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I agree with Laurie Sefton that Magneto is characterized very
well; I think he's one of the best characters at Marvel. I like
Claremont's interpretation of him much better than Byrne's,
although I like Byrne's ideas for Kitty Pryde better.  My only
regret is that now that Magneto's on the X-Men's side, they no
longer have an arch-nemesis worthy of them.

I do hope Empath gets what's coming to him.  And I hope Claremont
isn't going to pull the stale cliche "if you kill him you're no
better than he is" riff.  What would be great is to have some New
Mutant say that, and have Magneto reply "I never claimed to be
any better." and pull him apart.  More likely, Magneto could turn
the tables on Empath using Magneto's mind control, which we last
saw in X-Men 110 used on Mesmero.  Make him unable to use his
empathic powers on anyone but himself, perhaps.  But after what
he did, I think the only proper penalty is death.

While we're talking about the New Mutants, is there anyone else
who'd like to see Doug Ramsey, Kitty Pryde, and Sharon Smith
(Catseye) set up a corporation and become billionaires by the
time they're old enough to vote, then buy out Shaw Industries?
With their brains, they should be able to do it.  Besides, it
would be fun to see the three of them match wits with Tessa.

		--Carl Rigney
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