Bob McLeod

Bob McLeod co-created the New Mutants — both the concept and the characters' visual identities. The original graphic novel and the early issues established the look of Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Mirage, Sunspot, and Karma as the world first saw them. His style is warm and approachable, rooted in clean Marvel tradition but with an expressiveness that suited the younger, more emotionally vulnerable cast. His costume designs set the template that Sienkiewicz and Liefeld would later build on.