Oh dear… THIS story… Back in the day, as a teenager reading #60 on the day it came out, this damn near ended me right there in the comic shop, because I don’t think I was even aware that anyone was going to die (Not reading a lot of solicitations or hoping that it was a fake out), never mind it was going to be the guy who had actually got me back into buying the New Mutants. (Okay, going to ramble on this one, because it has a surpringly deep resonance to this day) It was something that I never actually noticed as a young reader until it was pointed out to me. Joe (which was a HUGE success for Marvel at the time and sometimes even outsold X-Men). But I still feel it was a terrible decision in terms of the cast.Īs an aside re: thought bubbles: I only read Marvel at this time, but I remember specifically that Larry Hama never used them in G.I. I totally agree that it was well done, even if I thought the whole Bird Boy plotline was the Jar Jar of New Mutants. It also changes the number of people I think were horribly wrong. I don’t feel like it makes anything better in my mind, but that’s pretty interesting and it certainly changes the context. So to find out that this wasn’t so much the writer deciding she didn’t like him as it was responding to a deluge of reader feedback is pretty amazing to me. His death was doubly aggravating after his moments at the Hellfire Club party & such, where he showed new aspects of his powers & personality that would have really helped him. And I always found it inexcusable that in a house full of bad-asses, NOBODY ever took Doug under their wing and taught him how to take care of himself in a fight. Sure, destroying the teenage illusion of immortality was an important step and all, but I really felt like picking him out of the crowd for it was…well, my phrasing for it isn’t charitable. So I always resented the death of Doug Ramsey. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here!īuy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original! Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Storytelling trends and the decline of though balloons.616 characters we’d trade for their Battleworld counterparts.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. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Art by David Wynne.
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