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He’s not wrong; he’s just an asshole. (New Mutants #71)
Aw, kiddo. (New Mutants #71)
There’s a lot of more overtly awful stuff S’ym has done, but very little of it gets under my skin as badly as this scene. (New Mutants #71)
Brett Blevins’ Inferno might be the best Inferno. (New Mutants #71)
WELL, THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY. (New Mutants #71)
N’astirh Guy(TM) (New Mutants #71)
Nothing that begins with this line ever ends well. (New Mutants #71)
Okay. This looks bad. (New Mutants #71)
On its own, this is a perfectly serviceable cover; but it’s also a subtle and pretty brutal nod to the last issue of the Magik miniseries. (New Mutants #72)
Possibly the most metal title page to ever appear in an X-book. (New Mutants #72)
Calling it: Blevins’s is my hands-down favorite take on Inferno-infested New York. (New Mutants #72)
GAH. (New Mutants #72)
And now, a brief and delightful respite from the tragedy playing out in the A plot. (New Mutants #72)
Savor this moment: it’s not often you get to see New Mutants making a responsible choice! (New Mutants #72)
WELL, THEN. (New Mutants #72)
N’astirh levels up… (New Mutants #72)
…But so does Illyana. (New Mutants #72)
Death of Supergirl homage cover. Take a drink. (New Mutants #73)
T-O S’ym is so creepy, y’all. (New Mutants #73)
THERE ARE NOT ADEQUATE WORDS FOR HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS PAGE. (New Mutants #73)
That Colossus makes room in his rather minimal uniform for a photo wallet is kind of adorable an very much in character. (New Mutants #73)
“And that’s what you get for teaching new math!” (New Mutants #73)
We didn’t think of this until after the episode was recorded, but Illyana’s final armored form bears a lot of resemblance to her brother’s. (New Mutants #73)
This dude is pretty great. (New Mutants #73)
The Darkchilde in her final form. (New Mutants #73)
And so it ends… (New Mutants #73)
…or does it? (New Mutants #73)
“Or stick around in the background and then die of the Legacy Virus and come back like 20 years later without a soul. The point is, you’ve got options.” (New Mutants #73)
NEXT WEEK: The rise of the Goblin Queen.
LINKS AND FURTHER LISTENING:
- We discussed the Magik miniseries in Episode 19 – Acorns and Swords.
From my memories of reading them at the time, New Mutants fared better from the Inferno story crossovers than X-Terminators did. The ending of X-Terminators just hooking back into the rest of the story rather than being complete in itself felt unsatisfying, and I was kind of unclear how it tied in even though I was reading all the core books and most of the tie-ins. The New Mutants tie-in material didn’t prevent its story from having a proper ending.
(In fairness, I haven’t re-read X-Terminators since it came out, and the tone didn’t work as well for me when I was 17; I might appreciate it more now.)
Quick question: the current version of Magick…is she actually the 616 Ilyana or is she someone else? I seem to recall her current incarnation sort of coming out of House of M, then getting “saved” from that world’s ending by Belasco (in the Academy X era). But I’m not 100% sure that version of Magick didn’t end up on the Exiles or something instead. Wikipedia wasn’t a ton of help, and my books from that era are buried in a long box somewhere. I also remember Amanda Sefton running around as Magick in that era too, so I’m not quite sure how it resolved.
Fairly certain we covered this in a cold open waaaaaay back somewhere in year 1; I’ll see if I can dig it up. =)
The Illyana currently running around in Marvel continuity was touched on in the cold open from the very first episode of the podcast. I think she was covered in more detail in another cold open, but I’m not certain of that.
Mental note to self (or to any contributor reading this): the wiki needs a cold opens article.