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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

NEXT WEEK: …Just Before Dawn

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