- Script
- Chris Claremont
- Pencils
- Bob McLeod
- Inks
- Mike Gustovich; Bill Willingham (ink assists)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is this really necessary, Stevie?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh] (origin); Psyche [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Henry Peter Gyrich (villain); Gabrielle Haller; Stevie Hunter; Moira MacTaggert; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Illyana Rasputina
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The New Mutants get acclimated to their new home, new talents, new friends, and new teachers, unaware that they are being watched. Moira learns that Professor X has a son. Psyche is attacked in the Danger Room by an unknown assailant.
- Reprints
- in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #59 (10 décembre 1983)
- in Los Nuevos Mutantes (Planeta DeAgostini, 1986 series) #1 (Marzo 1986)
- in Die Gruppe X (Condor, 1985 series) #13 (1989)
- in I Nuovi Mutanti (Play Press, 1989 series) #1 (Aprile 1989)
- in Titans (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #201 (octobre 1995)
- in New Mutants Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 ([April] 2006)
- in Marvel Gold. Los Nuevos Mutantes: Tercera Génesis (Panini España, 2012 series) #[nn] (Noviembre 2012)
- in New Mutants / X-Force: Demon Bear (Marvel, 2014 series) (2014) [pages 17-18]
which is reprinted- in New Mutants Epic Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 - Renewal (2017)
- in True Believers: New Mutants (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (June 2017)
- in The New Mutants : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2018 series) #1982-1983 (mars 2018)
- in New Mutants Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020)
Second appearance of the New Mutants (after Marvel Graphic Novel #4). Occurs while the X-Men are in outer space, and Professor X is hosting a Brood embryo (see Uncanny X-Men #162-167). Prof. X's son, Legion, first appears in issue #26. Part 1 of 3. On his YouTube channel, Bill Willingham stated that he ink assisted Mike Gustovich, mostly "filling in the blacks".