Collects New Mutants (1983) #86-94, New Mutants Annual (1984) #5-6, New Mutants Summer Special (1990) #1, material from X-Factor Annual (1986) #5, X-Men Annual (1970) #14. Watch out, New Mutants — here comes the man called Cable! With the rest of the team in Asgard, Freedom Force arrests Rusty and Skids. The terrorist Mutant Liberation Front demands their release, but a mysterious metal-armed, gun-toting warrior with a glowing eye is targeting the MLF for reasons of his own! The New Mutants make the dangerous passage back to Earth, but soon cross paths with Cable — and their lives will never be the same! The forceful reinvention of the New Mutants begins here as Professor X’s former students join Cable to tackle threats including Sabretooth, Skrulls and the shadowy Stryfe! Plus: The New Mutants battle Atlanteans, face their futures and tune in to TV land!

ルイーズ・サイモンソンが描く本作の本質は、純真な若者が冷酷な戦士へと変貌する「通過儀礼」の残酷な美しさにあります。学園という檻を離れ、生き抜くために過酷な現実と対峙する彼らの姿は、単なるヒーロー像を超えた重厚な成長譚として読者の胸に深く突き刺さります。 謎の男ケーブルの介入は、物語に「理想から実利へ」の強烈な転換をもたらします。既存の教えに背き、自らの手で運命を拓こうとする若者たちの剥き出しの熱量は、ページを捲るごとに魂を揺さぶります。時代が求める「正義」の変容を活写した、まさに文学的転換点と呼べる傑作です。