Dates
- Cover date
- November 1983
- On sale
- July 5, 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #9 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860220711 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860220711 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Bob McLeod, Sal Buscemainks: Bob McLeod, Tom Mandrakescript: Chris Claremont, Jim Shootercolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski
Stories
- Arena · 22 pages
The New Mutants and Amara are taken to Nova Roma, a hidden city near the headwaters of the Amazon, where they are caught in a power struggle involving Amara's father. The boys are forced to fight in the arena. Wolfsbane is hailed as a god.
Reprinted in
New Mutants Classic (2006), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), New Mutants Omnibus (2020)