Dates
- Cover date
- April 1990
- On sale
- February 13, 1990
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #88 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 07148602207704
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Rob Liefeldinks: Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Hilary Bartascript: Louise Simonsoncolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Joe Rosen
Stories
- The Great Escape · 22 pages
Freedom Force captures Cable, suspecting a connection to the MLF. The New Mutants reunite with X-Factor, and learn about Rusty, Skids, and the MLF. Wolfsbane has an unpleasant confrontation with Moira. Cable escapes Freedom Force's clutches.
Characters
Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIIMarvel GirlNathan SummersCableCannonballSam GuthrieRoberto Da CostaRahne SinclairWolfsbaneSunspotRaven DarkhölmeMystiqueArchangelTabitha SmithWarlockRictorMoira MacTaggertJulio RichterBoom-BoomFred DukesBlobSt. John AllerdycePyro
Reprinted in
Cable and the New Mutants (1992), X-Force: Cable & the New Mutants (2010), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017)