The New Mutants #6 [Direct]
(August 1983)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-04-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor); Danny Fingeroth (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #23, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-04-26.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob McLeod (signed as Bob McLeod)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed as Bob McLeod)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The New Mutants [Cannonball; Psyche; Wolfsbane]; Silver Samurai
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #6 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #6 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #6 [Canadian]
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Road Warriors! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited); Armando Gil (credited as A. Gil) (finisher); John Tartaglione (credited as J. Tartag) (finisher)
Inks
Armando Gil (credited as A. Gil); John Tartaglione (credited as J. Tartag)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the heart of San Francisco's business district stands Carillon Towers --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X; The New Mutants [Cannonball; Karma; Psyche; Sunspot; Wolfsbane]; Viper (villain); Silver Samurai [Keniuchio Harada] (villain); Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Coy (villain); Amahl Farouk (villain, unidentified); Team America [Cowboy (guest-star); Georgianna (guest-star); Honcho (guest-star); R.U. Reddy (guest-star); Wolf (guest-star); Wrench (guest-star)]; Black Rider (guest-star); Majestrix Lilandra; A.I.M.
Synopsis
Karma tries to gain help from Gen. Coy, her crime-lord uncle. Team America recovers the crystal Viper wants from an AIM fortress in Mexico. The New Mutants rescue Psyche. A mysterious assailant "claims" Karma, body and soul, forever.
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Indexer Notes

Karma becomes "missing in action" in this story, and returns in issues #29-34.
Viper & Silver Samurai both next appear in The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #172.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / 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 Susan M. Murrie, Patti Hemeleski, J. Robey, and Conrad Felber.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Road Warriors!
    New Mutants
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Mutant Mail-Box
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ken Austin
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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