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...the foreseeable future, Charles will be making no returns to Salem Center.
As much of a jerk as he may be, Charles also isn't without the guilt of abandoning his duties to his mutant wards and is doubtful of the successor he's chosen to teach in his place.
It's a decision...
...a retrospective read through, made it hard for me to leave what might have been a beautiful moment with a sense of dread and the grief of broken promises.
The issue briefly interludes to Shi'ar space, where Claremont takes a few pages to make clear that, at least for...
...when his big sister takes the baby into her arms for the first time, the moment still reads as tragic more than optimistic.
Scott's reluctance hangs like a grey cloud over everyone's joy and foreknowledge of everything that awaits the Summers-Grey-Pryor clan, the danger of...
...case for Scott's removal from the team–the case for his freedom to have a happy life–only to have that argument so quickly dismantled by editorial mandate.
Even when their newborn child is written outside of the purpose of duty, intended instead as a symbol of hope...
...of everything he's ever known. Scott and Madelyne's baby represents hope for a better world–as we'll later see with Rachel–but Kitty's nervous cradling of the newborn points toward his role as a symbol of "duty"–not just what we're responsible for, but to whom as well.
When I think of Erik–even when I think of Magneto–before I think of his villainy, or that he was Right, I think of him first as a protector–a role that New Mutants #35 nails for the man as he demonstrates his might against Dani's would-be rapists.
Erik has heard the arguments...
...to its Rider's rescue. After returning Dani to the mansion and care of Sharon, Tom Corsi takes note of the paint on Brightwinds' hooves, meaning there's wreckage to trace.
The driving motive of Erik's villainy was his need to protect mutant children and Dani's attack calls...
...have managed to squeeze themselves out of even more impossible conflicts–but their tutelage under Erik won't be half as merciful as their luck has been toward them.
Erik quickly dismantles their joint attack, proving himself not only their better, but illustrating the gaps...
...something of a fresh start for the book after it's nearly twenty issue departure from the classroom as the kids came up against all manner of crises across the world.
Without even a moment to catch their breaths, the kids are thrown headlong into this new status quo, with...