New Mutants Special Edition #1 [Direct]

(1985)

Home Is Where the Heart Is (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Arthur Adams (credited)

Inks

Terry Austin (credited)

Colors

Christie Scheele (credited)

Letters

Lois Buhalis (credited as Buhalis); Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orzechowski)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Magnificent!

Genre

superhero

Characters

New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Valkyries: Axe; Grimgerta; Hecara; Hildegarde; Mist (introduction); Ortlinda; Rossveissa; Sygnet; Valtrauta
Warriors Three: Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg
Brightwind (introduction); Eitri (introduction); Enchantress [Amora] (villain); Hela (villain); Prince Hrimhari (introduction, wolf prince); Kindra (introduction); Loki (villain); Odin (illusion); S'ym; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Surtur (illusion); Vigdal; Steele; Holt; Thigvald; Harald Einarson (death); Egvanda; Throff the Terrible; Grovig

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Loki captures Storm. The Enchantress almost captures the New Mutants, but Magik teleports the rest of them away, where they each individually have life-changing adventures. Eventually they reunite, defeat the Enchantress, and set out to rescue Storm.

Reprints

• in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #96 (10 janvier 1987) [22 premières pages [First 22 pages]], #97 (10 février 1987) [21 pages des pages 23 à 45 [21 pages out of pages 23 to 45]], #98 (10 mars 1987) [19 dernières pages [Last 19 pages]]
• in X-Men: The Asgardian Wars (Marvel, 1989 series) (1989)
• in X-Men Legends (Marvel, 2002 series) #3 - Arthur Adams (2003)
• in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #6 ([August] 2005) [black and white]
• in New Mutants Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #5 ([March] 2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #12
• in X-Men - La Collection Mutante (Hachette, 2020 series) #3 - Les guerres d'Asgard (novembre 2020)
• in New Mutants Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2021)
• in The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2006 series) #5 (2023)
• in New Mutants Epic Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #3 - Asgardian Wars (2023)

Indexer Notes

This story, which is continued in X-Men Annual #9, is a sequel to the events of the X-Men and Alpha Flight mini-series. The New Mutants appear here after New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #34 and before X-Men Annual (Marvel, 1970 series) #9, Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #200, and New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #35. Warlock transforms into Longshot briefly. Valkyrie characters come from marvel.fandom.com.