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The New Mutants #3

Marvel · Series began 1983 · May 1983

first appearance of Demon Bear

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Demon Bear (New Mutants) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: May 1983
On sale: January 23, 1983
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition60¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition60¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860220705 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860220705 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Mike Gustovich, Bob McLeodinks: Mike Gustovichscript: Chris Claremont, Jim Shootercolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski

Stories

Nightmare · 22 pages
Psyche wonders whether the monster that attacked her is the Demon Bear that killed her parents. Illyana remembers how she killed some of the X-Men. Psyche's monster strikes again, this time attacking all the New Mutants.

Characters

Charles XavierProfessor XIllyana RasputinaCannonballSam GuthrieRoberto Da CostaRahne SinclairWolfsbaneSunspotDani MoonstarSean CassidyBansheeMoira MacTaggertXi'an Coy ManhKarmaDemon BearPsyche

Reprinted in

New Mutants Classic (2006), New Mutants / X-Force: Demon Bear (2014), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), New Mutants Omnibus (2020)