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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published January 1990
Cover Price 1.00
Pages 36
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details

Characters Mirage, Odin, Cannonball, Warlock, Boom Boom, Rictor, Wolfsbane.
Genre superhero
Pencils Rob Liefeld
Inks Todd McFarlane

22 page New Mutants story "The Killing Stroke"

Characters Boom Boom, Cannonball, Mirage, Rictor, Rusty, Skids, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane; V: Hela, Vulture; SC: Brightwind; GS: Balder, Karnilla, Odin, Warriors Three (Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg); OC: Eitri, Kindra, Wolf Prince, the Einherjar, Volstagg's children.
Synopsis The combined heroes wage all-out war against Hela and her army; Mirage, still under Hela's power, tries to attack Odin with the sword, but the New Mutants stop her; Hela retreats; Mirage collapses; meanwhile, Rusty frees Skids, and they chase the Vulture.
Genre superhero
Script Louise Simonson
Pencils Geoff Isherwood
Inks Bret Blevins
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes Part 8 of 8. Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight #26.