CATALOG RECORD
The New Mutants #51
first appearance of White King
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- White King (Erik Lehnsherr) — first appearance as White King
- White King (Ororo Munroe) — first appearance as White King
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #51 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602207705
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Kevin Nowlaninks: Kevin Nowlanscript: Chris Claremontcolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski
Stories
- Teachers' Choice · 23 pages
Professor X learns the details of the Mutant Massacre, and that his original students have betrayed his dream. After wrestling with competing loyalties, he sends the New Mutants home. Meanwhile, Magneto and Storm make an alliance with the Hellfire Club.
Characters
Scott SummersCyclopsOroro MunroeStormHank McCoyBeastJean GreyPiotr RasputinColossusKurt WagnerNightcrawlerBobby DrakeWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchIcemanWarren Worthington IIIRogueCharles XavierProfessor XCarol DanversErik LehnsherrMagnetoMarvel GirlAngelEmma FrostIllyana RasputinaCannonballSam GuthrieMagikRoberto Da Costa
Reprinted in
New Mutants Classic (2006), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), New Mutants Omnibus (2020)