The New Mutants Summer Special one shot was published with a cover date of June 1990. TV obsessed Warlock captured a vidiot reporter from Megalopolis in Megaland. When Boom Boom tried to help send him back, she accidently sent herself, Warlock, Wolfsbane, and Sunspot with him. There, they had to deal with the media Kingpin Moopert Rurdock (an obvious parody of Rupert Murdoch. There was also a parody of George Bush Sr). They also met strange creatures like M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction, that was half Uncle Sam and half mutant Russian Bear. The two halves of the creature fought each other even though they shared the same body), Situation Ethics, and the Mediamogul, who ran everything behind a curtain like the Wizard of Oz. Back in the real world, children used media to spotlight a polluted pound and pressured the offending company to clean it up. The issue ended with four pin-ups by artist Bret Blevins, who was both the penciler and inker for the one-shot. In the last pin-up was a note "Special thanks to Ben Bagdikian, Noam Chomsky, Marshall McLuhan, Mark Hertsgaard, Walter Lippman and all the other media theorist out there!!" ("A Mutant in Megalopolis" New Mutants Summer Special 1, Marvel Comic Event)
