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Issue: The New Mutants Annual #4

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Publication Date: July 1988

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Issues: #4 of 7 Issues (15 Printings)

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Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

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)

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Format

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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Variants2

The New Mutants Annual #4 [Direct]

The New Mutants Annual #4 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In4

2 Content Items
- Mind Games [Story on Interior Page(s)]0
- The High Evolutionary Chapter Four: Blood Drawn, Blood Spilt [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:

New Mutants Epic Collection #5 published January 2001

X-Men: Inferno Prologue Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2001

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Content Items (4 total)

The Evolutionary War [Part Four]

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Mind Games

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: A New Jersey Chemical Dump...

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:

Evolutionary War Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2011

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 35

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 (Marvel, 1983 series) #66 and #67. Part of The Evolutionary War crossover with other 1988 annuals.

If Wishes Were Horses

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

First Line: I know Magneto forbade us to leave the grounds, Brightwind...

Synopsis: Mirage experiments with her new ability to make her images tangible.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

Notes: This story follows on the heels of the previous story in this issue.

The High Evolutionary Chapter Four: Blood Drawn, Blood Spilt

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Subterraneans (flashback)

First Line: March 1931. At the foot of Wundagore Mountain...

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:

Evolutionary War Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2011

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

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 (Marvel, 1963 series) #21.