The New Mutants #15 [Direct]
(May 1984)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-01-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Louise Simonson (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No letters column this issue. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-01-24.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tom Mandrake (signed as Mandrake)
Inks
Tom Mandrake (signed as Mandrake)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magik [Illyana Rasputin]
Reprints
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Scaredy Cat! (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Tom Mandrake (finisher)
Inks
Tom Mandrake
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The best time for casting spells is very early in the morning...
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants [Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Danielle Moonstar; Sunspot [Roberto DaCosta]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]]; Ariel [Kitty Pryde]; White Queen [Emma Frost] (villain); Hellfire Club; Doug Ramsey (illusion); Roberta (cameo); Edwin Jarvis (cameo); Cloak (flashback); Dagger (flashback)
Synopsis
Magik sends her astral form to the Massachusetts Academy and learns that the White Queen has captured Kitty and brainwashed Doug. The New Mutants learn that Magik is a sorceress. They head off to the rescue, but are met by the White Queen.
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Keywords
Massachusetts Academy; Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3.

This story takes place while the X-Men and other super-hero groups are "missing in action" (see Uncanny X-Men #180 and Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1-12).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter; ?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Items, The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Scaredy Cat!
    New Mutants
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist
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