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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1984
Cover Price 1.00
Pages 52
Editing Ann Nocenti (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Notes Painted Cover

Cover Details

Characters Cannonball, Lila Cheney.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Sienkiewicz
Inks Bill Sienkiewicz
Colors Bill Sienkiewicz
Notes Painted Cover
Reprinted in Nuovi Mutanti, I (Play Press, 1989 series) #18

40 page New Mutants story "The Cosmic Cannonball Caper"

Characters Professor X, Cannonball, Cypher, Magik, Magma, Mirage, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane; V: Charasulla (I); SC: Lila Cheney (I; next: New Mutants #29), Stevie Hunter.
Synopsis The New Mutants attend Lila Cheney's concert; Lila is attacked by an alien, and teleports her and Cannonball to her Dyson sphere; Lila, who is trying to steal Earth, is double-crossed; the New Mutants rescue them; Lila composes a love song for Cannonball.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Bob McLeod
Inks Bob McLeod and Tom Palmer
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Bob McLeod
Notes This story occurs between New Mutants #21 and #22, just after Warlock and Cypher have joined the team.
Reprinted in Nuovi Mutanti, I (Play Press, 1989 series) #18