Conor ⊗🔺さんのイラストまとめ

Our issue takes another brief interlude in space–at this point something of a mid-issue backup introducing Warlock–where the Starjammers watch as the alien crashes toward Earth.

Their helplessness adds a real sense of stake to his introduction and damn does BS draw a good Carol.

...a prime of example of how CC's tone shifts as he and BS find their stride together.

The tensions between Rahne's faith & Illyana's nature will drive much of the arc between the two for the rest of the book, but here leads to one of my favorite lines:

"It's magic!" "So am I."

...and their telepathic rapport is some of CC's heaviest subtext and really reminds that while Dani & Illyana have grown closer since her introduction to the book, *Rahne* is Dani's best friend.

The contrast between Dani's giggles & the doctor's awful news is deeply tragic...

Under Sienkiewicz (really going to need to rename this account if I keep my fan-boying up), Rahne's transition form is given new dimension–an artistic benefit of her genetic and chemical tampering by the creators of Cloak and Dagger.

Rahne's request to wear Dani's belt...

...the same emotional dynamic in writing. Most of NM #19 takes place in a hospital–a visual callback to Sienkiewicz's first (I believe*) issue on the Run, UXM #159–where Dani's grievous wounds are being triaged in surgery, the doctor's prognosis grim.

Yesterday, I wrote about...

...Claremont heading toward the peak of his writing prowess on the Run.

Parallel to the issues of Uncanny X-Men we've been reading that focus more on the quiet, emotional moments the team lives through in between battles, the New Mutants book has also trended toward...

Even before we get to it, the page-turn reveal of the terrible outcome of Dani's fight with the Demon Bear is drawn directly on the kids' faces.

We don't need to see Dani to know that something truly awful has happened to the young girl...

...away from the Mansion's comforts to confront this personal (but quite literal demon).

There's a reason the Demon Bear Saga is among the New Mutant's most famous stories, and the reason is easily the incredible, unforgettable work Sienkiewicz turns in.

With the Demon Bear...

...a confused and horrified Rachel runs away from Illyana at the door.

I often think of these two characters in relation to their subtextual relationships with Kitty, but had completely forgotten that Rachel's first contact with the Mansion after her return was actually Illyana.

...capture by Emma Frost, Dani & Illyana look on from the Danger Room's control room as the two girls recap the series' last arc.

Knowing that Kitty is busy in Japan dealing with that whole thing... it's a nice (and sapphic) touch to see Lockheed left in her best friend's care.