Object Details
- Marvel Comics
- Description (Brief)
- "The New Mutants began as a 1982 spin-off of the long running Marvel Comics series The X-Men. Like the X-Men, the New Mutants are a group of young mutants born with superpowers who are often persecuted for their differences.
- The cover for this 1988 issue, features the Latinx characters Empath and Magma.
- Empath, a Spanish mutant named Manuel de la Rocha, has the power to sense and manipulate emotions. Magma (Amara Aquilla,) comes from a fictional colony hidden in the Amazon rainforest named Nova Roma. Her powers include the ability to control Earth's tectonic plates, assume a magma form that radiates light and heat, and the ability to create flame and molten projectiles.
- The issue was written by Louis SImonson, and illustrated by John J Muth.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1988-04
- ID Number
- 2018.0171.02
- accession number
- 2018.0171
- catalog number
- 2018.0171.02
- Object Name
- comic book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/4 in x 6 11/16 in; 26.035 cm x 16.98625 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Comic Books
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Comics
- Record ID
- nmah_1894237
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e130-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
