The New Warriors #12 [Direct]

(June 1991)

Forever Yesterday Part 2: A Betrayal of Hope (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Fabian Nicieza

Pencils

Mark Bagley

Inks

Larry Mahlstedt

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mutant Liberation Force [Marvel Man [Vance Astrovik]; Firestar; Cannonball; Beast; Juggernaut; Sebastian Shaw; Magneto; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Charles Rider; Gloria Rider; Robert Rider; Sayge; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Namorita;Reed Richards (death); Deir Taylor (death); Franklin Richards (death); Dwayne Taylor [Night Thrasher]]; Sphinx [Meryet Karim] (villain); Avengers [Captain Assyria; Horus; Sceptre [Monica Rambeau]; Nova; Storm; Iron Man] (villains); Galactus (cameo flashback); Sphinx [Anath-Na Mut] (cameo flashback); Cyclops (cameo); Scalphunter (cameo); Rogue (cameo); Blob (cameo); Nekra (cameo); Mandrill (cameo); Sandman (cameo); Sabretooth (cameo); Unus (cameo); Havok (cameo); Hulk (cameo); Gargoyle (cameo); Vision (cameo); Polaris (cameo); Adam Warlock (cameo); Her (cameo); Vector (cameo); Human Torch (cameo)

Synopsis

A band of the Mutant Liberation Force invades the Sphinx's heavily guarded Maqaman Island but finds the Avengers waiting to repel them. With Nova having learned from Sayge the true history of the Sphinx and how she changed the world, he betrays the Avengers and joins the mutants in their fight for freedom. Young Dwayne Taylor's father is killed as a traitor to the Sphinx and vows revenge. As the rest of the Mutant Liberation Force arrive on Maqaman, the Sphinx herself shows up to oppose them.

Reprints

• in Spécial Strange (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #83 (novembre 1992)
• in Grandes Heróis Marvel (Editora Abril, 1983 series) #46
• in New Warriors Classic (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 (2011)
• in New Warriors Omnibus (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 (2013)