The New Mutants #8 [Direct]
(October 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
1983-06-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #27, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-06-28.
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
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They're Not As Tough As They Look, Are They Sam?
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants [Danielle Moonstar; Cannonball]; Amazons
Reprints

The Road to... Rome? (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
The Amazon.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X; New Mutants [Cannonball; Danielle Moonstar; Sunspot; Wolfsbane]; Sebastian Shaw (villain); Emmanuel Da Costa (villain); Castro (villain, introduction); Team America [Cowboy (guest-star); R.U. Reddy (guest-star); Wolf (guest-star)]; Majestrix Lilandra (cameo); Amara Aquilla [Magma] (introduction); Nina Da Costa; Silvera; Amazons (villain)
Synopsis
The New Mutants and Sunspot's mother, journeying down the Amazon River, are attacked by natives. Cannonball captures one, who turns out to be not what she seems. Their ship is destroyed, and they are captured by -- Romans?!?
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["They're Not As Tough As They Look, Are They Sam?"]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. The Road to... Rome?
    New Mutants
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
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