The New Mutants #18 [Direct]
(August 1984)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-04-03
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #45, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-04-24.
This issue has variants:

Demon Bear! (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Danielle Moonstar; Demon Bear
Reprints
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Death-Hunt (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's out there, the demon bear that murdered my parents.
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants [Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Magma; Danielle Moonstar; Sunspot [Roberto DaCosta]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]]; Professor X of 2013 (guest-star, death); Demon Bear (villain); Magus (villain, introduction); Lockheed; Rachel Summers (origin); Warlock (introduction)
Synopsis
Danielle Moonstar knows that the Demon Bear that killed her parents is coming for her. Rachel Summers, displaced from her own time, tries to contact Professor X. Warlock tries to flee from Magus, his father. The Demon Bear comes for Danielle Moonstar and critically wounds her.
Reprints
Keywords
Danger Room; Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 3.

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

Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Editor: "The Road to... Rome" (NEW MUTANTS #8)...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Dustan Leary, Ann Stratton, Phyllis Weaver, and Mary Lynn Kotash.

Located between pages 3 and 4 of the main sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Jim Shooter; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Items by Shooter, Hype Box, Check List.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Demon Bear!
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Death-Hunt
    New Mutants
  3. 2. ["Dear Editor: "The Road to... Rome" (NEW MUTANTS #8)..."]
    Mutant Mail-Box
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist
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  • Ken Austin
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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