The New Mutants #59 [Newsstand]

(January 1988)

Fang and Claw! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Louise Simonson (credited)

Pencils

Bret Blevins (credited)

Inks

Terry Austin (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is it? We sneak out of school -- break groundin' -- run the risk...

Genre

superhero

Characters

New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; Magik [Illyana Rasputina]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Ani-Mator [Frederick Animus] (villain, introduction); Bird-Brain; Brightwind; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Ani-Mates (introduction)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The New Mutants are watched by the Animator, who created a host of mutated animals, and who works with Cameron Hodge and the Right. Sunspot and Warlock return to the mansion. The Ani-Mator captures the New Mutants, and confronts Bird Brain, his creation.

Reprints

• in Titans (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #124 (10 mai 1989) [-3 pages]
• in X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants (Marvel, 2002 series) ([February] 2002)
• in X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in X-Men Milestones: Fall of the Mutants (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
• in X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in New Mutants Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #3 (2023)

Keywords

Fall of the Mutants; Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Indexer Notes

Fall of the Mutants crossover with The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #225-#227 and X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #24-#26. Notation of previous appearance of Warlock and Sunspot changed from Fallen Angel's #8 (info by Charlie, 2005-06-29, Per Sandell ed.).