The New Mutants #88 [Direct]
(April 1990)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Daryl Edelman (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rob Liefeld (signed as Liefeld)
Inks
Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Blob [Frederick Dukes]; Cable [Nathan Summers]; Pyro [St. John Allerdyce]
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The Great Escape (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Rob Liefeld (credited)
Inks
Hilary Barta (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's it gonna be--?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Force: Blob [Frederick Dukes] (villain); Crimson Commando [Frank Bohannan] (villain); Mystique [Raven Darkhölme] (villain); Pyro [St. John Allerdyce] (villain); Super Sabre (villain)
New Mutants: Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Rictor [Julio Richter]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
X-Factor: Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
X-Factor: Archangel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo); Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Cable [Nathan Summers]; Moira MacTaggert; Ship
Synopsis
Freedom Force captures Cable, suspecting a connection to the MLF. The New Mutants reunite with X-Factor, and learn about Rusty, Skids, and the MLF. Wolfsbane has an unpleasant confrontation with Moira. Cable escapes Freedom Force's clutches.
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Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 4.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. The Great Escape
    New Mutants
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