New Mutants Vol 1 32

New Mutants Vol 1 #32 Published October, 1985 Editor-in-Chief James Shooter Cover Artist Steve Leialoha "To the Ends of the Earth" Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Steve Leialoha Inker Steve Leialoha Colourist Glynis Oliver Letterer Joe Rosen Editor Ann Nocenti Pat Blevins Previous Issue Next Issue New Mutants #31 New Mutants #33

Appearing in "To the Ends of the Earth"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Storm (Ororo Munroe)
• S'ym

Antagonists:

• Karma (Shan Coy Manh) The Shadow King (Possessed by The Shadow King)
• General Ngoc Coy (Photo)
• Viper (Photo)
• The Gladiators

Other Characters:

• Unnamed bodyguards and mercenaries of Karma
• Madripoor police & citizens
• A stewardess
• Fido, and other unnamed demons

In the Past:

• Pharaoh's guards
• Ashake - (First appearance)

In the Future (Earth-8510):

• New Mutants (Earth-8510)
  • Samuel Guthrie (Earth-8510)
  • Amara Aquilla (Earth-8510)
  • Roberto da Costa (Earth-8510)
  • Rahne Sinclair (Earth-8510)
• Rolf - (Only appearance)^[1], (Death)
• Kyri - (Only appearance)^[1], (Death)

Locations:

• California
  • Big Sur
• Madripoor (First appearance)
• Limbo
• Egypt
  • Cairo

Vehicles:

• a UTA plane
  
  

Synopsis for "To the Ends of the Earth"

Sunspot relives the horrible events that led to Karma’s seeming death, blaming himself for her change. He and the other New Mutants travel to Madripoor, following Karma to find out what made her change. The team attacks but find themselves overwhelmed by Karma’s power; only Magik and Mirage escape to Limbo. When they return, they find that Karma framed them for the murder of her guards. Mirage orders Magik to teleport to Cairo, Egypt, where Karma has her other hideout. Inadvertently, they shift into the far past, where they run into and are helped by an ancestor of Storm’s. Teleporting again, they end up in the near future, where they find that their teammates have turned as evil as Karma. Dejected, they finally teleport to the right time, getting into a heated argument, until they are joined by the still-free Warlock and Storm, whom Warlock has brought to help.

Notes

• Karma seemingly died off-panel between New Mutants #6-#7 after being contacted by an evil, unidentified force, although Charles Xavier even then suspected that things were not quite as they seemed.
  
• Roberto’s girlfriend, Juliana, died saving Roberto’s life in Marvel Graphic Novel #4.
  
• Illyana and Moonstar had to save the others from the Hellions in New Mutants #17.
  
• After the loss of her powers, Storm took a sabbatical from the X-Men and travelled through Africa (Uncanny X-Men #193-#198), before ending up in Cairo.
  
  
  

Trivia

• The story refers to Roberto’s meeting with the Beyonder having an averse effect on him; however he wasn’t among the mutants who actually met him in Secret Wars II #1 or New Mutants #30.
  
• Arriving in Madripoor, Doug calls it “Earth’s Mos Eisley” and a “modern day Tortuga”. Mos Eisley was the spaceport in the original Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) where Luke Skywalker and Ben Kenobi met Han Solo and Chewbacca. Preparing Luke for what he would see in the Tatooine spaceport, Kenobi told Luke “You’ll not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” In contrast to this comparison, Doug’s recount of Tortuga is quite real. Tortuga is an island in the West Indies off northern Haiti and was a refuge for pirates in the 17th century.

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Recommended Reading

• New Mutants #6-#7
• Marvel Graphic Novel #4
• New Mutants #17
  

Links and References

1. ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks

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