CATALOG RECORD
The New Mutants #56
first appearance of Bird-Brain
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Bird-Brain (Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- October 1987
- On sale
- 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #56 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 07148602207710
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Kevin Nowlan, June Brigmaninks: Kevin Nowlan, Terry Austinscript: Louise Simonsoncolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski
Stories
- Scavenger Hunt! · 24 pages
Mirage reveals Magma's heart's desire is Empath. The New Mutants and the Hellions try to catch an escaped creature called Bird Boy. The New Mutants win. Magma decides to transfer to the Massachusetts Academy to learn her true feelings about Empath.
Characters
Emma FrostIllyana RasputinaCannonballSam GuthrieMagikRahne SinclairWolfsbaneDani MoonstarWhite QueenJames ProudstarMirageDoug RamseyCypherAmara AquillaMagmaManuel de la RochaEmpathBrightwindLila CheneyMarie-Ange ColbertTarotCatseyeSharon SmithRouletteJennifer StavrosJetstreamThunderbirdHaroun ibn Sallah al-RashidBird-Brain
Reprinted in
X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2011), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2013), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), New Mutants Omnibus (2020), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus (2021)