The New Mutants #21 [Newsstand]
(November 1984)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-07-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860220711
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Peter Sanderson (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Double-Sized Issue. The newsstand version of this comic has a scribbled $1.00 price drawn by Sienkiewicz. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #51, with shipping date of 1984-07-03.
This issue is a variant of The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #21 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Slumber Party (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants [Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Magma; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #21 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #21 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #21 [Canadian]
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Slumber Party! (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited); Lois Buhalis (credited as L. Lois Buhalis)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There it is -- Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X [Charles Xavier]; New Mutants [Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Magma; Danielle Moonstar; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]; Warlock]; Lockheed; Magneto (guest-star); Magus (flashback); Doug Ramsey; Weezie; Margo; Rona; Marcie; Jenny; Laurie; Manol; Diana; Sheila; Ellen
Synopsis
The New Mutant girls host a slumber party with their friends from Salem Center. Warlock destroys Asteroid M and lands near Xavier's school. After some chaos, the New Mutants bring in Doug to communicate with Warlock, and invite him to join the school.
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Keywords
Asteroid M; Danger Room; Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Indexer Notes

Warlock joins the New Mutants at the end of this story, and Doug Ramsey shortly after. Magneto's long-time base, Asteroid M, is destroyed in this story; it is rebuilt in X-Men (1991) #1.

Magneto next appears in Uncanny X-Men #188. The New Mutants appear next in New Mutants Annual #1.

Cannonball (Table of Contents: 2)

Cannonball / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski; Lois Buhalis
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]
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Magik (Table of Contents: 3)

Magik / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski; Lois Buhalis
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magik [Illyana Rasputin]
Reprints

Sunspot (Table of Contents: 4)

Sunspot / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski; Lois Buhalis
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sunspot [Roberto DaCosta]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Report Card / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As you see, we have a new title for...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Lee Cavett, Anne Raine, Anthony Padilla, Professor Azimuth, T. M. Maple, David Riley, Kathy Li, Joel Kinstle, David Preston, Jesse Raley, and Melissa Cook.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Slumber Party
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Slumber Party!
    New Mutants
  3. 2. Cannonball
    Cannonball
  4. 3. Magik
    Magik
  5. 4. Sunspot
    Sunspot
  6. 5. ["As you see, we have a new title for..."]
    Report Card
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