New Mutants #92

Dwight Zimmerman = writer
Bob Hall = Penciler
Jeff Albrecht = inker
Michael Heisler = letterer
Nel Yomtov = colorist
Bob Harras = editor
Tom De Falco = editor in chief

Wolfsbane and Cable are practicing in the danger room when Cable runs a holographic image of a giant clown that freaks out Rhane. She flashes back to a carnival in Kentucky that she visited with the team near Sam's home. Rhane is given a stuffed bear Boom Boom won for her, but it turns out to be a device which drains her strength, so she is taken to the medical tent. There she and Rictor are knocked out by the nurse and some clown who turn out to be Skrull operatives looking to make The New Mutants into slaves. Wolfsbane and Rictor are shrunk and encased with other humans in a glass box. The others soon find out something is wrong when a Skrull tries to grab Boomer, and a miniature Wolfsbane and Rictor break out and begin to grow again before their eyes. Even the circus animals turn out to be Skrull agents and the team must fight for their freedom against unmatched odds. Just at the right moment the ever threatening police show up and the Skrull are eaily scared off, converting the carnival into a space ship and heading back to their planet. (Thank God for the police). Cable consoles Rhane about her fear and we are done with this lame excuse for a story.

Written By David Downie