New Mutants Annual Vol 1 4

Part of the 'Evolutionary War' event New Mutants Annual Vol 1 #4 September, 1988 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artists June Brigman Bob McLeod Publisher Marvel Comics "Mind Games" (Evolutionary War, Pt. 4) Writers Louise Simonson Pencilers June Brigman Inkers Bob McLeod Colourists Glynis Oliver Letterers John Workman Editors Ann Nocenti Bob Harras "If Wishes Were Horses" Writers Louise Simonson Pencilers June Brigman Inkers Roy Richardson Colourists Glynis Oliver Letterers John E. Workman Jr. Editors Bob Harras "Blood Drawn, Blood Spilt (The High Evolutionary, Chapter 4)" Writers Mark Gruenwald Pencilers Ron Lim Inkers Jim Sinclair Colourists Gregory Wright Letterers Ken Lopez Editors Ralph Macchio Previous Issue Next Issue (title) Giant-Sized Annual New Mutants #3 (story) Silver Surfer Annual #1 (title) New Mutants Annual #5 (story) Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22

Appearing in "Mind Games" (Evolutionary War, Pt. 4)

Featured Characters:

• The New Mutants
  •  Cannonball (Sam) 
  • Magik (Illyana)
  • Mirage (Danielle)
  • Sunspot (Roberto da Costa)
  • Warlock
  •  Wolfsbane (Rahne) 
•  Magneto / White King (Magnus) 

Supporting Characters:

• Magma (Amara)
• Empath (Manuel)
• Brightwind
• Glow Worm - (Death)
• Bulk - (Death)
• Lucius Antonius Aquilla
• The Hellfire Club
  • Black King
  • Black Queen
  •  White Queen (Emma Frost) 

Vilains:

•  High Evolutionary 
• The Purifiers
  • Major Purge
  • Dr. Stack
• Stack's monstruous vision of what Humanity may become without the High Evolutionary's direction, come to live through Mirage's powers

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Purifier soldiers and technicians
• Several Hellfire Club soldiers
• Cypher (In a photograph only)
• Emma Frost
• Hellions (In a photograph only)
  • Tarot (In a photograph only)
  • Catseye (In a photograph only)
  • Roulette (In a photograph only)
  • Thunderbird (In a photograph only)
  • Jetstream (In a photograph only)
• Forge (Mention)

Locations:

• New Jersey
  • Chemical dump
• Space
• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
      • Danger Room
• Brazil
  • Madeira
    • Nova Roma
• Massachusetts
  • Snow Valley
    • Massachusetts Academy
• Wyoming
  • Jackson Hole
    • Purifiers' Complex (44º50'34"N, 105º50'W)
• Limbo

Items:

• Illyana's scrying glass (Mention)

Vehicles:

• High Evolutionary's spaceship
  
  

Synopsis for "Mind Games" (Evolutionary War, Pt. 4)

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "If Wishes Were Horses"

Featured Characters:

• Mirage (Daniele Moonstar)
• Brightwind

Supporting Characters:

• The New Mutants
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Warlock
  • Sunspot
  • Magik
• Magneto

Other Characters:

• Unnamed policeman
  
  

Synopsis for "If Wishes Were Horses"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Blood Drawn, Blood Spilt (The High Evolutionary, Chapter 4)"

Featured Characters:

• Herbert Wyndham

Supporting Characters:

• Jonathan Drew
• Jessica Drew
• Merriem Drew
• Phillip
• Phaeder (Only in flashback)

Adversaries:

• Gregor Russoff

Other Characters:

•  Gilgamesh 
• Unnamed Moloids

Locations:

• Transia
  • Wundagore Mountain
    
    

Synopsis for "Blood Drawn, Blood Spilt (The High Evolutionary, Chapter 4)"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Solicit Synopsis

The New Mutants enter the war against the High Evolutionary — and one of the New Mutants winds up with a whole new set of powers! Plus: a special bonus feature giving all the details on those aforementioned mysterious new powers!

Notes

• Part of the Evolutionary War event.
• It is highly debated who the figure in the 3rd story truly is. Some people believe it is W:C:marvel:Nathaniel Essex (Earth-616)Mr. Sinister, while others believe it is Phaeder. It has not, to this date, been revealed. However, for this issue, we have used Phaeder for the appearance.
• The second story of this issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

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Recommended Reading

Evolutionary War
X-Factor Annual #3	Punisher Annual Vol 2 #1	Silver Surfer Annual #1	New Mutants Annual #4	Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22	Fantastic Four Annual #21	Uncanny X-Men Annual #12	Web of Spider-Man Annual #4	West Coast Avengers Annual #3	The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8	Avengers Annual #17

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 04/19/2010

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