Thoughts

The New Mutants continue their adventure in dated pulp fiction Nova Roma. And yet again, Claremont just seems happy to mine the cliches rather than do anything new with them.

That doesn’t make the issue bad though. These cliches are repeated in these type of stories because they work. So as this issue introduce a bevvy of bikini beauties to be sacrificed to the Gods in the Evil villains Volcano lair. And its still entertaining stuff.

And after a few issues in Nova Roma, another issue becomes striking. We’ve been told that this is a city of exiled Romans, allied with local Inca. Except, well, they are all drawn as white. Like the films of the fifties this is a very Northern European Rome. Nobody looks Italian. Nobody looks Incan. They all look Scandinavian, with Amara the more Nordic of the lot.

Fun Panel

Another issue, another cracking cliffhanger that visually captures the excitement of the final twist.