The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series) #87 [Direct]

Volume: 1

Price: 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP

Pages: 36

Editing: Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

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Here Comes the Man Called-- Cable!!

(Table of Contents)

New Mutants / cover / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Rob Liefeld (signed as Liefeld [banner])
Inks:	Todd McFarlane (signed as McFarlane)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Characters:

New Mutants

Cable [Nathan Summers]

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This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Marvel Comics
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: Printed in the U.S.A.

A Show of Power!

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New Mutants / comic story / 23 pages

Script:	Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils:	Rob Liefeld (credited)
Inks:	Bob Wiacek (credited)
Colors:	Mike Rockwitz (credited as M. Rockwitz)
Letters:	Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre:superhero

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where once there was a wall, now there is a hole rimmed with white hot slag...

Characters:

Mutant Liberation Front

Forearm [Michael McCain]
(without a universe)

(villain)
Reaper [Pantu Hurageb]
(without a universe)

(villain)
Strobe [Juliana Worthing]
(without a universe)

(villain)
Tempo [Heather Tucker]
(without a universe)

(villain)
Thumbelina [Kristina Anderson]
(without a universe)

(villain)
Wildside [Richard Gill]
(without a universe)

(villain)
Zero
(without a universe)

(villain)

New Mutants

Warriors Three

Fandral the Dashing
(without a universe)
Hogun the Grim
Volstagg

Balder the Brave
Skids Blevins [Sally Blevins]
(without a universe)
Cable [Nathan Summers]
(introduction)
Rusty Collins
(without a universe)
Karnilla
(without a universe)
Mystique [Raven Darkhölme]
(villain)
Ship
(without a universe)

(cameo)
Stryfe [Nathan Summers]
(villain) (introduction)

Eitri; Wolf Prince

Synopsis:: The Mutant Liberation Front attacks more research stations. Mystique threatens Skids. A federal agent shoots Rusty. He and Skids allow the MLF to rescue them. The New Mutants return to New York. After trying to stop the MLF, Cable weighs his options.

First (full) appearance of Cable.; in X-Men (SatellitFörlaget, 1990 series) #8/1992 [17 sidor]
in Titans (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #147 (10 avril 1991) [-2 pages]
in Cable and the New Mutants (Marvel, 1992 series) (June 1992) [partial reprint]
in Marvel Limited: X-Men Famous Firsts (Marvel, 1995 series) (January 1995)
in X-Force: Cable & the New Mutants (Marvel, 2010 series) (2010)
in True Believers: Cable and New Mutants (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (June 2017)
in Nous sommes les Nouveaux Mutants (Panini France, 2020 series) (mars 2020)
in New Mutants Epic Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #7 - Cable (2020)

Indexer Notes

Part 2 of 4. Names, powers, and appearances of MLF members Forearm, Reaper, Strobe, Tempo, Thumbellina, Wildside, and Zero are revealed. Rusty and Skids leave the New Mutants. New Mutants appear in New Mutants Annual #5 near the end of this story.