WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Ani-Mator (Frederick Animus) — villain, introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- January 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #59 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 07148602207701
This edition’s page
Story arc: Fall of the Mutants
This is part 2 of 10. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Fang and Claw! · 23 pages
The New Mutants are watched by the Animator, who created a host of mutated animals, and who works with Cameron Hodge and the Right. Sunspot and Warlock return to the mansion. The Ani-Mator captures the New Mutants, and confronts Bird Brain, his creation.
Publisher’s description
In order to save Bird-Brain and his fellow Animates from the Animator, the New Mutants must take part in his cruel tests! Will the team make it off the Animator's island?
Characters
Reprinted in
X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants (2002), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2011), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2013), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), X-Men Milestones: Fall of the Mutants (2019), New Mutants Omnibus (2020), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus (2021)