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In which the New Mutants learn that they are not, in fact, immortal; Louise Simonson finds her stride; the Ani-Mator makes Cameron Hodge look downright reasonable; hating humans is Magneto’s security blanket; Doug Ramsey dies; and we continue our coverage of the Fall of the Mutants.

X-PLAINED:

• Sugar Man
• New Mutants #59-61
• Bird Brain
• The Ani-Mator
• The Ani-Mates
• Stylistic whiplash
• Why you always leave a note
• The death of Doug Ramsey
• Black Condor’s amazing origin story
• Interpersonal dynamics in New Mutants
• Parsing ongoing series
• Why Doug died
• 616 characters we’d trade for their Battleworld counterparts
• Storytelling trends and the decline of though balloons

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