The New Mutants #30 [Direct]
(August 1985)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Peter Sanderson (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #69.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Max Rocker; Ivich Williamson
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover sports Secret Wars II trade dress.

Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #30 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #30 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #30 [Canadian]
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The Singer & Her Song (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is a place beyond space and time...
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]
X-Men: Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Rachel Summers (Days of Future Past - Earth-811)
Beyonder; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Alexander Flynn; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh] (possessed by Shadow King); Lexi; Max Rocker; Ivich Williamson
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Shadowcat uses Illyana's Soulsword to transform her from the Darkchilde back to her normal human form, manifesting Magik's armor in the process. The kids return to earth from Limbo and once again head to the mutant arena to rescue the captured Magma and Sunspot. They are secretly spied on by the Beyonder but Rachel senses him and tries to communicate. Dazzler and Shadowcat infiltrate the Gladiators but are captured by the one who is actually controlling events in the arena, the former New Mutant, Karma.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 3. A Secret Wars II crossover. Story continues from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #1, in which the Beyonder transformed Illyana into the Darkchilde, and Illyana fled to Limbo, taking Cannonball, Dazzler, Shadowcat, and Rachel Summers with her.

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

Report Card / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Friends: It was a very nice...

Indexer Notes

Letters from: F. Woodrow Harris, Michael Pickens, Cloh Wei Leong, Ian Ruaiseart MacBain, Tim Sprule, Marc gerin-Lajoie, Stephanie Kulick, Anita Figueras, Alison Illingworth, Clark Fife, and Jim Scribner.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. The Singer & Her Song
    New Mutants
  3. 2. ["Dear Friends: It was a very nice..."]
    Report Card
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  • Darrel McCann
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