Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 8/30/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

 

In which the New Mutants return from space; Professor Xavier ruins everything; Magneto is the Craig Pelton of X-Men; Cypher carouses shamefully with Hellfire tramps; Karma quits the team; and we wrap up Chris Claremont's New Mutants run.

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Leong and Nga Coy Manh

New Mutants #51-54

The Starjammers (again)

The paradox of Professor X

Several dramatic speeches

The Hellfire Club for Creative Anachronism

Plan Omega (but not that one)

A fairly epic dress-code violation

Magik vs. Limbo

A very specific bit of fancasting

Best Magneto

What X-fans (may or may not) live for

A well-wrought nightmare

Hellion disambiguation

Doug Ramsey’s Fancy Hair

New Mutants X Frank Zappa

Wacky teen hijinks at the Hellfire Club

Carousing shamefully with Hellfire tramps

A heroic challenge

A counterintuitive heart’s desire

Claremont’s New Mutants run.

Libraries

Emma Frost’s accent

The sounds of blastin’

NEXT WEEK: It's hard to be Havok.

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