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The New Mutants Annual #5 (1989):
“Here Be Monsters”
by Louise Simonson, Rob Liefeld, Tim Dzon

The New Mutants Annual #5

Title: “Here Be Monsters”

Medium: comic

Cover date: 1989

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Louise Simonson
Art by: Rob Liefeld, Tim Dzon


6 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Coal villain
CBR Scale: S Deviant religion
Deviants Marvel 1
Eel Eel hero
CBR Scale: U Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; SURF Marvel 1
Sharkskin hero
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; SURF Marvel 1
Spike villain
CBR Scale: R Deviant religion
Deviants Marvel 1
String villain
CBR Scale: R Deviant religion
Deviants Marvel 1
Undertow hero
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; SURF (leader) Marvel 2

Cover of New Mutants Annual #5
Detail from cover of New Mutants Annual #5
Cover Date: 1989
Publisher: Marvel

Story 1:
Here Be Monsters
Story Note: tie-in to "Atlantis Attacks" crossover running through this year's annuals
Pages: 35

Credits (as printed)
Writer: Louise Simonson
Penciler: Rob Liefeld
Inker: Tom Dzon
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Colorist: Tom Vincent
Editor: Bob Harras
Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco

Story 2:
Gallery of Former Members of the New Mutants
Pages: 2
Note: This is a two-page spread of full-page "pin-up" pages, drawn by Rob Liefeld and presumably written by Louise Simonson (or possibly Liefeld himself). 6 former New Mutants (although Bird-Brain's status as such is questionable) are pictured, along with text explaining their current status. The text from these pages is below:
- Karma: Now living in Madripoor, prisoner of her crime lord uncle . . .
- Danielle Moonstar: Now a guest of the Asgardian Valkyries, recovering from mystical wounds.
- Magma: Amara Aquilla, now living back in her Amazonian homeland, Nova Roma.
- Cypher: Doug Ramsey . . . killed by Animator.
- Bird-Boy: -- briefly a member, now living on the island of Ani-Men.
- Magik: Illyana Rasputin: Returned to her true age -- living in Russia with her parents.

Story 3:
A Case of the Cutes
Pages: 10

Credits (as printed)
Writer: Judith Kurzer Bogdanove
Penciler: John Bogdanove
Inker: Hilary Barta
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Colorist: Steve Buccellato
Editor: Bob Harras
Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco

Story 4:
Pin-up Gallery
Pages: 2
Penciler: Rob Liefeld
Inker: Joe Rubinstein
Notes: 2-page gallery of full-page "pin-up" illustrations. The first full-page illustration is labelled "A Mighty Marvel Pin-Up, featuring: The New Mutants." It pictures: Cannonball, Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith), Skids, Rusty Collins, Rictor, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane, and the sentient Ship that was X-Factor's headquarters and briefly the headquarters of the New Mutants. The second full-page "pin-up" illustration is labelled "A Mighty Marvel Pin-Up Featuring Namorita and the sensational Atlantean mutants - SURF!" This picture features Namorita and 3 characters introduced in this annual: Sharkskin, Eel and Undertow.

Story 5:
Crowned Heads
Pages: 6
Story Note: Part of a multi-part story providing background information about the Serpent Crown and Atlantean history, subjects which are central to the crossover story running through this year's annuals. Continued in X-Factor Annual #4.

Credits (as printed)
Writer: Peter Sanderson
Penciler: Mark Bagley
Inker: Keith Williams
Colorist: Marc Siry
Letterer: Richard Starkings
Managing Editor: Gregory Wright
Editor: Mark Gruenwald
Editor in Chief: Tom DeFalco

Based in part on stories by: Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Gene Colan and Marie Severin

Cover
Cover Price: $2.00
Cover Artist(s): Rob Liefeld

Cover Blurb(s): Atlantis Attacks [crossover logo]; Marvel Annual; 64 Pages; Guest-Starring NAMORITA and introducing S.U.R.F.: The Last Defenders of Atlantis!!: Sharkskin, Eel, Undertow
Featured on Cover: Cannonball, Rictor, Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith), Wolfsbane, Warlock, Sunspot, Namorita; S.U.R.F: Sharkskin, Eel, Undertow
Shown in Corner Box: [no corner box]
Cover box: New Mutants Annual #5
Cover artist signature, New Mutants Annual #5