#Martha Johansson

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Some Escabella for your troubles

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Me signing copies of New Mutants: Lethal Legion at Folio Books (with personalization and terrible doodles!) We got nearly 90 orders so I gotta go back and sign the rest today.... Thanks y'all for helping us raise money for the TGI Justice Project. <3

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For lesbian visibility week, here are my favorite women kissers 🧡🤍🩷

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New Mutants Lethal Legion #5 - "Vampire Heist II" (2023)

written by Carlie Jane Anders art by Enid Balam, Elisabetta D'Amico, & Matt Milla

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propaganda under the cut

Martha Johansson: She has 88 appearances as of writing which, I know, is kind of a lot, but a lot of those appearances are as background x-student #3. She's been in 8 stories/runs ever, and 2 of those were oneshots in anthologies and another 2 were horrifically bad and completely contradicted the other 6. Please

Christopher Kent: He’s the bio son of General Zod who turned against his dad and got adopted by Clark and Lois! He got replaced by Jon because DC editorial hates adopted kids!

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Me wondering when we'll see the Lost Club again.

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From New Mutants Lethal Legion #005, “Vampire Heist II”

Art by Enid Balám, Elisabetta D’Amico and Matt Milla

Written by Charlie Jane Anders

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Contestants Index

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The New Mutants VS Count Nefaria and the Lethal Legion

New Mutants: Lethal Legion #4, 2023

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NEW MUTANTS: LETHAL LEGION #1 - THOUGHTS

There were several X-books out this week, but my favorite was the fantastic first issue of New Mutants: Lethal Legion, the FIRST Big 2 mainline mini-series ever to have a trans femme  character as the protagonist, and I feel like talking about it a little. 

Brought to us by @charliejaneanders​ and a fantastic team of artists, this issue sets up two plots, with Escapade, Cerebella, and Honey Badger (Sorry, Charlie, can’t bring myself to call her Scout) doing a silly heist in the hopes of distracting Martha from her trauma, while Wolfsbane attempts to convince Morgan to come to Krakoa. 

I won’t be doing a beat-for-beat rundown (Go read the issue!), instead just highlighting some of the things that stuck out to me. 

First, for as kind and compassionate as Shela is, I enjoy how she is completely unmerciful toward those who don’t deserve it. She may have realized calling herself a “villain” was silly and didn’t suit her at all, but she’s still someone who’s faced heavy discrimination, who’s been fighting and involved in crime to survive since she was a teenager, and who wanted to be like Emma Frost; of course she’s practical (and a little extra) about dealing with enemies.

Martha’s always been great, but I’ve absolutely been loving her since Vita Ayala made her part of their cast, and continuing to give her shine as Shela’s “best friend” was a great call. Martha still struggling to unpack her trauma, even though by all logic she should feel better, and contrasting her and Shela’s different views on things based on the different types of hate they’ve faced in their lives is good stuff. 

Look, this is sad for Morgan and all, genuinely so, but like...well, it’s acknowledged in-universe at this point that even on a good day, the X-Men are kind of jerks (It’s part of their charm!), but there’s something hilarious about this being Shela’s first issue as a proper X-hero, and mostly-Krakoan, and instantly she’s being a bitch and ignoring her lifelong best friend’s texts as he’s getting kicked out of his (formerly THEIR) apartment. 

Yes, it’s because she’s gotten sucked into her new life, and she’s been focusing her attention on helping Martha, but still. 

This. Motherfucking. Ensemble. 

It is the worst outfit I have ever seen, and I’m in love. 

Rahne Sinclair, we all know you’re a lesbian. Admit it already. 

What Martha is going through is very similar to what Rahne went through in Hickman and Ayala’s runs, and I’m hoping that’s intentional, and these two plots will intersect. 

This part I’ve already joked about, but Shela, girl, let’s talk about this. 

1. You used to look up to Emma Frost. Did you only start saying “Eat the Rich” after Krakoa came around? 

2. Did no one tell you that being Krakoan automatically makes you rich? You could be stocking up on so much food for Hibbert! 

3. You’ve now mostly decided to live on Krakoa. You do understand this nation is ruled by a dictatorial oligarchy of 12 who wield absolute power and live in castles while having everyone else share habitat domes with a dozen other people, RIGHT? Don’t worry, I don’t expect you to know literally all but one of them are extremely corrupt; you’re new here after all. 

Called it. I totally called it. I 100% called it. The last three issues of New Mutants made it far too clear this was where we were heading, and I’m so happy we did. Shela and Martha are adorable together, and now, this isn’t just the first mainline mini-series with a trans femme lead, it’s also another Marvel book with a sapphic couple in the leading roles! Well done! 

(Also, Shela, I see you fantasizing about wearing that Emma-looking outfit. Me thinks you haven’t completely turned on her) 

Gabby is only in this story because she heard something stupid was going on and she wanted to be a part of it. I love her. 

There is not one brain cell to be found here. 

To be honest, at least so far, I haven’t really enjoyed Morgan as a character. Compared to all the facets we’ve gotten from Shela as the focus of her stories, Morgan’s remained pretty one-note, and it’s not a note I particularly enjoy. He’s prissy, hates Krakoa, and liked things how they were. 

It also really doesn’t help that when actually asked about his issues with Krakoa, he makes an extremely weak argument. There are COUNTLESS major issues with Krakoa, but all he brings up is “You made your own language” and “All Mutants are soldiers”. 

And I’m sitting here like...really? Rahne ends up refuting his latter point in a great speech that makes a lot of sense for her, specifically, to give (though she could have also brought up that 99% of the Mutant population aren’t combatants. Then again, that would bring up Krakoa’s class system, and that would be a genuine thing Morgan would be right to complain about), but she doesn’t even bother addressing the language thing, probably because it’s such a ridiculous thing to complain about. 

She also doesn’t address the mention of “nationalism”. Krakoa IS absolutely a nationalist state, but whether that means “We are superior to all the monkeys who call themselves humans living on this planet” or “We have pride in our culture and will do whatever we have to to protect it from those who’d do us harm” really just comes down to whether you’re reading a Hickman-era book or a Post Hickman-era book. 

You idiots are all going to die. I’d laugh, but I’ve been waiting since X-Factor was unfairly cancelled to see a trans woman go through resurrection, so fingers crossed. 

That’s all I’ve got! Hope you all enjoyed ,and if you’d like to see me go over other comics like this, let me know! 

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Part 4

(Parts 1, 2 , 3, 5 & 6)

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You can't hold hands with Storm and not feel like the universe is ready for you to try again.

// New Mutants (2019) #33

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ICYMI... the trade paperback of NEW MUTANTS: LETHAL LEGION comes out next week. If you pre-order from Folio Books, I will sign, personalize and draw whatever doodle you want. Folio will donate to the TGI Justice Project, and I'll match!

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A little fun & sweet moment that happened my girlfriend (she/they) recently & I really want to share it <3

I introduced my girlfriend to New Mutants not too long ago, and she really likes it now, and they also grew to like Shela. And just recently, they found out Shela was a trans woman. She was absolutely over the moon excited. (& it was very cute & heartwarming to say the least.) From what I recall, that was her first time seeing a trans mutant, and she was so excited to with that representation (as a trans woman themself)

I just want to thank @charliejaneanders for honestly making such an impact, and making my girlfriend feel so happy & noticed. Seeing someone so thrilled by feeling seen & in something they love so much really truly shows the importance of characters such as Shela.

And fun fact, she and I want to cosplay Martha & Shela together. Bring the ship to life! We're very excited 🤍

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New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 - "Vampire Heist" (2023)

written by Charlie Jane Anders art by Enid Balam, Elisabetta D'Amico, & Matt Milla

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propaganda under the readmore

Martha Johansson: She has 88 appearances as of writing which, I know, is kind of a lot, but a lot of those appearances are as background x-student #3. She's been in 8 stories/runs ever, and 2 of those were oneshots in anthologies and another 2 were horrifically bad and completely contradicted the other 6. Please

Arizona Annie:

OK, so she has like nine appearances total, and only the first four are worth reading IMO.

Annie is a grossly underrated character, and even though her four stories are shallow, she has a lot of potential as a character and I would love to see Marvel do more with her (that doesn't involve randomly pairing her with colt)