Where X-Force Begins
New Mutants 87 Second Printing

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: New Mutants #87 Signature
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 1237099005
Owner: kaholo1256

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Where X-Force Begins
Date Added: 12/15/2014
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

STORY TITLE:

"A Show of Power"

PERSONAL COMMENTS:

This was actually harder for me to find and obtain than the original one. I had purchased a few raw copies but never saw anything worth the time and cost of grading. Then one popped up on ebay with an ending date on a Wednesday morning and figured what the heck I’ll bid and see if anyone is watching this one. Hoping to make my final bod closer to the end I ended up becoming busy at work and was never able to check up on it. Thinking I lost it I didn’t really think much on it. But when I got home to look for another I got that magic message stating I had won.

PERSONAL FAVORITE LINE(S):

“It's metal, doc. I can make another one.” - Cable
"With two paper clips and a screw driver right?" - Doc

NOW FOR THE BORING STUFF

Published: March 1990

KEY ISSUE: I will punch you in the mouth if you say it isn’t…. This was the first full appearance of the grown up baby Scott Summers discards into the future, CABLE. Can’t say enough about how much I enjoy him as a character but I really think it was at this point where New Mutants truly jumped on the crazy train to X-Forceville.

Louise Simonson story
Rob Liefeld Pencils
Bob Wiacek Inks
Mike Rockwitz Colorist
Rob Liefeld & Todd McFarlane Cover

SO HOW MANY ARE THEIR K???

So this one has quite a few graded and now will end up having two more show up in the SS total. In total there are 291 total that have been graded with 156 graded at 9.8. Of those 156 only 37 have been signed and retained that almighty grade of 9.8SS. Hoping after a pressing mine will maybe bump up after its grading but the likely hood of it isn’t on my side.

ANY PLANS FOR THIS ONE???

Yep, Already had one copy signed by Rob Liefeld at Amazing Houston Comic Con but after closer inspection after Rob signed it there looked to be a small non color breaking nick in the spine. Being a very paranoid person about it I quickly went out to purchase another and have since cracked and taken it to NYCC to be signed by Louise Simonson and Rob Liefeld again. Hoping one of those comes back at a 9.8SS but if both do I’ll be over the moon.

DID YOU MEET YOUR GOAL???

Yes, Mission complete on this one. Signed, sealed, and delivered following NYCC by the likes of Rob Liefeld and Louise Simonson. While I would love to get this one or another signed by McFarlane I'll wait until his Fall signing and this competition is over for the upcoming 2015 awards before I chance it. Although I do have two of these so if one shall fall another can take its place.

SO HOW DID YOU GET THIS ONE???

Purchased off ebay in a turn of luck on one ebay auction and then purchased as a Buy It Now on another. Hoping one of the two gets a 9.8SS

MY TYPE OF SUMMARY:
So quick run down here, the MLF are currently busting through a research station, as all evil villains do, looking for Skids and Rusty while along the way creating a little mayhem. Old Man Hibbert “Cable” is hot on their trail and eventually ends up going toe-to-toe with the MLF but aside from knocking out Tempest with the first shot, knocking out Reaper with one punch, and what should have been an easy choke slam to Strobe ends up some how losing the fight???

Not sure what the heck happens but what we do see is the MLF melting Cables arm and simply leaving without giving any explanation of what the heck is going on from this point. I guess Cable loses… I’m guessing he gets caught by the Freedom Force… but it doesn’t really go into it. It just skips to the humans shooting Rusty and the MLF running away.

Off in Valhalla, the New Mutants are returning on a Warlock ship and decide to ditch Moonstar as she is obligated to fulfill her Valkyrie amazon woman stuff and off they go with no idea they are about to work for a complete sociopath in a few days. Oh another cool thing we are finally introduced to one of my all time favorite Villains in Stryfe.

Oh and I do now own the printing proof of my favorite page where the Doctor tells Cable he can probably Macguiver a new arm with paper clips and gum...
  
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