The New Mutants #45 [Direct]

(November 1986)

We Were Only Foolin' (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)

Inks

Kyle Baker (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters

Lois Buhalis (credited as Buhalis); Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orzechowski)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At first glance, Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters...

Genre

superhero

Characters

New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Brightwind; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Analie Hogarth; Larry Bodine (introduction; death); Rick; Shirley; Jim Bodine; Mary Bodine; Simone; Roger; Diana; Peter

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

One of the New Mutants' friends at Salem Center high school receives a note indicating that some of his classmates know that he is a mutant and will call X-Factor. He commits suicide. Shadowcat gives an impassioned speech about prejudice at his memorial.

Reprints

• in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #111 (10 avril 1988)
• in Marvel Limited: The X-Men Chris Claremont Collection (Marvel, 1994 series) (November 1994)
• in X-Men Visionaries: Chris Claremont (Marvel, 1998 series) ([June] 1998)
• in New Mutants Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #6 ([July] 2011)
• in Marvel Comics: The World Outside Your Window (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
• in New Mutants Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2021)

Indexer Notes

The New Mutants appear here following New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series) #2. This story takes place during the days when X-Factor is believed to be a group of mutant hunters (X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #1-#25).