New Mutants Annual #4

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The New Mutants enter the war against the High Evolutionary - and one of the New Mutants winds up with a whole new set of powers! Plus: a special bonus feature giving all the details on those aforementioned mysterious new powers!SummaryBulk & Glow Worm fought off the High Evolutionary's soldiers, the Purifiers. The radiation levels off the two mutants caused problems for the high-tech soldiers, however the Purifiers captured them. The High Evolutionary planned to remove the powers from dangerous mutants to save and advance humanity.Half of the New Mutants were playing around in the Danger Room when Magneto appeared. He chastised them for entering the Danger Room without permission when Magik teleported herself, Sunspot & Wolfsbane into the room. Wolfsbane was excited at receiving a new scroll from Magma. The New Mutants then began to play around, using their powers to try and catch Wolfsbane. Suddenly they stopped when Magneto grew enraged. He reminded them that they were grounded and forbidden to use their powers unless otherwise instructed. This caused Sunspot to grow angry. He powered up his fiery strength and stormed out of the room in defiance. Magneto berated them all, reminding them of Cypher's death. He then ranted about how Mirage was now his "least useful" student, and insisted that she remain in the Danger Room for further training..The team slumped around in the living room. Sunspot was still ranting about Magneto's attitude while the others were waiting for Mirage before they started to read Magma's scroll. They were still amazed that Magma was engaged to a boy she'd never met before even though she was barely 16 years old. They mused about Magma's romantic feelings for Empath.Meanwhile in the Purifier's complex, Dr Stack had Bulk & Glow Worm attached to a giant machine. He understood that their mutant powers absorbed the radiation, even though it was slowly killing them. Therefore they had been deemed to dangerous, and he activated his machine...