A Interesting Begining
New Mutants was a revolution in comic book history. The characters are astounding, The action is great. This series started a revolution in X-Titles for years to come. If you have seen my list, Favorite Comics, you will have seen that New Mutants made the top. Their is a reason for that: The intense story and the fun art don't blend well, yet the art is really cool in it's own way. It doesn't look as realistic as it could have yet it is fairly amazing. If you compare the cover of just this issue to New Mutants Classic 1 cover, doesn't this look better.
The plot is sound. Their is one minor flaw though. That's the uncapturing cliffhanger. I was NOT really wanting to read the second issue.
Overall, this comic is amazing. Uncanny X-Men was failing at the time. I'm glad MARVEL took a risk. Great issue.