X-Men Fans React to Mutant Hero's Tear-Jerking New Name & Form
WARNING: Major Spoilers for New Mutants #24 ahead!
The recently released New Mutants #24 features one of the most beautiful moments in recent Marvel Comics. A long-running X-Men character, already abused and dissected by the cruel U-Men in her first appearance, was finally reborn with a new body, and reclaimed her identity with a new name. Fans on Twitter have reacted with immense praise, especially for the writing done by the quickly-becoming-legendary author Vita Ayala, as the rebirth of Cerebella celebrates the best of what mutantdom can offer while still acknowledging their past harms.
Martha Johansson debuted in Grant Morrison's iconic New X-Men (2001) run, introduced to the readers as a floating brain with powerful telepathic powers controlled with drugs by the leader of the anti-mutant human group called the U-Men, who attempted to elevate themselves to become a «Third Species» by harvesting organs from mutants and grafting them to their own warped bodies. Since then Martha has been part of New X-Men's «Special Class,» Hope Summer's Lights, the X-Men, and most recently the New Mutants on Krakoa. However, throughout this whole time, she has been called «No-Girl» by the X-Men, an incredibly demeaning and hurtful name for a young mutant who is passionate about life, regardless of her lack of a body. Explaining how harmful this name has been for her, Martha said this in an earlier New Mutants issue: "Humans took me and tore my brain from my body, and instead of the X-Men undoing what those monsters had done, I was left to figure out how to fend for myself. They even gave me a name that pokes fun at what I went through. No-Girl."
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