New Mutants Vol 1 29

New Mutants #29
Previous Issue	New Mutants #28
Next Issue	(title) New Mutants #30 (story) Secret Wars II #1
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Cover Date	July, 1985
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter

1. "Meanwhile, Back at the Mansion..."
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	Bill Sienkiewicz
Inker(s)	Bill Sienkiewicz
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski Joe Rosen
Editor(s)	Ann Nocenti

 I really suggest you cooperate. To coin a phrase, we really do have ways of making you talk. 

—Magik

Appearing in "Meanwhile, Back at the Mansion..."

Featured Character(s):

• The New Mutants
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Magik (Illyana Rasputin)
  • Sunspot (Bobby da Costa)
  • Magma (Amara Aquilla)

Supporting Characters:

• Dazzler (Ali Blaire)
• Lila Cheney
• Guido (First appearance)
• Magneto (Magnus)
• Captain Lee Forrester

Villains:

• The Gladiators
  • ⏴ Axe ⏵
  • Alexander Flynn
  • Ivich
  • Max Rocker
  • Ray (First appearance)
• Karma (Shan Coy Manh) the Shadow King (Possessed by the Shadow King)
• S'ym

Other Characters:

• Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Vision or hallucination)
• Several passengers at an airport
• Unnamed kidnappers
• Various citizens of Los Angeles
• Attendees of the Gladiator game
• Unnamed slaves of the Shadow King

Locations:

• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Westchester County Airport
• California
  • Los Angeles
    • The Gladiator's Arena
  • Malibu
    • Lila Cheney's home
• A Dyson sphere, Lila's real home
• Limbo
• Bermuda Triangle
  • Magneto's Island Base

Synopsis for "Meanwhile, Back at the Mansion..."

Cannonball and Magik are chasing people who kidnapped Magma and Sunspot. The kidnappers get away with the unfortunate mutants, but Cannonball and Magik get a prisoner. Illyana tries to teleport them to the location of their friends based on their prisoner's information, but misses by a week. So Sam takes them to see Lila Cheney to get some help. In the Bermuda Triangle, Lee Forrester and Magneto make up, and get a warning from Professor X about the Beyonder. Illyana, Sam, Lila, and Allison go to a Gladiator bout, and interfere. Everything seems to be going according to plan when Magneto arrives suddenly and asks everyone who would to come with him.

Notes

• This issue is a prelude to the crossover event, Secret Wars II.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

Trivia

• This issue is the first appearance of Guido who will later be known as Strong Guy in the X-Factor series, of which Wolfsbane is also a member of.

See Also

• 5 image(s) from New Mutants Vol 1 29
• 2 reprint(s) of New Mutants Vol 1 29

Links and References

• The New Mutants at Wikipedia
• The New Mutants at Marvel Subscriptions
• The New Mutants series index at Comicbookdb.com
• The New Mutants series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• The New Mutants series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 01/28/2010