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Issue: New Mutants 22 Date: Dec-84 Story: The Shadow Within (18 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Wolfsbane, Magma, Magik; Warlock Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier Guest Stars: Nightcrawler, Colossus; Dr. Moira MacTaggert Villains: Selene; Friedrich von Roehm; Hellfire Club members Sebastian Shaw, Emmanuel Da Costa Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Nightcrawler teaches Sam to turn in mid-air and Rahne to waltz and to not judge by appearances. Colossus and Roberto engage in more of a fight than a training session; Xavier and Moira examine Warlock; Roberto and Amara go swimming. Selene shows up in New York and plots with her follower von Roehm to take over the Hellfire Club. Rahne writes a fable: Princess Alystraea and Prince Duncan standing for herself and Roberto; the evil Silver Sorceress and Black Baron standing for Cloak and Dagger. NOTE: 3 pages of Xavier's journal follow: Rahne, Dani, and Amara. Issue: New Mutants 23 Date: Jan-85 Story: Shadowman (20 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Wolfsbane Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier; Magneto Guest Stars: Colossus, Dr. Moira MacTaggert; Tyrone Johnson (Cloak) and Tandy Bowen (Dagger) Villains: Hellfire Club members Sebastian Shaw, Emmanuel Da Costa, Selene, Friedrich von Roehm Other Characters: Harry Morrel, owner of Harry's Hideout; Molly a waitress, Aleytys "Lee" Forrester Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Emmanuel and Selene join the Hellfire Club. Roberto refuses to leave Harry's or explain his sullenness. He punches Colossus, who calls on Xavier, who calls on Sam and Dani. Roberto is transformed into an insubstantial being of darkness, and Colossus punches him out (of town). Both are rendered comatose and are taken back to the mansion's lab. Forrester ferries a wounded Magneto (see iss. 21) to his Bermuda Triangle base. Dani discovers that Rahne is missing and has Sam fly her to the Hotel St. Anne in New York. Rahne is in the penthouse, distraught and confused. Dani believes she is sleepwalking and shapeshifting into another body. Sam realizes there is a link to Cloak and Dagger, since the same drug that created them was injected into Rahne and Roberto (Marvel Team-Up Annual 6). They are now powerless, however, and can't help. Roberto awakens, consumes Colossus, and attacks Xavier. NOTE: 1 page of Xavier's journal follows: Warlock. Issue: New Mutants 24 Date: Feb-85 Story: The Hollow Heart (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Wolfsbane, Magma, Magik Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier; Magneto Guest Stars: Dr. Moira MacTaggert; Cloak and Dagger; Colossus, Rogue; Kitty Pryde, Zsaji as hallucinations Villains: street scum named Slick Other Characters: Aleytys "Lee" Forrester, Father Michael Bowen, Leong Xui and Nga Manh Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski, L. Lois Buhalis Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Roberto, having felled Xavier, tells Moira that he hungers for light. He begins to consume her, but Rahne arrives, transforms into a beautiful woman, and feeds Roberto with light. He teleports them away. They have become like Cloak and Dagger and turn to Father Bowen for aid. Forrester gets an apology out of Magneto, while Cloak and Dagger face life without powers. Colossus, in Roberto's shadow dimension, sees himself in a desert, torn between Kitty and Zsaji, finally losing them both. Rahne retrieves him, and she and Roberto collapse into their original forms. Dani and Xavier probe Roberto's mind, unleashing the shadow, which attacks them all until Illyana breaks Dani's link. She then teleports Rahne and Roberto to Limbo to try to exorcise them. The process backfires, and the light and shadow both possess Illyana. She purges herself of them, returning them to Rahne and Roberto. Xavier lectures Illyana on responsibility as he had lectured Sam on dress code. Cloak and Dagger return, willing to help. Issue: New Mutants 25 Date: Mar-85 Story: The Only Thing to Fear... (21 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Sunspot, Psyche, Wolfsbane, Magma, Magik Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier Guest Stars: Dr. Moira MacTaggert; Rogue; Cloak and Dagger Villains: street scum named Slick; David Charles Haller (Legion) Other Characters: Father Michael Bowen Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski, L. Lois Buhalis Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Dagger is reunited with her uncle, Father Mike. Xavier is unsure how the Cloak and Dagger forces work, but Roberto's hunger is growing and some solution must be found. Xavier tells Ty how he first discovered his power, by accidentally being pulled into his step-brother's mind after his father had beat him. His power was at first a curse, but he learned to control it. He suggests that Ty can do the same as Cloak. He has Illyana transport them all to Limbo and guides Rogue as she absorbs just the Dagger persona from Rahne. Roberto, however, refuses to cooperate and attacks Illyana and Ty. Rogue absorbs the Cloak persona from him, and the two personas conflict within her and the mind-linked Xavier as Illyana exorcises them. Roberto and Randy are restored to normal, Ty and Tandy are again Cloak and Dagger, and they return to protecting runaway children from such as Slick. On Muir Island, Moira monitors Legion and is forced to turn to Xavier for help. NOTE: 1 page of Xavier's journal follows: Lila Cheney. Issue: New Mutants 26 Date: Apr-85 Story: Legion (21 pages) Feature Characters: Psyche, Wolfsbane, Warlock, Doug Ramsey Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier; Magneto; Tom Corsi, Sharon Friedlander Guest Stars: Dr. Moira MacTaggert; Banshee; James Madrox (Multiple Man) Villains: David Charles Haller (Legion); Emma Frost; Empath; Rev. Craig Other Characters: Gabrielle "Gaby" Haller; Frost's secretary Mrs. Hennessey; Aleytys "Lee" Forrester Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: On Muir Island, Corsi and Friedlander try to adjust to being American Indians (see iss. 20) and are contacted telepathically by Legion. They find him levitating, in agony, throwing objects with his mind. Then the room explodes. Xavier, Banshee, Dani, Rahne, Warlock and Doug arrive. Moira briefs Xavier: the explosion only hurt psychically, and she needs his help with Gaby's autistic son. Frost berates Empath over the loss of Firestar (Uncanny X-Men 193 and the Firestar miniseries), and he tries to take control of her emotions. She retaliates, placing inhibitors in his mind. Touring Ullapool, Dani, Warlock, Doug, and Rahne bump into and are yelled at by Craig. Xavier probes Legion's mind on the astral plane and finds a persona trying to communicate in Arabic and another shooting fire at him. In the Bermuda Triangle, Magneto has a nightmare from which Lee wakes him. They kiss. Rahne and Moira are contacted telepathically in Arabic. Then the room explodes. Issue: New Mutants 27 Date: May-85 Story: Into the Abyss (22 pages) Feature Characters: Danielle Moonstar (Mirage, henceforth), Wolfsbane, Warlock, Doug Ramsey Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier Guest Stars: Dr. Moira MacTaggert; James Madrox (Multiple Man) Villains: Legion: his personalities Jack Wayne, Jemail Karami, Cyndi Other Characters: Gabrielle "Gaby" Haller Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Wein Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Moira and Rahne have been mind-wiped like Corsi and Friedlander (last iss.). Gaby still refuses to tell Xavier that Legion is his son. Xavier and Dani enter Legion's mind and are attacked by an image of Rahne, while Legion pulls Gaby and Doug into the astral plane. Xavier cracks Legion's mental wall and learns he is his son. Gaby and Doug are sucked down a mental abyss while Xavier saves Dani and is confronted with three of Legion's personas. He decides to keep trying to help Legion and lets himself fall into the abyss, finding Rahne, Moira, Dani, and Doug's astral forms in an amalgam of Paris and Beirut. Legion's Jack Wayne persona explains that Jemail trapped David's core personality under a black dome. Gaby recognizes Jemail as a terrorist who killed David's godfather Daniel Shomron and almost killed David. Moira and Rahne meet and ally with Cyndi, the fire-thrower. Moira guesses that Jemail's mind was absorbed by David during the terrorist attack and has caused David's own mind to splinter. Issue: New Mutants 28 Date: Jun-85 Story: Soulwar (25 pages) Feature Characters: Mirage, Wolfsbane, Warlock, Doug Ramsey Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier; Magneto; Tom Corsi, Sharon Friedlander Guest Stars: Dr. Moira MacTaggert Villains: Legion and personalities; Empath Other Characters: Gabrielle "Gaby" Haller; Aleytys "Lee" Forrester; Daniel Shomron as a memory Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Xavier, Jack Wayne, Gaby, Moira, Dani, Rahne, Doug, and Cyndi scale a mountain to reach David's core personality and are attacked by the environment, which is under Jemail's control. In the Bermuda Triangle, Forrester decides it was a mistake to become involved with Magneto since he is an enemy of all humankind. Xavier and Dani attack Jemail. Doug helps Xavier realize they can just walk through the black dome. They find crystals that store David's memories. Gaby sees the memory of Jemail's attack, sees Shomron die and David kill his attackers by merging minds with them, accidentally absorbing Jemail. The crystals shatter, and all are felled except for Jack Wayne, who moves to kill Jemail and is now shown to be a villain. Sam and Dani defeat him and help Jemail, who had been trying to heal David's mind. Dani forces an alliance between Jemail and Jack to restore David, and the group returns to their bodies. David recovers except for the three dominant splinter personalities and is introduced to his father. Xavier is aware that the Beyonder is approaching earth (foreshadowing Secret Wars II), and back in New York, Empath plans to turn Sunspot and Magma over to the Gladiators. Issue: New Mutants 29 Date: Jul-85 Story: Meanwhile, Back at the Mansion (24 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Magik, Sunspot, Magma Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier; Magneto Guest Stars: Lila Cheney and her bodyguard (Guido Carosella, eventually Strong Guy), Alison Blaire (Dazzler) Villains: Gladiators including Alexander Flynn (actually Amahl Farouk's mind in Xi'an Coy Mahn's body - keep reading), Axe, Ivich, Ray Other Characters: Aleytys "Lee" Forrester; S'ym Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Tom Orzechowski, Joe Rosen Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Sam, with Illyana, blasts through Westchester County Airport, pursuing Roberto and Amara, who were kidnapped. He fails to catch the plane, but Illyana has S'ym interrogate one of the kidnappers. He talks. Illyana ports to Los Angeles, arriving a week later by accident. Sam goes to Lila's house for help and finds Alison there, who was once a Gladiator (Beauty and the Beast miniseries). Flynn heads the Gladiators; he wants Roberto and Amara to fight as entertainment. If they won't, non-mutant children will fight instead. In the Bermuda Triangle, Xavier contacts Magneto, telling him to lead the X-Men against the Beyonder (Secret Wars II). Lila, Sam, Alison, Illyana, and Guido go to the arena. Alison goes to the aid of her friend Ivich, who was about to be killed by Ray. Roberto and Amara are in the next fight, drugged, and Alison and Sam are in process of subduing them when Magneto bursts in with a call to arms. But Roberto and Amara stay, because children are still hostage. Issue: New Mutants 30 Date: Aug-85 Story: The Singer and Her Song (21 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Magik, Sunspot, Magma Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Kitty Pryde, Rachel Summers, Dazzler Villains: The Beyonder; Gladiators including Alexander Flynn, Ivich, Max, Lexi Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Joe Rosen Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Note: this is part 2 of Secret Wars II. The Beyonder has brought Illyana's demonic nature to the surface (see Secret Wars II:1), and she is now Darkchilde. She teleports Kitty, Sam, Alison, and Rachel to Limbo and attacks them, but Kitty takes the Soulsword from her and slices her, returning her to normal, for now. They go back to Los Angeles to free Roberto and Amara from the Gladiators and are observed by the Beyonder. Dazzler and Kitty infiltrate the Gladiators, and Dazzler uses her power to stun all the combatants. She revels in the applause and struggles with her desire to be in the spotlight. She finally writes in her diary that fame is not worth her soul. Rachel telepathically reaches out to the Beyonder, who merges with her mind momentarily, filling her with cosmic awareness, similar to the Phoenix force. Dazzler, possessed, attacks Kitty, who is put inside a robot that is sent into the arena to fight Roberto and Amara. Issue: New Mutants 31 Date: Sep-85 Story: Saturday Night Fight (20 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Magik, Sunspot, Magma; Mirage, Wolfsbane, Doug Ramsey Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Kitty Pryde, Rachel Summers, Dazzler Villains: Gladiators including Ivich, Max; Xi'an "Shan" Coy Manh (Karma), her uncle Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Coy; Empath, Catseye; Emma Frost Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Letters: Joe Rosen Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Roberto and Amara battle the robot (see last iss.), and Roberto realizes that Kitty is inside. Kitty catches him but is able to break free of mental control and phases out of the robot, which collapses. A very fat Shan takes control of Alison and attacks them, and Sam blasts in with Rachel and Illyana, who gets a demon to take Alison to Limbo. The Gladiators attack, thinking they killed Alison, so Kitty has Illyana bring her back. We learn that Alexander Flynn was just a hologram, and the real head of the Gladiators is Shan. They fight, but she threatens to force her servants to kill themselves, so they let her escape. The police arrive and break up the party, arresting Gen. Coy instead of Shan. Rachel, Kitty, and Alison return to the X-Men, but the New Mutants go off on their own to catch Shan. NOTE: 1 page of Xavier's journal follows: Empath; 1 page of Frost's student evaluations follows: Catseye Issue: New Mutants 32 Date: Oct-85 Story: To the Ends of the Earth (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Sunspot, Mirage, Wolfsbane; Warlock, Magma, Magik, Doug Ramsey Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Storm Villains: Viper; Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Coy; Karma and her guards (ex-Gladiators) Other Characters: Limbo demons including S'ym; Ashake (one of Storm's ancestors), Kyri and Rolf Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Steve Leialoha Letters: L. Lois Buhalis Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: Recapping issue 6, Viper blew up her estate in an attempt to kill the original New Mutants. Shan was lost, and Xavier let her be thought dead, but she is actually alive, fat, evil, rich, and powerful. Doug uses computer records to track her to Madripoor, and the team flies there and attacks her villa at night. She possesses all except Dani and Illyana, who teleport to Limbo. They return to the villa to learn that all the Gladiators have been killed by the New Mutants, under Shan's control. Illyana tries to teleport them to Shan's home in Cairo but shifts in time as well, arriving in Pharaonic Egypt, where the sorceress Ashake befriends them. They try again and arrive in a futuristic Egypt, where Kyri and Rolf are attacked by Sam, Rahne, Roberto, and Amara, who have become old and punkish killers. Third time's the charm, and Illyana gets them to present-day Cairo, where they find that Warlock has brought Storm. Issue: New Mutants 33 Date: Nov-85 Story: Against All Odds (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Magma, Doug Ramsey, Sunspot, Magik, Mirage, Warlock Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier Guest Stars: Storm Villains: Karma Other Characters: Phil and Dale Sullivan; S'ym Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Steve Leialoha Letters: L. Lois Buhalis, Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: In the Pharaoh nightclub in Cairo, Shan toys with people's minds. Storm, Illyana, and Dani attack her, and she uses the New Mutants to fight for her. Dani pulls forth her greatest fear: Xavier, and frees Rahne. Later, in Storm's old neighborhood, Sam, Roberto, and Amara attack. Illyana teleports Dani back to Shan, and she is immediately possessed. This puts Rahne back under Shan's control, and she and S'ym believe that Illyana has switched sides. Storm defeats Roberto, Sam, Amara, Dani, and Rahne, but Illyana transports her to Shan, as well. Warlock is convinced that Illyana has switched sides and attacks her. Issue: New Mutants 34 Date: Dec-85 Story: With a Little Bit of Luck! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Magma, Cypher, Sunspot, Magik, Mirage, Warlock Regular Characters: Prof. Xavier Guest Stars: Storm Villains: Karma; Amahl Farouk Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & Inks: Steve Leialoha Letters: L. Lois Buhalis, Tom Orzechowski Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Synopsis: In Limbo, Warlock battles Illyana until she convinces him that she has a plan to save the New Mutants. In Cairo, Shan plays with Storm's mind and reveals that she is actually Farouk, Xavier's first foe. Illyana transports herself and Warlock back in time to witness their psychic duel (as in Uncanny X-Men 117). She theorizes that although Farouk's body died, his mind survived and has taken over Shan. Warlock pretends to be Illyana and battles Shan while Illyana teleports the mutants to Limbo, which frees them from mental control. They all attack Shan simultaneously, and Farouk's mind jumps from her to Doug. Illyana detects this, and Shan defeats Farouk on the astral plane. NOTE: the New Mutant Special Edition is next in sequence. Issue: New Mutants Special Edition Date: 1986 Story: Home Is Where the Heart Is (64 pages) Feature Characters: Karma, Cypher, Magik, Warlock, Magma, Mirage, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Sunspot Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Storm, The Warriors Three: Volstagg the Great, Dashing Fandrall, and Hogun the Grim; Longshot and Gumby (as templates for Warlock) Villains: Loki, Amora (Enchantress) Credits: Writer: Chris Claremont Illustrator: Arthur Adams Embellisher: Terry Austin Letters: L. Lois Buhalis, Tom Orzechowski Colors: Christie Scheele Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Other Characters: Remington Steele and Laura Holt; Asgardians including Thigvald, Harald Einardson, Hela, Vigdal, Throff the Terrible, Ragnar; dwarfs including Eitri, Egvanda, Kindra; Valkyries including Mist, Axe, their flying horses including Brightwind; Odin and Surtur as illusions; Limbo demons including S'ym, a wolf prince (Hrimhari) Synopsis: In Asgard, Loki observes the X-Men. He gets the Enchantress to bring Storm to him and torment the X-Men, since he is sworn not to harm them (see X-Men and Alpha Flight miniseries). In Kirinos island in Greece, Storm takes a vacation with the Mutants and tries to comfort the hideously fat Shan (see issues 29-34). Dani attacks the Mutants with her illusions, as an impromptu training exercise. Then the sky then turns dark, and they are all kidnapped to Asgard. Illyana tries to teleport them away but hits a barrier. She remains a prisoner of the Enchantress, but the team is scattered. Shan is alone in a desert and lays down to die. Doug is in a Viking meadhall, loses a duel with the serving wench, and is enslaved. Rahne is hunted by giants and befriended by a wolf; Warlock is attacked by and consumes a dragon in Hela's domain. Roberto is in a meadhall, arm-wrestling, brawling, and wenching. Magma is drugged by dark elves; Sam allies with dwarfs; Dani saves Brightwind and befriends the Valkyries. The Enchantress pulls out Illyana's demonic side and makes it her servant to hunt down the others. Shan saves a young girl from a sand demon. Doug narrowly escapes the Illyana-demon and is reunited with Warlock. Roberto is challenged by the Warriors Three to lift Volstagg. Amara, under control of the dark elves, attacks the dwarfs, and Sam defends them. Dani learns that the Valkyries intend to bond her to them, and flees. Shan keeps herself and the child alive in the desert for months. The Illyana-demon catches Roberto and makes him the Enchantress's slave. Loki commissions Eitri to make a hammer for Storm. The wolf-prince proposes to Rahne, but the Illyana-demon interrupts and enslaves her. Warlock and Doug find Shan, now thin after her exertions, but her friend has disappeared, leaving behind a string tied to Shan's finger, signifying the Norns. The Illyana-demon, Roberto, and Rahne attack Dani, Shan, Sam, and Amara, and Warlock transforms himself into armor for Doug. Shan break Illyana's mental link to the Enchantress. They pretend to be enslaved and then attack her. Shan and the Illyana-demon reach Illyana, who has all this time been wounded whenever anyone attacked the Illyana-demon. Shan returns the demon to her. The Enchantress attacks, Shan possesses her long enough to force her to allow Illyana to teleport them all to Limbo. She gives the Enchantress to S'ym to play with. But Storm is still Loki's prisoner, and the New Mutants plan to free her (see Uncanny X-Men Annual 9).
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