The New Mutants #62 [Direct]
(April 1988)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jon J. Muth (signed as M.)
Inks
Jon J. Muth (signed as M.)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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To Build a Fire (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Jon J. Muth (credited)
Inks
Jon J. Muth (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're lucky, Warlock. When life's too miserable to stand,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hellions: Catseye [Sharon Smith]; Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]; Jetstream [Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid]; Roulette [Jennifer Stavros]; Tarot [Marie-Ange Colbert]; Thunderbird [James Proudstar]
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Lucius Antonius Aquilla; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; White Queen [Emma Frost]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Magma is called home from the Massachusetts Academy. Emma Frost, eyeing the mineralogical wealth in Nova Roma, sends Empath with her. Their plane crashes. They have a series of adventures, in which Magma learns she really does care for Empath.
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Indexer Notes

Starring Magma and Empath.

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

Report Card / letters page / 0.8 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear People, I just finished...

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jason Walker, Kim Cooper, Laura Dykstra, P. K. Beaver, and C. D. H..

Page also contains the statement of ownership.

U. S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Thomas Costello (Business Manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total No. Copies Printed (net press run): Average no. of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 368,964. Single issue nearest to filing date: 351,573.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. To Build a Fire
    New Mutants
  3. 2. ["Dear People, I just finished..."]
    Report Card
  4. 3. U. S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)
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