(1986)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1986-06-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #97.
This issue has variants:

Wildways (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis
Inks
Alan Davis ?
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Bratpack: Jubilee [Darla]; Snitch [Butch]; Straight Arrow [Alfie]
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Douglock; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Why Do We Do These Things We Do?! (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Alan Davis (credited)
Inks
Alan Davis (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last year. Chambeaux, Switzerland. It's hard to be a hero.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bratpack: Jubilee [Darla] (guest); Snitch [Butch] (guest); Straight Arrow [Alfie] (guest)
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Douglock (temporarily combined); Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Captain Britain [Brian Braddock] (guest); Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh] (cameo); Leong Coy Manh (also appears as Template); Nga Coy Manh (also appears as Template); Meggan (cameo guest-star, first U.S. appearance); Mojo (Mojoverse) (villain); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (guest-star, origin, first U.S. appearance); Spiral [Rita Wayword] (Mojoverse) (villain); Rita Wayword (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Mojo captures Betsy (giving her new eyes and the name Psylocke), then Wolfsbane, Sunspot, Karma's siblings, and the Bratpack. The New Mutants meet Captain Britain. Cypher merges with Warlock and saves the day. Psylocke decides to stay at Xavier's school.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story occurs between New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #44 and #45. Spiral, Mojo, and the Bratpack (Butch, Darla, and Alfie) appear here following the Longshot limited series. A sequel to this story appears in X-Men Annual (Marvel, 1970 series) #10.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Wildways
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Why Do We Do These Things We Do?!
    New Mutants
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