New Mutants Vol 1 24

New Mutants Vol 1 #24 Published February, 1985 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Bill Sienkiewicz "The Hollow Heart" Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Bill Sienkiewicz Inker Bill Sienkiewicz Colourist Glynis Wein Letterer Lois Buhalis Tom Orzechowski Editor Ann Nocenti Previous Issue Next Issue New Mutants #23 New Mutants #25

Appearing in "The Hollow Heart"

Featured Characters:

• New Mutants
  •  Mirage (Dani Moonstar) 
  •  Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) 
  •  Magik (Illyana Rasputin) 
  •  Sunspot (Bobby da Costa) 
  •  Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) 

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  •  Professor X (Charles Xavier) 
  •  Colossus (Peter Rasputin) 
  •  Rogue 
  • Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (Dream)
• Dr. Moira MacTaggert
• Cloak (Ty Jackson)
• Dagger (Tandy Bowen)
• Leong Coy Manh
• Nga Coy Manh
• Father Michael Bowen
• Zsaji (Dream)
• Captain Lee Forrester
•  Magneto (Magnus) 

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

• Unnamed doctor (Vision)
• Several New Yorkers
• Slick, a pimp

Locations:

• Bermuda Triangle
  • Magneto's Island Base
• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Roosevelt Hospital
      • St. Anne's Church
      • Port Authority Bus Terminal
• Limbo

Items:

• Soulsword
  
  

Synopsis for "The Hollow Heart"

As the monstrous form of Sunspot attacks Xavier and Moira, Rahne arrives and transforms into a taller, long-haired, radiant version of herself and exhibits the power to calm Bobby. When Sam and Dani arrive, Bobby and Rahne disappear with Cloak's teleportation power. Professor X learns from the other kids Cloak and Dagger's condition and it becomes clear that the drugs Bobby and Rahne were given in Team-Up Annual #6 had a slow-acting effect on their genetics, compelling them only now to steal Cloak and Dagger's powers.

Bobby and Rahne teleport to Father Bowen's church. Bobby is mortified that he devoured Colossus, but Rahne senses that Peter still lives and is able to assume a silvery wolf form to dive into Bobby's darkforce and rescue him. By then, Professor X has caught up with them along with Sam, Dani, Illyana, and Rogue. In attempt to solve the problem, they first try Dani's psi-talent, but it backfires and nearly drives Bobby's powers out of control until Illyana's Soul Sword breaks the link. Then realizing that a sorcerous approach is called for, Illyana takes Bobby and Rahne to Limbo, despite Xavier's protests, and performs an exorcism that temporarily draws out the extra powers. The powers then start to possess Illyana, and she drives them out at the cost of more growth of her Soul Armor. They return to the church and it seems they're back where they started when Tandy and Ty, escaped from the hospital and come to terms with their lot in life, arrive and offer to give themselves up to return their powers back to where they belong.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]

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• The New Mutants at Wikipedia
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• 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

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