Firestar #1 [Direct]
(March 1986)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The X-Men! The New Mutants! The White Queen! and They All Want This Deadly Mutant! (Table of Contents)

Firestar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mary Wilshire (signed as Wilshire)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (signed as Leialoha)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestar [Angelica Jones]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; White Queen [Emma Frost]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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Mark of the Mutant! (Table of Contents: 1)

Firestar / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco (credited)
Pencils
Mary Wilshire (credited)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Colors
Daina Graziunas (credited as D. Graziunus)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orz); Lois Buhalis (credited as L. Lois)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You have the mark, all right!
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie] (cameo); Mirage [Dani Moonstar] (cameo); Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa] (cameo); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (cameo)
X-Men: Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]
Firestar [Angelica Jones] (origin); Bartholomew Jones (first appearance, Firestar's father); White Queen [Emma Frost]; Firestar's grandmother (death); Cassie; Martha; Chuck Belson; Eve; Phil; Joyce; Peggy; Mr. Slattery; Hellfire soldiers
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Firestar manifests her powers for the first time. Her Grandmother dies, which triggers the manifestation. She is recruited by the White Queen.
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The X-Men! The New Mutants! The White Queen! and They All Want This Deadly Mutant!
    Firestar
  2. 1. Mark of the Mutant!
    Firestar
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