The New Mutants #61

Dates

Cover date

March 1988

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #61 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 07148602207703

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Fall of the Mutants

This is part 9 of 10. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. X-Factor (1986) #24
2. The New Mutants (1983) #59
3. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #225
4. X-Factor (1986) #25
5. The New Mutants (1983) #60
6. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #226
7. X-Factor (1986) #26
8. Captain America (1968) #339
9. The New Mutants (1983) #61
10. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #227

Creators

Stories

• Our Way! · 23 pages

  The New Mutants leave Bird Brain and the Ani-Mates on the island and return home. They try to begin to cope with Cypher's death. They learn that the X-Men are dead. They confront Magneto and tell him about Cypher. They decide to pick up the X-Men's shoes.

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)