New Mutants Vol 1 88

New Mutants Vol 1 #88

April, 1990

Editor-in-Chief

Tom DeFalco

Cover Artists

Rob Liefeld
Todd McFarlane

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Appearing in "The Great Escape"

Featured Characters:

• The New Mutants
  • Boom-Boom
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Rictor
  • Sunspot (Bobby)
  • Warlock
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne)

Supporting Characters:

• Cable
• Moira MacTaggert - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Nathan Summers
• Ship

•  X-Factor 
  • Archangel
  • Beast (Hank)
  • Cyclops (Scott)
  • Iceman (Bobby)
  • Marvel Girl (Jean)

Adversaries:

• Freedom Force
  •  Blob (Fred Dukes) 
  •  Crimson Commando 
  •  Mystique 
  • Pyro
  • Super Sabre

• Shadow King - Possessing Moira

Other Characters:

• Mutant Liberation Front - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  • Reaper - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
  • Rusty Collins - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only), (Joins Team)
  • Skids (Blevins) - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only), (Joins Team)
  • Zero - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)
• Unnamed New Yorkers
• Several guards
• Unnamed secretary for Freedom Force - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • a maximum-security hospital
• New York
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Statue of Liberty
      • X-Factor's Ship

Vehicles:

• Freedom Force Helicopter
  
  

Synopsis for "The Great Escape"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• [1] plot summary at uncannyxmen.net
• 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.
• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for more info.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss New Mutants Vol 1 88 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the New Mutants series

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Recommended Reading

• None.

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