" Dwayne leapt from his seat moments before the intruder unleashed a large fireball at him. He fell to his back and looked up. "Nice digs," said the intruder. He was composed entirely of flames, and he wore a mechanical harness of some sort, as well as devices beneath his feet. Devices, Taylor assumed, which allowed him to hover in the air."
This passage reflects early problems fairly well. It's filled with generic descriptions hurriedly flung down on the page so, I assume, the writer can get to the parts he actually wants to write about. "A large fireball". "Devices". "Composed entirely of flames." Come on. You've got a character made entirely of fire, and all you can write is that? Lazy.

Lazy description is not the only problem assaulting early issues. Plot holes also abound. In issue two, a character claims to know information the actual text offers no way for him to know. In issue three a character sees a river "at least five miles wide" in North America. No such river exists. These are not the oversights and errors, just the ones I immediately remember. but I'm making this all to gloomy and negative. It isn't.

There's some good interaction here, and some good interplay. Natural moments that just seem to fit right into the lives of any teenager abound. The character of Ricochet in particular is handled deftly.

The atmosphere of NEW WARRIORS deserves special mention. We never once forget that these are fairly young people trying to forge their own new lives. There's a sense of possibility, discovery, and responsibility that gives the entire run a cohesive texture.