New Mutants Vol 1 29

New Mutants Vol 1 #29 Published July, 1985 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Bill Sienkiewicz "Meanwhile, Back at the Mansion..." Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Bill Sienkiewicz Inker Bill Sienkiewicz Colourist Glynis Oliver Letterer Tom Orzechowski Joe Rosen Editor Ann Nocenti Previous Issue Next Issue New Mutants #28 New Mutants #30 (title) Secret Wars II #1 (story)

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

Featured Character(s):

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

Supporting Characters:

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

Antagonists:

• The Gladiators
  •  Axe 
  • Alexander Flynn (Hologram)
  • Ivich
  • Max Rocker
  • Ray (First appearance)
• Karma (Shan Coy Manh) (Possessed by Shadow King)

Other Characters:

• Numerous unnamed passengers
• Unnamed kidnappers
• Lucinda Guthrie (Referenced)
• S'ym
• X-Men (Mentioned)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy) (Mentioned)
• Numerous unnamed Angelenos
• George Lucas (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Devil (Invoked)
• Thomas Magnum (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Poltergeist (Mickey Silk) (Mentioned)
• Link (Lorne Lincoln) (Mentioned)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Vision)
• Beyonder (Referenced)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
  • Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
• Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
• God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
• Nazgul (Named only)
  • "Hobbit" Hobbins (Mentioned)
• LAPD (Mentioned)
• Unnamed slaves of the Shadow King
• Attendees of the Gladiator game
• Indiana Jones (Mentioned) (Topical reference)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans
• Dodo (Mentioned)
• Demons
• Dogs (Mentioned)
• Abstract Entities
• Horses (Referenced)

Locations:

• Milky Way
  • Solar System
    • Earth
      • United States of America
        • New York
          • Westchester County
            • White Plains (First appearance)
              • Westchester County Airport (First appearance)
            • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Salem Center, North Salem (Referenced)
            • Salem Center High School (Mentioned)
        • California
          • Los Angeles County
            • Los Angeles
              • Hollywood
                • Underground Mutant Theatre
              • Heartbreak Hotel (Mentioned)
              • Downtown Los Angeles (Referenced)
            • Malibu
              • Lila Cheney's home
      • Moon, Earth Orbit (Mentioned)
      • Nova Roma, Maderia, Brazil, South America (Mentioned)
        • The Coliseum (Mentioned)
      • Atlantic Ocean
        • Bermuda Triangle
          • Magneto's Island
  • A Dyson sphere, Lila's real home
• Limbo
  
  

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 makeup, 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 come with him.

Notes

• This issue is a prelude to the crossover event, Secret Wars II.
  

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.

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