The New Mutants #31 [Newsstand]
(September 1985)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860220709
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #31 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz) (painting)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Karma [Shadow King]; Dazzler; New Mutants [Sunspot; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Cannonball; Magma]
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Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #31 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #31 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Mutants (1983 series) #31 [Canadian]
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Saturday Night Fight (Table of Contents: 1)

New Mutants / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (signed as BS)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited) (signed as BS)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is a place in Los Angeles where the jaded rich go...
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants [Cannonball; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Magma; Sunspot]; X-Men [Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Rachel Summers]; Dazzler; Karma [Shadow King] (villain); Max Rocker (villain); Ivich (villain); General Nguyen Ngoc Coy (cameo); Mirage [Danielle Moonstar] (cameo flashback); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (cameo flashback); Doug Ramsey (cameo flashback); Warlock (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The New Mutants (and friends) battle the Gladiators, and confront the ringleader, who turns out to be Karma. Karma escapes. The New Mutants decide to find out the truth about Karma, no matter what the cost.
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Indexer Notes

Part 3 of 3.

Karma had been missing in action since issue #6.

[From the Private Journals of Charles Xavier] (Table of Contents: 2)

Empath / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Empath [Manuel Alfonso Rodrigo de la Rocha]
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[Massachusett's Academy Headmistress Evaluation] (Table of Contents: 3)

Catseye / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as Bill Sienkiewicz)
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Catseye [Sharon Smith]
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    New Mutants
  2. 1. Saturday Night Fight
    New Mutants
  3. 2. [From the Private Journals of Charles Xavier]
    Empath
  4. 3. [Massachusett's Academy Headmistress Evaluation]
    Catseye
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