New Mutants Vol 1 98

Part of the 'The Beginning of the End' story arc New Mutants Vol 1 98 001.jpg New Mutants Vol 1 #98 February, 1991 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artists Rob Liefeld "The Beginning of the End, Pt. 1" Writers Rob Liefeld Fabian Nicieza Pencilers Rob Liefeld Inkers Rob Liefeld Colourists Steve Buccellato Letterers Joe Rosen Editors Bob Harras Previous Issue Next Issue New Mutants #97 New Mutants #99

If life were a picnic, you'd be a family. Since life is war, you're soldiers. You'd do well to start accepting that fact.

-- Cable, to Cannonball

Appearing in "The Beginning of the End, Pt. 1"

Featured Characters:

• The New Mutants
  • Boom-Boom (Tabitha)
  • Sunspot (Roberto)
  • Cable (Nathan)
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Rictor (Leaves Team)
  • Domino (Joins Team) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Emmanuel da Costa (Death)

Adversaries:

• Adam(First appearance)
• Deadpool  (First appearance)
• Eve(First appearance)
• Gideon (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Mirage (Danielle Moonstar) (In a photograph only)
• Magma (Amara Aquilla) (In a photograph only)
• Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh) (In a photograph only)
• Roberto da Costa (First appearance)
• Skids (Blevins) (In a photograph only)
• Rusty Collins (In a photograph only)
• Various "danger room" soldiers

Locations:

• Colorado
  • Vail (First appearance)
    • Gideon's chalet
• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
      • Danger Room
• Brazil
  • Brasilia
    • Da Costa International (First appearance)
      
      

Synopsis for "The Beginning of the End, Pt. 1"

In his Colorado estate, Gideon prepares for the day with his morning's exercise. He breaks through some of the best programs Shaw Industries has to offer, then towels off while listening to the day's schedule. Regarding the da Costa stock inquiry, Gideon makes sure that his operative, Eve, is in place and ready to proceed with their plan. Gideon is assured that all will go well. In the Danger Room, Cannonball infringes upon Cable's practice session with the excuse that he needs practice too. Cable uses the opportunity to see if Cannonball is able to concentrate enough in a battle situation to limit the noise of his combustion. Surprising Cannonball with an arm blast, Cable learns that Cannonball still needs some work. In fact, everyone does; there just isn't much of an "everyone" anymore.In Brazil, two days later, Eve delivers Roberto da Costa his coffee. It's poisoned and he falls over dead.

In the X-Mansion, Rictor has lost his head. He's upset that Wolfsbane is still in Genosha and that the NewMutants have done nothing about it. He tries to get Boom-Boom to join him in a rescue, but Boom-Boom just shrugs him off and he storms away. Shortly thereafter, Cable gets quite the surprise in the library. It seems there is a bounty on Cable's head and Domino is there to collect. Deadpool says a man named Tolliver is none-too-pleased with how Cable ended things and so Deadpool is there to eliminate Cable. After some fighting, Cannonball succeeds in sneaking up on Deadpool with his blast. The victory is short lived, however, when Deadpool wraps Cannonball up in a neural net. Fortunately, Boom-Boom, Rictor, and Sunspot enter the library as back up. Deadpool takes out Rictor, but before he can test his mettle against everyone else he is himself taken out. Domino, a mysterious lady, stands behind him, having just place three knives in Deadpool's back. The New Mutants see the chemistry that Cable and Domino seem to have.

Later, Cable updates Domino on the team. Several key members have left the team, but Cable has some plans in store for new recruits. He also mentions he mailed Deadpool back to Tolliver.That night, Rictor sneaks out of the mansion. He leaves a note for Boom-Boom expressing his desire to help Wolfsbane in Genosha. A bit later, Sunspot is awakened by Gideon. Gideon informs Sunspot of his father's death by a heart attack.

Notes

• Plot by Liefeld, script by Nicieza.
• First appearances of Deadpool, Gideon and Copycat, who was impersonating Domino.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.

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Links and References

• 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 04/18/2010
• plot summary at uncannyxmen.net

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