New Mutants

The New Mutants were a group of young mutants brought together by Professor X when he believed the X-Men were all dead. When Chris Claremont was writing the series, it's my favorite comic book. It declined considerably when he left. Here's the cast when he was writing it. Zeb Wells was the writer when the third series started. I enjoyed his run too. 

                                   We'll start off with some group shots.

The first student was Karma. The power to possess minds.

Then came the next four shorty afterwards. There were co-lead Cannonball. He can blast off, like his namesake. While "blasting" he is invulnerable. 

The other leader was Psyche/Mirage. She could pull out people's greatest fears or desires from their minds and create an illusion of them. 

Next is Sunspot. He can take the energy from the sun and convert it into super strength.

The final member of the original team was Wolfsbane. She can turn into...a wolf.

Later came Magma. She can take the lava from the Earth and use it against her foes.

Next is Magik. She possess dark magic and has something called a Soul Sword. 

Then came Cypher. He can translate any language. Spoke, written, computer, body language. (Check out my other post on him.)

And they needed Cypher to translate for Warlock. He can take the form of anything. Yes, anything at all. He can even fly. 

Cypher

Cypher is a character from Marvel Comics. His real name is Doug Ramsey and his power is that he can almost instantly understand any language. Not just spoken; he can understand computer language, body language, sign language, etc. Unfortunately, his power wasn't much good in a fight, which often left him feeling like he wasn't really a member of the team. This also led to him committing an act of bravery that cost him his life. He was recently resurrected in a huge X-Men crossover called Necrosha. He's a little different now, not quite the same sweet Doug. But I'm so glad he's back. Missed ya Doug. (Yes, I know he's been back for almost a year. When I found out last year, I almost peed myself with joy.)
Here's some pics:

Doug and BFF Warlock. Warlock can take any shape or form, even a skateboard.

Another of Dougie and 'lock.

He believed he was infected with the Transmode Virus.

Doug and Magik. Warlock in the backgroud, taking a very weird shape.

Lol.

At one point, the New Mutants had very weird costumes.

They also joined Emma Frost's Hellions briefly.

Shortly before his death, he had a relationship with Wolfsbane.

Ultimate Doug, from the Ultimate Universe.

  

                            

                                       Behind only Warlock, his second best friend, and brief romantic interest, Kitty Pryde.

Doug and Captain Britain.

Read the tombstone. (I want to cry.)

I have this card. It was the fist time I ever heard of Cypher.

This cover is very misleading. The story was also very disturbing.

This cover is not misleading, but the story is still disturbing.

But it has a happy ending.

Because Doug is saved by Warlock and is now a normal human, not a zombie.

Classic Doug. (Actually, he was possessed by the Shadow King at the time, but that's neither here nor there.)