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The New Mutants (vol. 1) #31 (Sep. 1985):
“Saturday Night Fight”
by Chris Claremont, Bill Sienkiewicz

The New Mutants (vol. 1) #31

Title: “Saturday Night Fight”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1985

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Bill Sienkiewicz

Cover of New Mutants #31
Detail from cover of New Mutants #31
Cover Date: September 1985
Publisher: Marvel

Story 1:
Saturday Night Fight
Pages: 20

Credits (as printed)
Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Bill Sienkiewicz
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Colorist: Glynis Oliver
Editor: Ann Nocenti
Editor in Chief: Jim Shooter

Presentor: Stan Lee
Stars: New Mutants

Pin-Up Gallery
1 pages, each with a full-page image illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz, with copy written by Chris Claremont. The first page is labelled "From the private journal of Charles Xavier . . ." and includes a brief character sketch of the Hellion known as "Empath" (Manuel Alfonso Rodrigo de la Rocha). The second page is labelled "Massachusetts Academy: Headmistress' Evaluation" (ostensibly written by Emma Frost), and features a character sketch of the Hellion known as "Catseye" (Sharon Smith).

Cover
Cover Price: 65¢
Cover Artist(s): Bill Sienkiewicz
Cover Note: painted cover

Cover Blurb(s): [none]
Featured on Cover: Sunspot, Magik (Illyana Rasputin), Cannonball, Magma, Dazzler, Karma (in the obese, villainous form she was in under the control of the Shadow King)
Shown in Corner Box: Karma

Letter column: yes (2 pages)
Cover box: New Mutants #31
Cover artist signature, New Mutants #31

Index to New Mutants #31
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie): C, 11-12, 14-16, 17, 18-20
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar): 20
Sunspot (Roberto DaCosta): C, 1, 2, 3-4, 6-10, 13-15, 17, 18-20
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair): 20
Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh): C, 3, 6-7, 10-11, 13-14, 15-18, 19-20
Magik (Illyana Rasputin): C, 11-13, 15, 18-20
Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla): C, 1, 2, 3, 5-7, 9-10, 12-14, 18-20
Cypher (Doug Ramsey): 20
Warlock: 20
Pryde, Kitty (Ariel; Shadowcat): (within robotic shell) 1, 3-7, (as herself) 8-15, 17-20
Rome/Roman: 1
Los Angeles, CA: 1
prayer: 1
Gladiators, The: 1, 10, 12-14, 19
monstrous robotic shell w/Kitty Pryde inside: 1-10
Cavalry: 11
Limbo: 11, 13, 15
Phoenix (Rachel Summers): 11, 14-15, 20
demons: 11, 19
Ivich: 12, 14
soulsword: 12, 20
Max (horse-like Gladiator): 12, 14
police: 13, 18
Coy, General Nguyen Ngoc (Xi'an's uncle): 18
San Francisco, CA: 18
Cain: 2
God/Lord: 2, 6
robots: 3
X-Men: 3, 6, 19
Saints (Catholic): 4
ghosts: 4
Nova Roma: 5, 9
Heaven: 6
Flynn, Alexander (boss of the Gladiators): 14
Magneto: 19
Beyonder, The: 19
Xavier, Professor Charles: 6, 15, 17, 19
Dazzler (Alison Blair): C, 2, 3, 6, 8-15, 17, 19-20