The New Mutants
#81
[Direct Edition]
(November 1989)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics
- Brand:
- Marvel
- Editing:
- Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched; Was Ongoing
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
No letters column this issue.
Faith
New Mutants / comic story / 25 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Chris Claremont
- Pencils:
- Louis Williams (pp. 4-24); Terry Shoemaker (pp. 1-3, 25)
- Inks:
- Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein]
- Colors:
- Gregory Wright
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Magma; Empath; New Mutants [Cannonball; Cypher; Karma; Magik; Magma; Mirage; Sunspot; Warlock; Wolfsbane] (Flashback); Hercules (guest-star); Zeus; Apollo; Ares; other Olympian gods; Jaime Suarez (introduction, death)
- Synopsis:
- Magma tells Empath about how she met her god: when she once doubted her faith, Hercules visited her, but she did not believe he was real until he saved a boy from a fire and told him stories all night until he died, a hero, like Jason and the Argonauts.
Indexer Notes
A fill-in issue. Most of this story is a flashback to events that probably occurred between issues #35 and #36 (since this seems to be the New Mutants' first meeting with Hercules, before issue #40).
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Katie
- Per Sandell
- Derek Reinhard
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Glenn MacKay
- Lou Mougin
- Bill Pinches
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