The New Mutants #85

Dates

Cover date

January 1990

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #85 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 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Mark Jewelers insert edition

  Mark Jewelers

  Barcode 07148602207701 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 29 of 37. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Quasar (1989) #5
2. The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988) #9
3. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #326
4. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #327
5. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #159
6. Alpha Flight (1983) #79
7. Avengers West Coast (1989) #53
8. Damage Control (1989) #1
9. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #11
10. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #12
11. Fantastic Four (1961) #334
12. The Avengers (1963) #311
13. The Avengers (1963) #312
14. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #363
15. The New Mutants (1983) #84
16. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #256
17. Thor (1966) #411
18. Thor (1966) #412
19. Captain America (1968) #366
20. Quasar (1989) #6
21. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #328
22. The Punisher (1987) #29
23. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #160
24. Alpha Flight (1983) #80
25. Avengers West Coast (1989) #54
26. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #13
27. Power Pack (1984) #53
28. The Avengers (1963) #313
29. The New Mutants (1983) #85
30. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #257
31. Avengers Spotlight (1989) #29
32. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #329
33. Avengers West Coast (1989) #55
34. The New Mutants (1983) #86
35. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #258
36. The Avengers Annual (1967) #19
37. X-Men: Psylocke (2010) #nn

Creators

Stories

• The Killing Stroke · 22 pages

  The combined heroes wage all-out war against Hela and her army. Mirage, still under Hela's power, tries to attack Odin with the sword, but the New Mutants stop her. Hela retreats. Mirage collapses. Meanwhile, Rusty frees Skids, and they chase the Vulture.

Characters

Reprinted in

Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus (2011), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), New Mutants Omnibus (2020)