The New Mutants #96

Dates

Cover date

December 1990

Pages

36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #96 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.00 cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition$1.00 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148602207712 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Australian edition1.50 AUD cover

  Australian

  Printed cover price 1.50 AUD.

  Barcode 07148602207703

  This edition’s page
• Mark Jewelers insert edition

  Mark Jewelers

  Barcode 07148602207712 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: X-Tinction Agenda

This is part 5 of 9. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. The New Mutants (1983) #95
2. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #270
3. X-Factor (1986) #60
4. X-Factor (1986) #61
5. The New Mutants (1983) #96
6. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #271
7. X-Factor (1986) #62
8. The New Mutants (1983) #97
9. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #272

Creators

Stories

• United We Stand · 22 pages

  Jubilee, Boom-Boom, and Rictor defy the Magistrates. The X-teams split into two groups. Cable, Marvel Girl, Forge, Gambit, and Sunspot confront Hodge but are captured and stripped of their powers. Wolfsbane is turned into a mutate.

Characters

Reprinted in

X-Tinction Agenda [X-Men] (1992), Essential X-Men (1996), Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda (2011), X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda (2016), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), X-Men Milestones: X-Tinction Agenda (2019), X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Omnibus (2024)