New Mutants Vol 1 88

New Mutants #88
Previous Issue	New Mutants #87
Next Issue	New Mutants #89
Art by: Rob Liefeld and Todd McFarlane
Release Date	February 13, 1990
Cover Date	April, 1990
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Tom DeFalco

1. "The Great Escape"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Louise Simonson
Penciler(s)	Rob Liefeld
Inker(s)	Hilary Barta
Colorist(s)	Glynis Oliver
Letterer(s)	Joe Rosen
Editor(s)	Bob Harras Daryl Edelman

 Not bad, the white trash look must be in this year. 

—Rictor to Boom-Boom

Appearing in "The Great Escape"

Featured Characters:

• New Mutants
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne Sincalir)
  • Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith)
  • Rictor (Julio Richter)
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Sunspot (Roberto "Bobby" Da Costa)
  • Warlock

Supporting Characters:

• Cable
• Ship
• X-Factor
  • Archangel (Warren Worthington III)
  • Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy)
  • Iceman (Bobby Drake)
• Nathan Summers
• Moira MacTaggert (Possessed by Shadow King) (Appears on screen)

Antagonists:

• Freedom Force
  • Blob (Fred Dukes)
  • Crimson Commando (Frank Bohannan)
  • Pyro (St. John Allerdyce)
  • Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)
  • Super Sabre (Martin Fletcher)
• Unnamed security guards

Other Characters:

• Mutant Liberation Front (Appears on screen)
  • Reaper (Pantu Hurageb) (Appears on screen)
  • Zero (Appears on screen)
  • Skids (Sally Blevins) (Appears on screen)
  • Rusty Collins (Appears on screen)
• Devil (Mentioned)
• Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) (Mentioned)
• Unnamed New Yorkers
• Unnamed secretary for Freedom Force (Appears on screen)
• Lucinda Guthrie (Behind the scenes)
• Nina Da Costa (Mentioned)
• Emmanuel Da Costa (Mentioned)
• Rictor's mother (Mentioned)
• Louis Richter (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Magneto (Magnus) (Mentioned)
• Hrimhari the Wolf Prince (Mentioned)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Cyborgs
• Robots
• Humans
• Mutant Technarch
• Abstract Entities (Appears on screen)

Locations:

• Earth
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • Washington, D.C.
        • A maximum-security hospital
      • New York State
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Upper New York Bay
              • Liberty Island
                • Statue of Liberty
            • X-Factor's Ship
        • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Salem Center, North Salem, Westchester (Mentioned)
      • Energy Research Station, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming (Mentioned)
  • Madripoor (Mentioned)
  • Scotland (Mentioned)
    • Muir Island (Mentioned)
• Asgard (Mentioned)

Items:

• Techno-Organic Virus
• X-Uniforms
• Cyclops' Visor

Vehicles:

• Freedom Force Helicopter

Synopsis for "The Great Escape"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Nathan Summers appears as both an infant and the adult Cable in the same timeframe, not only in the same comic, but on the same page. This comic was published before it was decided that the two would become the same character.
• Super Sabre is incorrectly called Silver Sabre this issue.
• Mirage is dropped from the cover corner box this issue.

See Also

• 1 image(s) from New Mutants Vol 1 88
• 3 reprint(s) of New Mutants Vol 1 88

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
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 04/18/2010