#newmutants72

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It seems like Illyana is caught in one of those super toxic relationships with this hell demon who is pulling the whole “baby, you’re trash and no one else is ever going to love you but me” gaslighting routine on her. Which is such bullshit because I would totally date that fork tonged hottie and I wouldn’t even ask her to turn back into a human when I took her home to meet my parents. (New Mutants #72 – Feb 1989)

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Well we finally got to the end of this god awful X-Terminators mini-series. The gang has seemingly succeeded in closing the portal between Limbo and Earth and blowing the shit out of both S’ym and N’astirh, but unfortunately Taki got caught in the blast and got the shit blown out of himself. I don’t care. I hope he dies. He’s annoying. However over in New Mutants #72, the story continues for a few more pages yet.

Aww look at Rahne with all those cute lil bebes. And I like how Taki’s mutilated body isn’t as splattered all over the concrete in this comic like it was in X-Terminators. Even the continuity editors didn’t give a shit about him. (X-Terminators #4 – Jan 1989 and New Mutants #72 – Feb 1989)

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So it turns out that opening the demon portal between Earth and Limbo required both Wiz Kid’s mutant computer to bridge the two realities and Illyana’s stepping disc to actually perform the transportation. Here are the equivalent panels from issue #4 of X-Terminators.

This is some high powered management on the part of N’astirh going on here. It’s like some kind of massively elaborate evil plan is finally coming to pass. Man, I can’t even get my day scheduled out efficiently enough such that I can be on time for work AND pick up groceries on the way home without getting my dick caught in a vending machine. I guess that’s why he’s a magical demon and I’m just a big asshole. (New Mutants #72 - Feb 1989 and X-Terminators #4 – Jan 1989)

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In one of the most historic comic book team ups of all time, all these shitty little kids from the X-Terminators and New Mutants join forces to dismantle N’astirh’s demon portal between Limbo and Earth. In case you can’t tell, I’m being sarcastic. The teams do actually succeed in dismantling the portal though, which means that for all the Armageddon like catastrophe that occurs during the Inferno crossover, the main portal to between the two dimensions was only wide open for a few minutes. Here are the equivalent panels from New Mutants #72.

(X-Terminators #4 – Jan 1989 and New Mutants #72 – Feb 1989)

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While Illyana struggles to cope with her full transformation into the Darkchilde and the realization that she was instrumental in opening the portal that allowed the demons of Limbo to invade Earth, N’astirh and S’ym finally throw down in a demonic battle over who will lead the invading army. This is like watching the Republican party cannibalize itself during the presidential primaries of 2016. And hey, that election basically turn out the same way with our planet getting invaded by fucking demons!!

Here’s the equivalent panel from X-Terminators #4, reflecting the drama that’s going on with the X-Terminators momentarily unplugging N’astirh’s mystical computer and disrupting the portal between Limbo and Earth.

(New Mutants #72 – Feb 1989 and X-Terminators #4 – Jan 1989)