The New Mutants Annual #2 [Direct]

(1986)

Why Do We Do These Things We Do?! (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Alan Davis (credited)

Inks

Alan Davis (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last year. Chambeaux, Switzerland. It's hard to be a hero.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Bratpack [Jubilee [Darla] (guest); Snitch [Butch] (guest); Straight Arrow [Alfie] (guest)]; New Mutants [Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Douglock; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock] (guest); Xi'an Coy Manh (cameo); Leong Coy Manh (also appears as Template); Nga Coy Manh (also appears as Template); Meggan (cameo guest-star, first U.S. appearance); Mojo (villain); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (guest-star, origin, first U.S. appearance); Spiral (villain)

Synopsis

Mojo captures Betsy (giving her new eyes and the name Psylocke), then Wolfsbane, Sunspot, Karma's siblings, and the Bratpack. The New Mutants meet Captain Britain. Cypher merges with Warlock and saves the day. Psylocke decides to stay at Xavier's school.

Reprints

• in Los Nuevos Mutantes (Planeta DeAgostini, 1986 series) #31 (enero 1988) [pages 27-48]
• in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #110 (10 mars 1988) [9 premières pages [First 9 pages]], #111 (10 avril 1988) [Pages 10-29], #112 (10 mai 1988) [19 dernières pages [Last 19 pages]]
• in Marvel mutanter (SatellitFörlaget, 1989 series) #4/1990 (1990)
• in Prosjekt X (Semic, 1990 series) #4/1990 ([april] 1990)
• in X-Men: Danger Room Battle Archives (Marvel, 1996 series) (1996)
• in Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) ([July] 2009)
• in New Mutants Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #6 ([July] 2011)
• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in New Mutants Epic Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #3 - Asgardian Wars (2023)

Indexer Notes

This story occurs between New Mutants #44 and #45. Spiral, Mojo, and the Bratpack (Butch, Darla, and Alfie) appear here following the Longshot limited series. A sequel to this story appears in X-Men Annual #10.