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The New Mutants (vol. 1) #42 (Aug. 1986):
“New Song For Old”
by Chris Claremont, Jackson Guice, Terry Austin

The New Mutants (vol. 1) #42

Title: “New Song For Old”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1986

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Jackson Guice, Terry Austin


2 characters in this story:

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Melody Guthrie supporting character
CBR Scale: S Baptist
Xavier Institute Marvel 6
Amazon Elizabeth Guthrie supporting character
CBR Scale: S Baptist
[younger sister of Cannonball] Marvel 11

Cover of New Mutants #42
Detail from cover of New Mutants #42
Cover Date: August 1986
Publisher: Marvel

Story 1:
New Song For Old
Pages: 22

Credits (as printed)
Writer: Chris Claremont
Breakdowns: Jackson Guice
Finishes: Terry Austin
Colorist: Elaine Lee
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski
Editor: Ann Nocenti
Editor in Chief: Jim Shooter

Starring: The New Mutants
Created by: Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod

Cover
Cover Price: 75¢
Cover Artist(s): Barry Windsor-Smith

Cover Blurb(s): [none]
Featured on Cover: Cannonball, Lila Cheney
Shown in Corner Box: Cannonball, Magma, Wolfsbane, Sunspot, Mirage (Danielle Moonstar)

Letter column: yes
Cover box: New Mutants #42
Cover artist signature, New Mutants #42

Index to New Mutants #42
Cannonball (Sam Guthrie): 1-22
Sunspot (Roberto DaCosta): 2-4
Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair): 4
Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla): 2-4
air force: 1
Cameron Cougars (minor league baseball team): 16
Charasulla (lord of the freebooting Vrakanin): 3-4
Charlotte, NC: 6, 11
Cheney, Lila: 2-6, 8, 11-13, 16, 20-22
comics: 16
country music: 9
Cumberland, KY: 5
Dazzler (Alison Blair): 11, 12, 18, 20-21
drugs: 16
Duran, Conal (member of Lila's band): 20-21
England: 9
Fantastic Four: 16
G.I. Joe (comic book): 16
God/Lord: 19
gospel music: 9
Grand Ole Opry: 9
Guthrie, Joelle (Sam's brother): 9
Guthrie, Josh (Sam's brother): 9, 10, 14-15, 16-17, 18-21
Guthrie, Lewis (Sam's brother): 9
Guthrie, Mrs. (Sam's mother): 5, 7, 8-10, 12, 14, 15, 17-18, 22
Guthrie, Thomas Zebulon (Sam's father): 6-9, 14, 16-17
Gypsies (Roma): 11
Hamilton, Mrs. (Josh Guthrie's teacher at school): 10
I-85: 6
Kentucky: 5
Locklin, Ben (member of Lila's band): 18
Magneto: 8, 13
Misty (comic book): 16
New York City: 6, 10
Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters: 6-7, 17
Ray Holder (neighbor of Guthrie family): 10
Sam's grandfather: 14
singing crystal from Ballybran, out of the Killishandra range, near Dragonhold.: 12-13, 20, 22
Star Wars: 16 (comic book)
Sunday: 22
Vrakanin (alien race): 3
Xavier, Professor Charles: 7-8