The New Mutants #86

(February 1990)

Bang! You're Dead! (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Louise Simonson

Pencils

Rob Liefeld

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

Glynis Oliver

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Rusty Collins; Skids; Vulture (villain); Nitro (villain); Tinkerer (villain); Freedom Force [Blob (villain); Crimson Commando (villain); Pyro (villain)]; Mutant Liberation Front [Wildside (villain, introduction); Reaper (villain, introduction); Strobe (villain, introduction); Zero (villain, introduction)]; Boom Boom (guest-star); Cannonball; Mirage; Rictor; Warlock; Wolfsbane; Balder; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Eitri; Wolf Prince; Cable (in blurb for next issue)

Synopsis

The New Mutants regroup in Asgard. Rusty and Skids defeat Vulture and Nitro, but are captured by Freedom Force. The Mutant Liberation Front destroys a federal research facility, then demands that Rusty and Skids be freed, or else they will strike again.

Reprints

• in Titans (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #146 (10 mars 1991) [-1 page]
• in Cable and the New Mutants (Marvel, 1992 series) (1992)
• in X-Force: Cable & the New Mutants (Marvel, 2010 series) (2010)
• in Acts of Vengeance Crossovers (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in New Mutants Epic Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #7 - Cable ([October] 2020)
• in Acts of Vengeance: Spider-Man and X-Men (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 4. Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight #26. Mutant Liberation front members identified include Strobe, Wildside, and Zero; others appear only in shadow. Cameo appearance of Cable, but his first appearance is generally regarded as issue #87.