4.5 stars
When I was seeking out books to read that might be related to what I'd come to love on the FX show Legion, this was nowhere on any lists. I'd never heard of Zeb Wells and had no expectations for this, but it was by far the most solid, enjoyable New Mutants series I'd read up to this point.

It happens to also be the first time I've seen the Legion/David Haller character actually on the page and explored within his vast clusterfuck of a mind.

Usually in a collection this large, there are going to be a few story arcs that are total snoozers, but I can't recall any portion of this book that wasn't on point. If I had to pick, my favorites were the issues focusing on Cypher and Warlock (characters I'd never known about before, but who have both been around since 1984).

The only character from the original Chris Claremont New Mutants team who is nowhere to be seen here is Rahne. I found it odd that she wasn't even mentioned until reading all the bonus interview material, where Wells explains that her character was already too busy on other teams at the time.

The art is solid, characters of color are more true to their original design (advanced in age, but not as whitewashed as some runs between their origins and now).

Highly recommended for fans of the mutant side of the Marvel universe.