New Mutants (1st series)

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Series Details
New Mutants (1st series)
Publisher/Imprint: 
Marvel
Publication Date: 
March 1983 to April 1991
Issue Numbering: 
#1-100
Overview: 

The New Mutants had been introduced the previous year in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (with Karma appearing earlier, in Marvel Team-Up #100). After having apparently lost the X-Men, Xavier intended to open the school to a group of "new" mutants returning it to its original concept in the early X-Men title. After the X-Men returned, the school remained.

When Xavier himself had to depart for outer space, Magneto took on the role of headmaster, though with limited success. For a while the New Mutants were on their own, until they accepted leadership under Cable. Title was eventually canceled and replaced as X-Force (1st series).

Annuals / Specials: 

7 annuals, 1 special edition, 1 "Summer Special"

Crossover annuals - #4 (Evolutionary War), #5 (Atlantis Attacks), #6 (Days of Future Present), #7 (Kings of Pain)

Years Published Name of Series Issue Numbering Brief Description
1983 to 1991 New Mutants (1st series) #1-100 original series, replaced with X-Force (1st series)
2003 to 2004 New Mutants (2nd series) #1-13 prelude to New X-Men: Academy X series, aka New X-Men (2nd series)
2009 to 2012 New Mutants (3rd series) #1-50 Zeb Wells' series, Necrosha, Second Coming, Regenesis
2020 to 2023 New Mutants (4th series) #1-33 Krakoa era

Crossovers/Events/Major Stories:

#8 - first appearance of Magma

#9 - first appearance of Selene

#14 - Magik joins New Mutants

#16-17 - Hellions
#18-20 - Demon Bear Saga

#18 - first Warlock

#21 - Warlock and Cypher join the team

Annual #1 -first Lila Cheney

#26 - first Legion

#29 - first Strong Guy
#30, #36-37 - Secret Wars II crossover

Spiecial Edition #1 – Asgardian Wars crossover with Uncanny X-Men Annual #9;  first Brightwind, Mirage becomes a Valkyrie
#35 – first Magneto as headmaster

Annual #2 - Psylocke joins the X-cast
#46 - Mutant Massacre
#47-50 - lost in time

#51 - Magneto joins the Hellfire Club
#57 - first appearance of Bird Brain
#59-61 - Fall of the Mutants, Cypher dies
#71-73 - Inferno , Magik is reduced to a child

#75 – split with Magneto

#76 - New Mutants merge teams with the X-Terminators
#84-86 - Acts of Vengeance
#87 - first Cable
#95-97 - X-Tinction Agenda
#98 - first Deadpool, first Gideon, death of Emmanuel daCosta
#99 - first Shatterstar, first Feral, Thdunerbird II becomes Warpath
#100 - final issue

Issue Summaries
we currently have 110 summaries available for this title
Issue No. Issue Date
New Mutants (1st series) #1 March 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #2 April 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #3 May 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #4 June 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #5 July 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #6 August 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #7 September 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #8 October 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #9 November 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #10 December 1983
New Mutants (1st series) #11 January 1984
New Mutants Annual #1 January 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #12 February 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #13 March 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #14 April 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #15 May 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #16 June 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #17 July 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #18 August 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #19 September 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #20 October 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #21 November 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #22 December 1984
New Mutants (1st series) #23 January 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #24 February 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #25 March 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #26 April 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #27 May 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #28 June 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #29 July 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #30 August 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #31 September 1985
New Mutants Special Edition #1 September 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #32 October 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #33 November 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #34 December 1985
New Mutants (1st series) #35 January 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #36 February 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #37 March 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #38 April 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #39 May 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #40 June 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #41 July 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #42 August 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #43 September 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #44 October 1986
New Mutants Annual #2 October 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #45 November 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #46 December 1986
New Mutants (1st series) #47 January 1987

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Last Updated: 
31st October 2023 by Ruth