The New Mutants #54 [Direct]
(August 1987)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No letters column this issue.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Mignola (signed as Mignola)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Ratrace! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Hellfire Club -- -- the most exclusive, elite establishment in the world,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hellfire Club: Black King [Sebastian Shaw] (guest); Black Queen (guest, cameo); Tessa (guest); White King [Erik Lehnsherr]; White Queen [Emma Frost] (guest)
Hellions: Catseye [Sharon Smith] (guest); Empath [Manuel de la Rocha] (guest); Jetstream (guest); Roulette [Jennifer Stavros] (guest); Tarot [Marie-Ange Colbert] (guest); Thunderbird [James Proudstar] (guest)
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh] (leaves the team); Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Magma [Amara Aquilla]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Sage; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada] (villain, cameo); Viper [Ophelia Sarkissian] (villain, cameo)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Karma uses Hellfire Club resources to try to find her missing siblings. The New Mutants and Hellions both try to find the truth about the statue of Selene and Magma's ancestor, and the Hellions win. Karma leaves the New Mutants to search for her siblings.
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Indexer Notes

Chris Claremont's final regular issue (but see issues #63 and #81). Karma leaves the team at the conclusion of this story.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Ratrace!
    New Mutants
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