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* AbortedArc: We never find out who created the Demon Bear, or why. Claremont loved leaving plot threads that were never really picked up on again.

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* AnimalisticAbomination: The Demon Bear takes the appearance of a larger-than-life demonic bear with enormous claws.

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* AnimalisticAbomination: The Demon Bear takes the appearance of a larger-than-life demonic bear with enormous claws. Its very presence corrupts everything around it.



* CreditsGag: For issue #20, the credits are the normal stuff, save for Editor In-Chief Jim Shooter's, which says he's bigger than everyone else, "and therefore the chief".
* CrossThrough: Rachel Summers makes a brief appearance, which has nothing to do with the storylines going on in ''New Mutants'', but is more tied to the events in ''Uncanny X-Men''.



* DeusExMachina: Dani's grievously injured by the bear, so much so it's figured even if she survives she'll be crippled for life. In the last issue, Storm brings in Healer of the Morlocks to heal her, with no mention or build-up to this beforehand.
* FreakOut: Rachel Summers, having just arrived at the mansion from her own BadFuture, is met by Illyana. Since in her timeline Rachel saw Illyana die when the mansion was attacked by the government, and she was much ''younger'' than this Illyana, she panics and runs off.
* HealingShiv: Turns out Illyana's Soulsword works like this.



* MagicalNativeAmerican: Apparently Dani's grandfather could cast magic, and it was this that had been keeping the Demon Bear at bay from Dani. Of course, once he died those spells wore off...
* MrExposition: Dani's dad, once freed from the Demon Bear, helps fill in a lot of details about just what the heck's up with the bear.




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* SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic: For issue #20, there's the occasional inset of a board representing the dimension the New Mutants are fighting the bear in, which gets increasingly blotchy to represent the bear's spreading influence.
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** Range’s lupine form takes on a more bestial appearance, with her more complacent to it.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: In both art and plot, this arc turned ''New Mutants'' from lighter teen angst superhero-style stories into something with (demon bear) teeth. Sienkiewicz debuted on this arc with his signature scratchy, stylized art. ComicBook/RachelSummers arrives from the future and has a flashback to her childhood when the US Army destroyed the X-Mansion, killed Professor Xavier with a rocket, and found her beside his corpse. Dani faces the creature she believes killed her parents, is mauled nearly to death when it demonstrates it's not just a psychic threat.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: BodyHorror: This storyline marked the first appearance of Illyana’s armor beginning to appear on her body.
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In both art and plot, this arc turned ''New Mutants'' from lighter teen angst superhero-style stories into something with (demon bear) teeth. Sienkiewicz debuted on this arc with his signature scratchy, stylized art. ComicBook/RachelSummers arrives from the future and has a flashback to her childhood when the US Army destroyed the X-Mansion, killed Professor Xavier with a rocket, and found her beside his corpse. Dani faces the creature she believes killed her parents, is mauled nearly to death when it demonstrates it's not just a psychic threat.threat.
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* HopeSpot: Dani seemingly kills the Demon Bear. She walks over to its fallen form, proud that she has avenged her parents. The Bear opens its eyes…



* HopeSpot: Dani seemingly kills the Demon Bear. She walks over to its fallen form, proud that she has avenged her parents. The Bear opens its eyes…
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* TheReveal: Illyana disenchants the Demon Bear. It turns out to be Dani’s parents William and Peg, magically cursed by the Bear’s creator to hunt and kill their daughter.
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Seeing Illyana stab a corrupted Amara with her Soulsword, Sam immediately rams at her, convinced she has killed his unrequited crush. He is then immediately yelled at by a very much alive Amara who explains Illyana cured her of the Demon Bear’s magic and that his stupid action is helping the Bear. Sam looks like he wants to crawl into a hole and die.
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The last outing of the original Film/XMenFilmSeries, ''Film/TheNewMutants'' partially adapts this storyline.

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The horror film ''Film/TheNewMutants'' partially adapts this storyline.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: In both art and plot, this arc turned ''New Mutants'' from lighter teen angst superhero-style stories into something with (demon bear) teeth. Sienkiewicz debuted on this arc with his signature scratchy, stylized art. ComicBook/RachelSummers arrives from the future and has a flashback to her childhood when the US Army destroyed the X-Mansion, killed Professor Xavier with a rocket, and found her beside his corpse. Dani faces the creature she believes killed her parents and tribe, is mauled nearly to death when it demonstrates it's not just a psychic threat.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: In both art and plot, this arc turned ''New Mutants'' from lighter teen angst superhero-style stories into something with (demon bear) teeth. Sienkiewicz debuted on this arc with his signature scratchy, stylized art. ComicBook/RachelSummers arrives from the future and has a flashback to her childhood when the US Army destroyed the X-Mansion, killed Professor Xavier with a rocket, and found her beside his corpse. Dani faces the creature she believes killed her parents and tribe, parents, is mauled nearly to death when it demonstrates it's not just a psychic threat.threat.
* HospitalGurneyScene: Issue #19 opens with a full page of Dani getting rushed into a hospital on a stretcher, followed by lots of yelling about units of blood and a list of injuries as they take her straight to the operating room.

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The upcoming horror film ''Film/TheNewMutants'' will adapt this storyline.

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* AnimalisticAbomination: The Demon Bear.

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* AnimalisticAbomination: The Demon Bear.Bear takes the appearance of a larger-than-life demonic bear with enormous claws.
* DarkerAndEdgier: In both art and plot, this arc turned ''New Mutants'' from lighter teen angst superhero-style stories into something with (demon bear) teeth. Sienkiewicz debuted on this arc with his signature scratchy, stylized art. ComicBook/RachelSummers arrives from the future and has a flashback to her childhood when the US Army destroyed the X-Mansion, killed Professor Xavier with a rocket, and found her beside his corpse. Dani faces the creature she believes killed her parents and tribe, is mauled nearly to death when it demonstrates it's not just a psychic threat.
* RaceLift: In-universe; Officer Tom Corsi and Nurse Sharon Friedlander, both white, are unlucky enough to be caught by the Demon Bear as it hunts Dani. Part of its magic transforms the two of them into Native Americans, and unlike the rest of the Bear's magic, this is not undone when it is defeated.

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The comic that turned ComicBook/NewMutants into DarkerAndEdgier fare.
The definitive New Mutants story.

Running from New Mutants #18-20, in which the tone of the series shifts dramatically as Bill Sienkiewicz comes on board, Danielle Moonstar confronts her demons, and the New Mutants are forced to overcome self-doubt and distrust and unite to save the life of their teammate. The Demon Bear had been a presence in "The New Mutants" since the earliest issues. A Cheyenne whose mutant abilities manifested at puberty, Danielle had a horrifying vision of her parents being killed by a demonic bear.

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The comic that turned ComicBook/NewMutants ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' into DarkerAndEdgier fare.
fare. The definitive New Mutants ''New Mutants'' story.

Running from New Mutants ''New Mutants'' #18-20, in which the tone of the series shifts dramatically as Bill Sienkiewicz comes on board, Danielle Moonstar confronts her demons, and the New Mutants are forced to overcome self-doubt and distrust and unite to save the life of their teammate. The Demon Bear had been a presence in "The New Mutants" ''New Mutants'' since the earliest issues. A Cheyenne whose mutant abilities manifested at puberty, Danielle had a horrifying vision of her parents being killed by a demonic bear.



The upcoming horror film Film/TheNewMutants will adapt this storyline.

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Issue #18, "Death-Hunt," in which the tone of the series shifts dramatically as Bill Sienkiewicz comes on board, Danielle Moonstar confronts her demons, and the New Mutants are forced to overcome self-doubt and distrust and unite to save the life of their teammate. The Demon Bear had been a presence in "The New Mutants" since the earliest issues. A Cheyenne whose mutant abilities manifested at puberty, Danielle had a horrifying vision of her parents being killed by a demonic bear.

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Issue #18, "Death-Hunt," Running from New Mutants #18-20, in which the tone of the series shifts dramatically as Bill Sienkiewicz comes on board, Danielle Moonstar confronts her demons, and the New Mutants are forced to overcome self-doubt and distrust and unite to save the life of their teammate. The Demon Bear had been a presence in "The New Mutants" since the earliest issues. A Cheyenne whose mutant abilities manifested at puberty, Danielle had a horrifying vision of her parents being killed by a demonic bear.
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Sooner or later, the Demon Bear actually starts haunting the New Mutants...
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The comic that turned ComicBook/NewMutants into DarkerAndEdgier fare.

Issue #18, "Death-Hunt," in which the tone of the series shifts dramatically as Bill Sienkiewicz comes on board, Danielle Moonstar confronts her demons, and the New Mutants are forced to overcome self-doubt and distrust and unite to save the life of their teammate. The Demon Bear had been a presence in "The New Mutants" since the earliest issues. A Cheyenne whose mutant abilities manifested at puberty, Danielle had a horrifying vision of her parents being killed by a demonic bear.

Film/TheNewMutants will adapt this storyline.

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