87 – It’s Always Darkest… (Fall of the Mutants, Part 2 of 3)

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. 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 NEXT WEEK: …Just Before Dawn You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!