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The New Mutants #3

Marvel · Series began 1983 · May 1983

first appearance of Demon Bear

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Demon Bear (New Mutants) — first appearance

Dates

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

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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
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Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

Barcode 0714860220705 · shared with another edition
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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.

Publisher’s description

Has Psyche gone mad, or is it the Spirit Bear out to get her? Or worse -- is Professor X really a Brood?

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)