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New Mutants: Truth or Death #3 cover
Cover: Bernard Chang & Mark Pennington

New Mutants: Truth or Death #3

Jan 1998 · Marvel · 2.50 USD; 3.50 CAD
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“Letting Go”

In "Letting Go," the third chapter of New Mutants: Truth or Death, Illyana faces a harrowing test of trust and sacrifice as Mikhail attempts to cure her using experimental machines—only to reveal a devastating truth about the Legacy Virus he’s secretly passed to her. Written by Ben Raab and brought to life by Bernard Chang’s striking art, with inks by Mark Pennington and colors by Tom Vincent, this issue pushes the team to the edge as past and present collide. The cover by Bernard Chang and Mark Pennington captures the emotional weight of the moment, setting the stage for a pivotal confrontation that reshapes their understanding of fate and redemption.

writer Ben Raab · artist Bernard Chang · inker Mark Pennington · colorist Tom Vincent · letterer Richard Starkings · letterer Comicraft · cover Bernard Chang, Mark Pennington

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writer Ben Raab
colorist Tom Vincent
letterer Comicraft
cover pencils Bernard Chang
cover inks Mark Pennington

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Mikhail hooks Illyana up to machines that will allow him to use his powers to remove the cells that will become infected by the Legacy Virus. Illyana barely survives and Mikhail rushes her to the medical facility. Mikhail returns tells the New Mutants she is cured. The team escapes and battles Mikhail. The old New Mutants show up with Illyana and she confronts her brother. It turns out he has infected her with a plague he himself carries, the Legacy Virus. Realizing that they can't change the future, Illyana teleports the old New Mutants back to their own time.

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