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The New Mutants #56

Marvel · Series began 1983 · October 1987

first appearance of Bird-Brain

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Bird-Brain (Marvel) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: October 1987
On sale: 1987
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #56 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

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Barcode 07148602207710
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Publisher’s description

The New Mutants and the Hellions lock horns once again, this time over capturing the mysterious Bird Boy! But what sort of feelings do New Mutant Magma and Hellion Empath have for one another?

Reprinted in

X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2011), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2013), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), New Mutants Omnibus (2020), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus (2021)