Credits
Writer(s):
Chris Claremont
Penciller(s):
Louis Williams (pp. 4-24); Terry Shoemaker (pp. 1-3, 25)
Inker(s):
Joe Rubinstein [as Josef Rubinstein]
Colorist(s):
Gregory Wright
Letterer(s):
Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
Genres:
superhero
Feature(s):
New Mutants
Character(s):
Magma; Empath; New Mutants [Cannonball; Cypher; Karma; Magik; Magma; Mirage; Sunspot; Warlock; Wolfsbane] (Flashback); Hercules (guest-star); Zeus; Apollo; Ares; other Olympian gods; Jaime Suarez (introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Magma tells Empath about how she met her god: when she once doubted her faith, Hercules visited her, but she did not believe he was real until he saved a boy from a fire and told him stories all night until he died, a hero, like Jason and the Argonauts.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
25
Notes:
A fill-in issue. Most of this story is a flashback to events that probably occurred between issues #35 and #36 (since this seems to be the New Mutants' first meeting with Hercules, before issue #40).