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Publishers / Marvel / The New Mutants (1983) / #98
98February 1991
$1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP

The New Mutants #98

Marvel · February 1991

First appearance (cover): DeadpoolDeath of Emmanuel Da Costa2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The New Mutants (Marvel, 1983 series)
Issue
#98
Publication date
February 1991
Key date
February 1991
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

From the editorial file First appearance of Deadpool, early 1991, by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza, along with the debuts of Gideon and Domino, the latter of whom was later revealed to have been Copycat in disguise. The defining early-90s first appearance.

First appearance (cover) of Deadpool - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

Death on record for: Emmanuel Da Costa.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Introducing The Lethal Deadpool-- --The Mysterious Gideon-- --And the Dynamic Domino!cover1pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Rob LiefeldBoom-Boom, Cable, Cannonball, Roberto Da Costa, Deadpool First, Gideon, Sam Guthrie, Tabitha Smith, Sunspot, Wade Wilson, Vanessa Carlysle, Domino, Nathan Summers
2The Beginning of the End, Part Onecomic story23script: Rob Liefeld, Fabian Nicieza; pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Rob Liefeld; colors: S. Buccellato; letters: Joe RosenAmara Aquilla, Boom-Boom, Cable, Cannonball, Rusty Collins, Xi'an Coy Manh, Emmanuel Da Costa Death, Roberto Da Costa, Deadpool First, Gideon, Sam Guthrie, Karma, Magma, Mirage
9-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetFrank Castle, Punisher

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; barcode 07148602207702
Australianprice 1.50 AUD; barcode 07148602207705

Where to read it

CollectionYear
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Wolverine: Origins #252008On eBay ›
Deadpool Classic #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-3124-3		2008On eBay ›
X-Force: A Force to Be Reckoned With #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-4984-2		2011On eBay ›
True Believers: Deadpool #12016On eBay ›
Deadpool Firsts #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9531-3		2016On eBay ›
Deadpool: Beginnings Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-90429-6		2017On eBay ›
New Mutants #98 Facsimile Edition #[nn]2019On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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