New Mutants Vol 1 5

New Mutants Vol 1 #5 Published July, 1983 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Armando Gil "Heroes" Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Sal Buscema Inker Bob McLeod Colourist Glynis Wein Letterer Tom Orzechowski Editor Louise Jones Previous Issue Next Issue New Mutants #4 New Mutants #6

Appearing in "Heroes"

Featured Characters:

• New Mutants
  • Karma (Shan Coy Manh)
  • Psyche/Dark Rider (Dani Moonstar)
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair)
  • Sunspot (Bobby da Costa)

Supporting Characters:

• Professor X (Charles Xavier)
• Stevie Hunter
• Empress Lilandra Neramani
• Col. Michael Rossi
• Team America
  • R. U. Reddy (Winthrop Road)
  • Cowboy (Luke Merriweather)
  • Wolf
  • Wrench (Leonard Hebb)
  • Georgianna Hebb
  • Honcho (James McDonald)

Antagonists:

• Silver Samurai (Keniuchio Harada)
• Viper

Other Characters:

• Unnamed carnival workers and attendees
• Several Hydra soldiers

Locations:

• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
  • Salem Center
    • Stevie Hunter's Apartment
• Washington, D.C.
• Mexico
  • Sierra Madre Mountains (Mentioned)

Items:

• Cerebro

Vehicles:

• Team America's motorbikes
  
  

Synopsis for "Heroes"

The New Mutants are at a carnival + bike show when the bikers get attacked by some gun-toting creeps. The New Mutants spring into action, not knowing that the bikers are themselves mutants. It turns out the bad guys are under the command of Silver Samurai, who goes to succeed where his minions have failed, and captures the Dark Rider, who enigmatically appears to protect the bikers. Mysteriously, the person Silver Samurai captured is Dani - who when tested knows nothing about riding a bike. Viper decides to use Dani as a hostage to blackmail Team America into accepting a mission - and Professor X finds them using Cerebro and goes to meet them. Professor X proposes to help them accomplish the mission to buy time to summon the X-Men, but the New Mutants resolve to go after their own!

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 01/14/2010

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