 All three of these storylines deal with the assembly of a new team of mutants, feature the cyborg Donald Pierce as the villain, and have one member of the team (Cannonball, Elixir, and Ink, in the respective stories) that initially works for Pierce before switching sides and joining the new team.This story pattern was also followed, to some extent, in the "New X-Men" arc that appeared within the House of M timeline.Further underscoring this continuity is the appearance of many of the original New Mutants in all three stories