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· Comics / Marvel / X-Men
Doug Ramsey first shows up in New Mutants #13 as Kitty's friend, and he's already helping her get into computer systems she probably shouldn't be getting into. They're trying to look into Sebastian Shaw. They end up causing trouble with a g...
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Karma's story keeps going after she leaves New Mutants. The Wolverine issues matter if you're following what actually happens to her. In the Lazarus Project storyline, Wolverine #27-30, she sees more of the damage caused by the people her u...
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Then Leong and Nga disappear, and being on a superhero team stops being Shan's priority. In New Mutants #54, she's looking for information through the Hellfire Club, even possessing Tessa while trying to find answers. Magneto says he's alre...
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The Asgard trip is important for Shan too, even if it tends to get remembered for Storm's hammer, Dani becoming a Valkyrie and Rahne meeting Hrimhari. Shan is still dealing with what the Shadow King did to her when she gets stranded in a de...
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Shan is one of the original New Mutants and their first leader. She's older than the others, and she already knows what it means to have people depending on her. That doesn't make her safe. After the team's encounter with Viper and Silver S...
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Karma was around before there was a New Mutants team. Her first appearance is Marvel Team-Up #100, where she gets Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four tangled up in a family situation that's already pretty ugly. Xi'an Coy Manh, Shan, has the p...
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Then Genosha takes that choice away from her again. During X-Tinction Agenda, Rahne is captured and put through the mutate process. Her body and her mind are altered to make her obedient. The damage doesn't disappear when the fighting ends....
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Rahne's part in Inferno says a lot about how far she's come with Illyana. She has plenty of reasons to be afraid of Limbo. She goes back into it anyway because she can't stop thinking about the little girl they saw trapped there. In New Mut...
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Doug's death hits Rahne especially hard because he dies protecting her. In New Mutants #60, the Ani-Mator fires at her and Doug takes the bullet. There isn't a fight she can win afterward that fixes that. Doug is gone, and she has to live w...
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Dani becomes one of the most important people in Rahne's life. Their friendship also has an unusual advantage: Dani can communicate with Rahne through the animal side of her power when she's in wolf form. Rahne can be judgmental, especially...
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Rahne Sinclair starts out running for her life from people who think she's a monster. And the man leading them is the same man who raised her. That's a hell of a starting point for a kid who's already terrified of what she's becoming. Rever...
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Bobby leaves in New Mutants #99 after his father's death, with Gideon drawing him toward his family's business responsibilities. From Bobby's position, this is a chance to deal with something outside the team and take responsibility for the...
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Coming back doesn't mean Bobby gets an easy run with the team afterward. Doug's death hits a group that has already spent far too much time getting into fights adults can't keep them out of. Later, Warlock dies in Genosha. That's the same W...
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The actual Fallen Angels group gets bizarre very quickly. Bobby and Warlock end up around Vanisher's young thieves, including Chance and Ariel, with Boom-Boom, Siryn, and Multiple Man getting involved too. Eventually the series has Devil Di...
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Bobby's temper catches up with him in Fallen Angels. During a soccer game, Bobby loses his temper and hurts Sam. This isn't an enemy he's trying to stop. It's one of his closest friends, during something that was supposed to be fun. Then he...
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Roberto isn't with the others when the Beyonder kills them in New Mutants #37. He's in Manhattan, where a fallen crane has trapped a woman. He tries to lift it, She-Hulk helps finish the rescue, and the attention goes to her. Bobby is left...
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Early Sunspot's power is mostly about strength. He absorbs solar energy and uses it to power up. He isn't automatically a flying human flamethrower just because of the name or the way his body looks when he's charged. He's also strong witho...
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Roberto da Costa is wealthy, popular, and good at soccer when his powers emerge. None of that protects him from racism. In Marvel Graphic Novel #4, he's attacked during a match, and the stress brings out his mutation. His body turns black w...
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Cable gives that remaining team a very different direction. Sam doesn't respond by switching his brain off and doing whatever Cable says. In #99, he objects when Cable won't go after Rictor. Then Bobby leaves and Cable barely seems concerne...
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The losses pile up before Sam ever gets to the end of New Mutants. Doug dies during the Ani-Mator story. Later, the Genosha crossover kills Warlock. Illyana is no longer with them as the teenage teammate they've known, Dani stays in Asgard,...
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