hellion, an Apache who possessed super strength and speed.

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Collected Editions

''The New Mutants'', volume 2

• Elixir – Josh is an Omega-Level mutant who can manipulate his or others' biologies to heal or harm. In addition, Elixir possesses gold skin which converts to black when he uses his powers offensively. He was one of the 27 students at the Xavier Institute to retain his powers after "M-Day". He was seemingly killed by the Dark Riders before returning with vastly enhanced abilities. He is currently taking refuge in Tibet with Xorn.
• Icarus – Jay possesses red angelic wings on his back that allow him to fly and which grant him an accelerated healing process. Furthermore, he possesses the ability to manipulate his own voice. He was one of the 27 students at the Xavier Institute to retain his powers after "M-Day". Jay's wings are amputated by Stryker, who later kills him.
• Prodigy – David was the team's co-leader who could temporarily gain the knowledge and skills of those near him. Although he was de-powered after "M-Day", he has retained all the knowledge he had acquired prior to the "Decimation". Current member of the Young Avengers.
• Surge – Noriko is Japanese. She absorbs electricity from her environment which she can discharge as powerful electric blasts or utilize as superhuman speed. She requires mechanical gauntlets to prevent overcharge. Surge was one of the 27 students at the Xavier Institute to retain her powers after "M-Day". She is currently a student of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
• Wallflower – Laurie is a shy girl who generates highly potent pheromones that influence people's emotions. She was one of the 27 students at the Xavier Institute to retain her powers after "M-Day". Laurie was later killed by one of Stryker's men.
• Wind Dancer – Sofia was the other co-leader and was a temperamental aerokinetic who was particularly adept at using this power to manipulate sound. She was depowered after "M-Day" and joined a group of fellow ex-mutants as part of the New Warriors. Donning a variety of mechanical gear, she took up the codename Renascence before the group disbanded. Her current whereabouts are unknown.
• Wither – Kevin could cause organic material to decay with his touch. He eventually switches to the Hellions squad. He is later killed by Elixir.

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''New Mutants'', volume 3

''New Mutants'', volume 4

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''Rahne of Terra''

''New Mutants: Truth or Death''

Worst X-Man Ever

Ultimate Marvel

In other media

Television

• The animated TV series featured a group called the New Mutants who, like their comic book counterparts, were a junior team living at the Xavier Institute concurrently with the X-Men. The team featured, Cannonball, Magma, Sunspot and Wolfsbane. Other members, such as Berzerker, Iceman, Jubilee, and Multiple Man were not New Mutants in the comic book series, but were featured in other X-Men comics. Mirage also appeared in the show's penultimate episode where she joined the team in a dream she projected into Shadowcat's head.
• New Mutants is the name given to the "race" of Mutants on the television show Mutant X.

  Film

• The live-action film featured several of the New Mutants characters in supporting roles, namely Clarice Ferguson / Blink, James Proudstar / Warpath, and Robert da Costa / Sunspot portrayed by Fan Bingbing, Booboo Stewart and Adan Canto, respectively.
• In May 2015, 20th Century Fox announced Josh Boone would direct a film adaptation of the New Mutants. Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg will be producing the film, while Boone and Knate Gwaltney are writing the script. Boone and Gwaltney initially pitched the film to Kinberg and Fox by making a comic book mapping out a trilogy of New Mutant movies using panels from the original issues. In October 2015, Boone tweeted that the first draft for the script is complete. Kinberg has stated that the film will be a young-adult style movie. On March 31, 2016, HitFix reported that Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy were rumored to be cast as Wolfsbane and Magik. Boone announced on his Instagram account that the second draft for the film is finished. Boone posted a photo on his Instagram page showing that those appearing will include Magik, Wolfsbane, Mirage, Cannonball, Sunspot, and Warlock. Kinberg told Collider in an interview that Professor X will appear and filming may start in early 2017 and told That Hashtag Show that the film is very loyal to the comics. On August 25, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Boone will re-team with his The Fault In Our Stars writers Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber to write the script. On November 9, 2016, Kinberg announced to The Hollywood Reporter that filming would start in spring 2017. At almost the end of the month, Coming Soon.net reported that Demon Bear would be the main antagonist in the film, the site also reveal that 20th Century Fox is currently targeting a Spring 2018 release date, the film's tone is describing as a "Stephen King meets John Hughes-style horror movie" and that Nat Wolff is being eyed for the role of Cannonball. In December 2016, it was announced that the film would begin production in May 2017. That same month, Boone told Creative Screenwriting that the film inspired his script from Chris Claremont's run with Demon Bear. In January 2017, Taylor-Joy confirmed in an interview with Superhero Hype that James McAvoy will be reprising his role as Charles Xavier / Professor X in the film. In May 2017, Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams were officially cast to play Magik and Wolfsbane respectively. Later that month, Charlie Heaton and Henry Zaga were cast to play Cannonball and Sunspot. On June 2, 2017, Blu Hunt was cast as Mirage. The film is scheduled for release on August 28, 2020.