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The New Mutants (vol. 1) #22 (Dec. 1984):
“The Shadow Within”
by Chris Claremont, Bill Sienkiewicz

The New Mutants (vol. 1) #22

Title: “The Shadow Within”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1984

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

Cover of New Mutants #22
Detail from cover of New Mutants #22
Cover Date: December 1984
Publisher: Marvel

Story 1:
The Shadow Within
Pages: 18

Credits (as printed)
Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Bill Sienkiewicz
Colorist: Glynis Wein
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski
Editor: Ann Nocenti
Editor in Chief: Jim Shooter

Cover
Cover Price: 60¢
Cover Artist(s): Bill Sienkiewicz
Cover Note: painted cover

Pin-Up Gallery
3 pages, each with a full-page image illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz, with copy written by Chris Claremont. Each of the pages is labelled "From the private journal of Charles Xavier . . ." and includes a brief character sketch. The characters featured are Wolfsbane, Mirage and Magma.

Cover Blurb(s): once upon a time . . .
Featured on Cover: Wolfsbane, Sunspot, cute Disney-esque animals, a mysterious shadowy villain
Shown in Corner Box: Wolfsbane and cute Disney-esque animals

Letter column: yes (2 pages)
Cover box: New Mutants #22
Cover artist signature, New Mutants #22

Index to New Mutants #22
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie): 1-2, 4-8, 14
Mirage (Danielle Moonstar): 11, 14, 20
Sunspot (Roberto DaCosta): 8-10, 11, 14
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair): C, 5, 7-11, 14-19
Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla): 14, 21
Warlock: 10
alien: 10
Alystraea (Rahne's fictional self in her story): 14-18
Andes: 21
Bible: 8
Black Baron (fictionalized version of Cloak in Rahne's story): 16-18
circus: 2, 7
Cloak (Tyrone Johnson): 15, 16-18
clown: 7
Colorado: 11
Colossus: 8-10
Cyclops (Scott Summers): 20
DaCosta, Emmanuel (Roberto's father): 13, 14
Dagger (Tandy Bowen): 15, 16-18
Danger Room: 2, 10
deer: 15
demons: 3, 5, 8, 10
flu: 10
fox: 14
Friedrich von Roehm: 12-13
God/Lord: 5
Goddess: 12
Gypsies (Roma): 16
Heaven: 8
Hellfire Club: 13
Hellfire Club's Inner Circle: 13
MacTaggart, Moira: 10
Madonna: 9
Moonstar, Margaret "Peg" (Danielle's mother): 11, 20
Moonstar, William (Danielle's father): 11, 20
Nightcrawler: 1-4, 5, 6-8
Nova Roma: 21
NYC: Park Avenue: 11
prayer: 17
Prince Duncan (character in Rahne's story): 15, 16, 18
princess: 14-16
Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters: 10
Pryde, Kitty (Ariel; Shadowcat): 21
rabbit: 14-15
Rome/Roman: 21
Rumblebun (a rabbit in Rahne's story): 14-15
Russia/Russian: 9
Salem Center: 21
Scotland/Scots: 10
Sebastian Shaw: 13
Selene/Black Queen: 12-13
Silver Sorceress (fictionalized version of Dagger in Rahne's story): 15, 16-18
sorceress/sorcery/witch: 15-17
Starbow (a horse the Moonstars own): 11
taxi: 17-18
Von Roehm (store in NYC): 11
waltz: 7
X-Men: 2
Xavier, Professor Charles: 4, 10, 19-21 (nar)