([January] 1985)

Marvel, 1984 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.25 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1984-09-11 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #55, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-10-02. Released concurrently with January 1985 cover dated titles.
This issue has variants:

Steal This Planet! A Rock Fable (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cannonball; Lila Cheney
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Painted cover.

Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants Annual (1984 series) #1 [Newsstand]
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The Cosmic Cannonball Caper (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Bob McLeod
Inks
Bob McLeod (credited as McLeod); Tom Palmer (credited as Palmer)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited as Sharen)
Letters
Bob McLeod (credited as McLeod)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
With just a thought, Sam Guthrie can trigger a biothermic reaction...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X; New Mutants [Cannonball; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Magma; Danielle Moonstar; Sunspot; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]]; Charasulla (villain, introduction); Lila Cheney (introduction); Stevie Hunter; Roddy; Conal; Ben; Phil Hovannes (death)
Synopsis
The New Mutants attend Lila Cheney's concert. Lila is attacked by an alien, and teleports her and Cannonball to her Dyson sphere. Lila, who is trying to steal Earth, is double-crossed. The New Mutants rescue them. Lila composes a love song for Cannonball.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story occurs between New Mutants #21 and #22, just after Warlock and Cypher have joined the team. Lila Cheney's next appearance is in issue #29.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Steal This Planet! A Rock Fable
    New Mutants
  2. 1. The Cosmic Cannonball Caper
    New Mutants
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