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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published 1989
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?

Cover Details

Characters Cannonball, Namorita, Rictor, Boom Boom, Wolfsbane, Warlock, Sunspot; cameos: Sharkskin, Eel, Undertow.
Genre superhero
Pencils Rob Liefeld
Inks Rob Liefeld
Reprinted in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #55

1 page New Mutants credits "Table of Contents"

Characters Cannonball; Sunspot; Rictor
Genre superhero
Pencils Rob Liefeld (?)
Inks Tim Dzon (?)
Letters typeset

35 page New Mutants story "Here Be Monsters!"

Characters Boom Boom, Cannonball, Rictor, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane; GS: Namorita; V: Ghaur, Llyra, Spike (I), Coal (I), String (I); OC: Surf (I: Sharkskin, Eel, Undertow).
Synopsis Ghaur and Llyra steal the Horn of Doom from Namorita; Namorita believes the New Mutants stole it and goes after them; Ghaur blows the horn, which brings a monster that destroys Atlantis; Namorita and the New Mutants recover the horn.
Genre superhero
Script Louise Simonson
Pencils Rob Liefeld
Inks Tim Dzon
Colors Tom Vincent
Letters Joe Rosen
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Notes This story occurs between the last two pages of New Mutants #87. Chapter 9 of the Atlantis Attacks crossover with other 1989 annuals (occurs between Avengers Annual #18 and X-Factor Annual #4).
Reprinted in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #55; in Atlantis Attacks Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn]

1 page New Mutants illustration "Gallery of Former Members of the New Mutants"

Characters Karma, Mirage.
Genre superhero
Pencils Rob Liefeld
Inks Rob Liefeld
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Reprinted in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #55

1 page New Mutants illustration "Gallery of Former Members of the New Mutants, page 2"

Characters Bird-Boy, Magik, Magma, Cypher.
Genre superhero
Pencils Rob Liefeld
Inks Rob Liefeld
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Reprinted in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #55

10 page New Mutants story "A Case of the Cutes"

Characters Boom Boom; GS: Jon Bogdanove's hand; GA: Rictor, Ship; dream versions of Mary Jane Parker, Spider-Man, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Captain America, Daredevil, Sub-Mariner, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Hulk, Wolverine, Punisher, Franklin Richards.
Synopsis Ship asks Boom Boom what she thinks of the men in the New Mutants; Boom Boom falls asleep, and dreams that a comic book artist tries to team her up with various male super heroes, and the best match seems to be Franklin Richards!
Genre superhero
Script Judith Kurzer Bogdanove
Pencils Jon Bogdanove
Inks Hilary Barta
Colors Steve Buccellato
Letters Joe Rosen
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Notes This story probably occurs between New Mutants #76 and #77.

1 page New Mutants illustration "The New Mutants"

Characters Boom Boom, Skids, Rusty, Cannonball, Rictor, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Warlock.
Genre superhero
Pencils Rob Liefeld
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Reprinted in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #55

1 page New Mutants illustration "Namorita and Surf"

Characters Namorita, Surf (Sharkskin, Eel, Undertow).
Genre superhero
Pencils Rob Liefeld
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Reprinted in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #55

6 page Saga of the Serpent Crown story "Crowned Heads"

Characters Watcher; V: Emperor Naga, Karthon; GA: Priestess of Set; characters in flashback: Thing, Sub-Mariner, Dorma, Ikthon, Karthon, Captain Barracuda, Mr. Starkey.
Synopsis Emperor Naga remembers the events which led to his recovery of the Serpent Crown.
Genre superhero
Script Peter Sanderson
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Keith Williams
Colors Marc Siry
Letters Richard Starkings
Editing Gregory Wright (managing editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Notes Chapter 9 of the Saga of the Serpent Crown, which ran through all of Marvel's 1989 annuals (occurs between Avengers Annual #18 and X-Factor Annual #4).
Reprinted in Atlantis Attacks Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn]