New Mutants Vol 1 22

New Mutants Vol 1 #22
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Art by: Bill Sienkiewicz
Cover Date	December, 1984
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	James Shooter

1. "The Shadow Within"
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	Bill Sienkiewicz
Inker(s)	Bill Sienkiewicz
Colorist(s)	Glynis Wein
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s)	Ann Nocenti

 By the sacred fire -- Selene!! 

—Friedrich von Roehm, upon realizing his goddess has returned.

Appearing in "The Shadow Within"

Featured Characters:

• The New Mutants
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Wolfsbane/Princess Alystraea (Rahne Sinclair)
  • Sunspot/Prince Duncan (Bobby Da Costa)
  • Mirage (Dani Moonstar)
  • Magma (Amara Aquilla)
  • Warlock

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
  • Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier)
• Dr. Moira MacTaggert

Antagonists:

• The Hellfire Club
  • Black Queen (Selene)
  • Black Rook (Friedrich von Roehm) (First appearance)
  • White Rook (Emmanuel Da Costa)
  • Black King (Sebastian Shaw)
  • Tessa (Sage)

Other Characters:

• Herr Getmann's Traveling Menagerie (Referenced)
• Lord (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
• Madonna (Invoked)
• William Lonestar (Voice)
• Peg Lonestar (Voice)
• Dani Moonstar's pony (Mentioned)
• Unnamed workers for von Roehm
• Unnamed Hellfire Club maids and a tailor
• Rumblebun and several wilderness animals (In Rahne's fairy tale)
• Silver Sorceress (In Rahne's fairy tale)
• Black Baron (In Rahne's fairy tale)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Werewolves
• Demons (Referenced)
• Humans
• Technarchy
• Birds
• Wolves
• Rabbits
• Deer

Locations:

• United States
  • New York
    • Westchester County
      • North Salem
        • Salem Center
          • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
            • Danger Room
    • New York City
      • Manhattan
        • Midtown
          • Park Avenue
        • Upper East Side
          • Lenox Hill
            • 66th Street and Fifth Avenue
              • Hellfire Club
  • Colorado (Mentioned)
• Heaven (Invoked)

Items:

• X-Uniforms
• Transmode Virus

Synopsis for "The Shadow Within"

The New Mutants are training. Cannonball is getting instruction from Nightcrawler on acrobatics. Rahne is still scared of him. Colossus and Sunspot are sparring when Sunspot somehow injures Colossus. Professor X and Moira are examining Warlock. Elsewhere in New York, Selene appears and gets directed towards the Hellfire Club, and Emmanuel Da Costa gets initiated into said club. Rahne writes a fairy tale, and she shows signs of possessing Dagger's powers by the end.

Notes

• Sunspot's attitude and odd appearance, as well as Rahne's dream, are explained in New Mutants #23.
• At the end of the issue are Xavier's "private journal" notes, featuring (click on image for full image):

"Wolfsbane"

"Mirage"

"Magma"

See Also

• 4 image(s) from New Mutants Vol 1 22

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