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...the issue's B- and C- plots but I'm way less informed on the implications of those story elements, which is why I've excluded them from the thread.
In the opening of Thor #374, the Marauders–who have for some reason gotten a second wind–return to attack Thor, but the god...
...death that the Morlocks–the central victims of this crossover–were certainly not afforded.
Thor #373 only briefly overlaps with the actual Massacre as the titular hero faces the Marauders for the first time and discovers Angel's badly beaten body.
Death occurs throughout...
...and I think it's that exact posture which causes the mismatch in tone.
Hela's overarching plot to kneecap Thor's invulnerability and denial of death doesn't quite fit the crossover for me.
Thor is ultimately denied the release or gift of death, which implies a kindness in...
...can have some development by proxy of Leech's pain.
Scott cradles Leech–looking more like a father than he ever has–and promises to take care of Leech.
It all reminds him that Artie remains lost in the Tunnels, and he heads out in search of their lost ward.
...of informing Leech of his mother's murder.
At first Franklin tries to explain that just because mommies and daddies go away sometimes, it doesn't mean they don't love you, but Julie cuts straight to the point to explain that Annalee isn't coming back.
Leech howls in grief...
...willingness to murder children even more chilling here than it was in the crossover's other issues.
The kids triumph over their opponents in time for X-Factor to arrive to get Caliban the medical care he needs, and the children are left with the heavy task...
...part, but by the time he breaks down to Jean about his guilt over abandoning his wife and son, Simonson has made the case for why the man is undeserving of sympathy.
The children finally reunite with Leech as the Marauders launch yet another attack against them, with their...
...abandon their friend Leech, tragically finding the murdered Annalee and her children in the process.
I am not an ongoing Power Pack reader, but I have to imagine the level of violence witnessed by the kids goes beyond anything they've faced, especially as close to home as...
...has a tendency to take a dark turn whenever it intersects with Claremont's Run–and shocking no one, its Mutant Massacre tie-in is as dark as they come.
Perhaps by virtue of existing as a separate title, Weezie takes advantage of some of her page space to offer a fuller...
...of the Massacre, the New Mutants come back above ground shaken by what they've seen as Berto spirals out into even deeper grief and rage.
Rahne wishes she can cry–no child should have to have see the atrocities they've all seen.
The New Mutants reunite with Yana and Xi'an...