New Mutants Vol 1 42

New Mutants #42
Previous Issue	New Mutants #41
Next Issue	New Mutants #43
Art by: Barry Windsor-Smith
Release Date	April 22, 1986
Cover Date	August, 1986
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	James Shooter

1. "New Song for Old"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	Jackson Guice
Inker(s)	Kyle Baker
Colorist(s)	Elaine Lee
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski
Editor(s)	Ann Nocenti Terry Kavanagh

 Boy, you are so lucky... I'm the forgiving sort... when it comes to the man I love. 

—Lila Cheney

Appearing in "New Song for Old"

Featured Characters:

• Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)

Supporting Characters:

• Lila Cheney
• Lucinda Guthrie
• Joshua Guthrie
• Joelle Guthrie
• Paige Guthrie
• Melody Guthrie ⏵ (First appearance)
• Lizzie Guthrie (First appearance)
• Jeb Guthrie
• Lewis Guthrie (First appearance)
• Cissie Guthrie (First appearance) (Unnamed)
• Dazzler (Alison Blaire)

Antagonists:

• Charasulla (Dream)

Other Characters:

• New Mutants (Dream)
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (Dream)
  • Sunspot (Bobby Da Costa) (Dream)
  • Magma (Amara Aquilla) (Dream)
• Lila Cheney's band
  • Conal Duran
  • Grey Havero
  • Ben Locklin
  • Phil Hovannes
• Unnamed bus passengers
• God (Yahweh) (Referenced)
• Charles Xavier (Referenced)
• Unnamed Guthrie sibling
• Thomas Zebulon Guthrie (Named only) (Deceased)
• Magneto (Magnus) (Mentioned)
• Devil (Mentioned)
• Guthrie's grandfather (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Mrs. Hamilton, teacher (Mentioned)
• G.I. Joe (Named only) (Topical Reference)
• Fantastic Four (Named only)
• Star Wars (Named only) (Topical Reference)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans
• Vrakanin (Dream)
• Wolves (Referenced)
• Cows
• Angels (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Milky Way
  • Solar System
    • Earth
      • North America
        • United States of America
          • Kentucky
            • Cumberland County
              • Gomerville (First appearance) (Unnamed)
                • Guthrie Farmhouse (First appearance)
          • North Carolina
            • Interstate 85
            • Charlotte
              • Coliseum
          • New York
            • Westchester County
              • North Salem
                • Salem Center
                  • Graymalkin Lane
                    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
      • England, Europe (Mentioned)
  • Lila Cheney's Dyson Sphere (Behind the scenes)

Items:

• X-Uniforms
• Singing crystal

Vehicles:

• a bus
• Lila Cheney's tour bus
• Lila Cheney's private jet - (Destruction)

Synopsis for "New Song for Old"

Sam goes home to visit his family, and is worried about how his mom will react to Lila Cheney, his girlfriend, who will be joining them for dinner one night. His brother Josh is resentful of him. He goes to see Lila that evening; Lila has brought something to give Sam's mother, but its obviously valuable so Sam thinks she stoles it and they part angry. Sam confronts Josh, but Josh doesn't want to hear it. Eventually they come to an understanding. Later, Lila crashes her plane and Sam takes Josh with him to see if she survived. He finds out Lila made the item herself from Ali, and begs her forgiveness. Finally, Lila comes over to the Guthrie house for dinner.

Notes

The Guardians, by James Stephenson, winner of the 3-2-1 Contact Magazine Create-A-Mutant contest.

Report Card letters page has letters from Jim Meat of New Hope, Minnesota and Susan Pashkoff of the Committee for Palestine. Both letters are in response to New Mutants #27. Also, the winner of 3-2-1-Contact Magazine's Create-A-Mutant contest, James Stephenson of Staten Island, New York, had their drawing of The Guardians published, as selected by John Romita Jr..

See Also

• 2 image(s) from New Mutants Vol 1 42
• 3 reprint(s) of New Mutants Vol 1 42

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