The New Mutants #73 [Direct]
(March 1989)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-11-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No letters column this issue.
On sale date from Amazing Heroes #152.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Darkchilde No More! (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bret Blevins
Inks
Bret Blevins
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
X-Terminators: Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith]; Rictor [Julio Richter]
Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Darkchilde [Illyana Rasputina]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #73 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #73 [Newsstand]
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The Gift (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Bret Blevins (credited)
Inks
Al Williamson (credited); Mike Manley (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Illyana was once a beautiful gift to the world, filled with the promise of perfection.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hellfire Club
Hellfire Club: Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Black Queen; White King [Erik Lehnsherr]; White Queen [Emma Frost]
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
X-Terminators: Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith]; Rusty Collins; Leech; Artie Maddicks; Rictor [Julio Richter]; Skids [Sally Blevins]
Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor] (cameo); Gosamyr; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; N'astirh; S'ym (villain); Nathan Summers (cameo); Limbo Demons (villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
N'astirh tries to stike a deal with Magneto and the Hellfire Club. Magik battles S'ym but when her brother arrives, she teleports the New Mutants to Limbo in shame as she doesn't want Colossus to see the creature she has become. The New Mutants enter a Limbo stepping disc into the past and rescue the six-year old Illyana. Magik tries to kill her younger, innocent self but Wolfsbane talks her out of it. Magik sends the demons and S'ym back to Limbo and seals it shut, but the massive expulsion of power reverts her back to being a six-year old child.
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Indexer Notes

"Inferno" part 3 of 3. N'astirh's story continues in The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #242 and X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #38.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Darkchilde No More!
    New Mutants
  2. 1. The Gift
    New Mutants
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ken Austin
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
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