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.

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• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148602207701 · shared with another edition

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• Mark Jewelers insert edition

  Mark Jewelers

  Barcode 07148602207701 · shared with another edition

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Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 48 of 63. 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 Punisher War Journal #12
5. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #327
6. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #159
7. The Punisher War Journal #13
8. Alpha Flight (1983) #79
9. Avengers Spotlight #26
10. Avengers West Coast (1989) #53
11. Damage Control (1989) #1
12. Daredevil #275
13. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #11
14. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #12
15. Fantastic Four (1961) #334
16. Fantastic Four #335
17. Iron Man #250
18. Iron Man #251
19. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8
20. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #9
21. Quasar #4
22. The Avengers (1963) #311
23. The Avengers (1963) #312
24. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #363
25. The New Mutants (1983) #84
26. The Spectacular Spider-Man #158
27. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #256
28. Thor (1966) #411
29. Thor (1966) #412
30. Web of Spider-Man #59
31. Wolverine #19
32. X-Factor #49
33. Captain America (1968) #366
34. Quasar (1989) #6
35. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #328
36. The Punisher (1987) #29
37. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #160
38. Alpha Flight (1983) #80
39. Avengers Spotlight #28
40. Avengers West Coast (1989) #54
41. Daredevil #276
42. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #13
43. Fantastic Four #336
44. Iron Man #252
45. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #10
46. Power Pack (1984) #53
47. The Avengers (1963) #313
48. The New Mutants (1983) #85
49. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #257
50. Web of Spider-Man #60
51. Wolverine #20
52. X-Factor #50
53. Avengers Spotlight (1989) #29
54. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #329
55. Avengers West Coast (1989) #55
56. Captain America #367
57. Quasar #7
58. The New Mutants (1983) #86
59. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #258
60. Web of Spider-Man #64
61. Web of Spider-Man #65
62. The Avengers Annual (1967) #19
63. 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.

Publisher’s description

Her teammates must prevent a possessed-by-Hela Mirage from doing the unspeakable -- unleashing Ragnarok on Asgard!

Characters

Reprinted in

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