The New Mutants #7 [Newsstand]
(September 1983)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1983-05-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860220709
Editing
Louise Jones (editor); Danny Fingeroth (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #25, with shipping date of 1983-05-03.
This issue is a variant of The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #7 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob McLeod (signed as MCLEOD)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed as MCLEOD)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
One More Mutie Trick, Boy-- An' Your Mama Dies!
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants [Sunspot; Cannonball]; Axe; Nina Da Costa
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #7 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #7 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #7 [Canadian]
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Flying Down to Rio! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Bob McLeod (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Big Sur, 120 miles south of San Francisco...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X; New Mutants [Cannonball; Psyche; Sunspot; Wolfsbane]; Sebastian Shaw (villain); Emmanuel Da Costa (villain, Sunspot's father); Hellfire Club soldiers (villain); Axe (villain, introduction); X-Men [Storm; Nightcrawler; Colossus] (guest-star); Lilandra; Nina Da Costa (introduction, Sunspot's mother); Simon; Goulart
Synopsis
Prof. X, suspecting foul play in Karma's disappearance, sends the New Mutants to Rio de Janiero with Sunspot's archaeologist mother, who is captured by the Hellfire Club. The New Mutants rescue her, unaware that Sunspot's father is plotting against her.
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Indexer Notes

This is the last issue in which Dani uses the code-name "Psyche." In issue #22 she begins using "Mirage." Axe next appears in issue #29.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lionel English, G. H. Tebutt, Roy Veldboom, and Suzanne Stone.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["One More Mutie Trick, Boy-- An' Your Mama Dies!"]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Flying Down to Rio!
    New Mutants
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Mutant Mail-Box
This issue was modified by
  • Ken Austin
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Vernon Laird
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