Appearing in "Rise of the New Mutants (Part 1)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- X-Men
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Dust (Sooraya Qadir)
- Emma Frost
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
- Iceman (Robert Drake)
- Magneto (Max Eisenhardt)
- Namor
- Pixie (Megan Gwynn)
- Rogue (Anna Marie)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Wolverine (James Howlett)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III)
- Hope Summers
- Psylocke (Elizabeth Braddock)
- Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)
- Legion (David Haller)
Antagonists:
- Project Purgatory
- Demons of Limbo
- The Demons Three (First and only known appearance; dies)
- Allsore (First and only known appearance; dies)
- The Demons Three (First and only known appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- Marines (Mentioned)
- Elder Gods of Limbo
Races and Species:
- Human mutants
- Mutant Technarchy
- Mutant-Fairy Hybrids
- Atlantean-Mutant Hybrids
- Demons of Limbo
- Elder Gods of Limbo
Locations:
- Limbo (Demonic)
- Utopia (X-Men Base)
- Undisclosed location
- Portal Epsilon
Items:
Synopsis for "Rise of the New Mutants (Part 1)"
Pixie, Karma and Magik return to Utopia. Meanwhile, General Ulysses prepares to unleash the power of the Bloodstone Amulet upon the demons of limbo. Dani manages to free herself and shoots Loca in the face with an arrow.
Karma expresses dissatisfaction with Magik leaving Face behind in Limbo and Magik stabs her with the Soulsword. She takes the X-Men to Project Purgatory's gate to Limbo but finds that they are too late. Meanwhile, Karma enters the mind of Legion and wields the Soulsword. After searching through his mind she finds a deranged version of David who refers to himself as "the real me"
Solicit Synopsis
“Rise of the New Mutants” The New Mutants were defeated last issue and those that are left standing are licking their wounds. Can they possibly pick up the pieces and stop Project Purgatory from letting the Elder Gods loose? Certainly not alone. The New Mutants turn to the rest of the X-Men for help, but can even the mighty X-Men hope to stop the terrible future foretold in NEW MUTANTS #9? Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Leonard Kirk (DARK X-MEN) continue their landmark run!