New Mutants Vol 1 45

New Mutants #45
Previous Issue	New Mutants #44
Next Issue	New Mutants #46
Cover Date	November, 1986
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	James Shooter

1. "We Were Only Foolin'"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	Jackson Guice
Inker(s)	Kyle Baker
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski Lois Buhalis
Editor(s)	Ann Nocenti

 If we're to learn anything from Larry's death, it should be this... You want to know who I am? I'm Katherine Pryde. That's the only thing that matters. The rest are just labels. 

—Shadowcat

Appearing in "We Were Only Foolin'"

Featured Character(s):

• The New Mutants
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Mirage (Dani Moonstar)
  • Sunspot (Bobby da Costa)
  • Magik (Illyana Rasputin)
  • Magma (Amara Aquilla)
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)
  • Cypher (Doug Ramsey)
  • Warlock

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  • ⏴ Magneto (Michael Xavier) ⏵
  • Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
• Larry Bodine (First appearance)
• Brightwind

Villains:

• Sentinels Mk V - (Danger Room constructs)

Other Characters:

• Analie Hogarth, principle of Salem Center High School
• Murray, Shirley, Simone, Roger, Diana, Peter and other Salem Center teenagers
• Jim and Mary Bodine, Larry's parents

Locations:

• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
      • Danger Room
  • Salem Center
    • Salem Center High School
    • Larry Bodine's house

Synopsis for "We Were Only Foolin'"

The New Mutants go to a dance at the Salem Center High School. Larry Bodine sees Dani leave on Brightwind, and reveals to the reader he too is a mutant. Bodine, a victim of verbal bullying, is threatened that they'll call X-Factor on him as a prank by the 'popular' crowd. Larry goes off with the New Mutants back to Xavier's for a bit, but wears out his welcome by telling the new joke going around school, which is about mutants. He goes home alone to sulk. Rahne, however, trusting her instinct, follows him home and sees his light sculpture, and rushes off to tell the New Mutants. Just then, the bullies call Larry's home, and tell him they called X-Factor. Afraid of X-Factor, he commits suicide. The next morning at breakfast, Rahne is about to let everyone know he's a mutant when Magneto interrupts to let them know he committed suicide. Dani and the others talk Rahne out of killing the people who caused Larry's death. Shadowcat gives a speech at an assembly at Salem Center High School to urge people to be careful how they label others.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

See Also

• 5 image(s) from New Mutants Vol 1 45
• 2 reprint(s) of New Mutants Vol 1 45

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 02/23/2010