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Issue: The New Mutants Annual #4
Publication Date: July 1988
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Issues: #4 of 7 Issues (14 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 07/1988
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched (#1-3); Squarebound (#4-7)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Evolutionary War [Part Four]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): June Brigman (signed)
Inker(s): Bob McLeod (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Mutants
Character(s): High Evolutionary; Magma; Stack; Purge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mind Games

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Louise Simonson
Penciller(s): June Brigman
Inker(s): Bob McLeod
Colorist(s): Glynis Oliver
Letterer(s): John Workman
Editor(s): Ann Nocenti; Bob Harras
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Mutants
Character(s): Magneto; Cannonball; Magik; Mirage; Sunspot; Warlock; Wolfsbane; Magma (guest-star); Empath (guest-star); High Evolutionary (villain); Purifiers (villains); Stack (villain); Purge (villain); White Queen [Emma Frost] (guest-star); Black King [Sebastian Shaw] (guest-star); Black Queen [Selene] (guest-star); Glow Worm (death); Bulk (death); Lucius Antonius Aquilla
Synopsis: The High Evolutionary captures Magma, in the hope of removing her powers. The New Mutants charge to her rescue, along with Magneto and the other members of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. Mirage learns how to make her images become tangible in this story.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEvolutionary War Omnibus #[nn] published January 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 35
Disclose Notes: The Evolutionary War continued from Silver Surfer Annual (Marvel, 1988 series) #1.
The Evolutionary War continues in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1963 series) #21.

This story occurs between New Mutants #66 and #67. Part of The Evolutionary War crossover with other 1988 annuals.
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If Wishes Were Horses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Louise Simonson
Penciller(s): June Brigman
Inker(s): Roy Richardson
Colorist(s): Glynis Oliver
Letterer(s): John Workman
Editor(s): Bob Harras
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): New Mutants
Character(s): Magneto; Cannonball; Magik; Mirage; Sunspot; Warlock; Wolfsbane; Brightwind
Synopsis: Mirage experiments with her new ability to make her images tangible.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: This story follows on the heels of the previous story in this issue.
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Blood Drawn, Blood Spilt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Gruenwald
Penciller(s): Ron Lim
Inker(s): Jim Sinclair
Colorist(s): Gregory Wright
Letterer(s): Ken Lopez
Editor(s): Ralph Macchio
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The High Evolutionary
Character(s): Herbert Edgar Wyndham [later: High Evolutionary]; Jonathan Drew; Merriem Drew (death); Jessica Drew [later: Spider-Woman]; Subterraneans (origin); Phillip (origin)
Synopsis: While Wyndam is at work in Wundagore Mountain, Jessica Drew, the son of Wyndam's associate Jonathan Drew, develops radiation poisoning. Jonathan develops a spider-serum to help her recover, but before he can use it, his wife Merriem is murdered.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagEvolutionary War Omnibus #[nn] published January 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 4 of the saga (origin) of the High Evolutionary, which ran through all of Marvel's 1988 annuals. Origin of Jessica Drew, who later becomes Spider-Woman. Continues in Fantastic Four Annual #21.

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