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...is itself a rumination on togetherness; her anger with Rachel can be read as less about abandoning the team and far more about abandoning the sense of found family that has formed among the residents of the Xavier Institute.
Rachel has broken a sacred trust, not unlike...
...targets for harassment; victims of hatred.
That theme has grown more central to the entire line writ large with Larry Bodine's tragic death as the most recent example, but is taken beyond to its logical conclusion as the Massacre begins.
The central tension for Kitty...
...with the X-Men; her awareness of this the source of her guilt over pushing the now-missing Rachel away.
If UXM #210 has a "central" plot beyond checking in with its cast before it blows them apart, it's the reminder that mutantkind is stronger together.
Alone they become...
... a collapsing scaffold and rushes to a pair of workers' rescue.
We've caught many glimpses of Rogue's growing sense of heroism since her introduction to the book, but this is one of the rare moments we've witnessed it in isolation.
Rogue's growth was pushed by membership...
Back in New York, the mutants navigate both human hatred and the increasingly rare human allyship.
Searching for Rachel–who last issue was seduced by Spiral and secreted away from the team without their knowledge, Rogue flies along Manhattan's skyline, when she notices...
...popstar don't just haunt her, but create the perfect opening for some psychic parasite–perhaps a hallucination, perhaps something more–knocks her unconscious.
Dazzler wakes shaken, but admiring the new choker she's wearing that is *just* her style.
...Ororo's heroic monologue is the exact kind of warm-and-fuzzy moment that's a big hit on Mojoworld.
An audience of Spineless Ones look on and applaud Mojo, their rule celebrating his success as his dimension's premier producer.
And th-th-that's all, folks!
Spiral submits, and it's business as usual at the Xavier Institute once again.
Berto whines about being upstaged, Doug demands another chance at heroism, and Dani–wise beyond her years–reminds the New Mutants that their time in the spotlight will one day come.
...hero costume factory. But dressed as they are, the New Mutants head out in search of the X-Men before a spell of Spiral's interrupts their transport and drags them into a fight with the X-Men.
Some other curious costuming choices arise with the X-Men under Mojo's spell...
...which is evidently, and strangely, still up for debate in some circles.
The New Mutants resolve to spring into action; with the X-Men gone, someone has to take their place: it's Graduation Day.
While I almost always love Art Adams' work, Annual #10 reveals a singular weak...