The biggest tearjerker moments in the X-books

[Polaris Rocks]

In the tradition of the bad ass thread, post the most emotional moments or biggest tearjerker moments in the X-books. Pics would be nice, AU like AoA is weclome as well.

[Congo Jack]

The death of Mariko Yashida
http://wolverine.x-knights.com/fullsize/wolverine189.jpg

[worstblogever]

The death of ROMA!

She was the biggest tearjerker ever.

[Joe Acro]

When I was a kid, Colossus's death was a really sad moment for me. Then I came here and realized some of the resentment toward the story.

Now it doesn't seem as sad. That's the real tear-jerker.:(

[Brian M.]

The death of ROMA!

She was the biggest tearjerker ever.

I wondered how long it was gonna take.

[jmc247]

Most of Magneto's biggest tearjerker moments come AU.

Like the death of Wanda

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[jmc247]

and the death of Lorna

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[BabeBro]

I'd have to say Illyana's death was sad :(

[Flâneur]

Jean's original death, huge moment. Illyana's as well.

Some other notables were in the Exiles by Winnick - Nocturne reflecting on her aborted baby, Mariko falling for and then losing Mary Jane and Heather contemplating how she murdered Wolverine, her first husband.

[SunfireX]

I'd have to say Illyana's death was sad :(

I agree I was so sad after reading that comic and it really gave jubilee, kitty, jean, and xavier so really humanizing moments.

[Brian M.]

When Delphi was describing how Qwerty lived and then died...that was really tearful. So much potential...

[soulkiller]

When Rogue died in X-Men: The End. She had wee children! Poor kids.

Don't have a scan of it though...

[Luck911]

I am sorry but Illyana,Colossus,Psylocke,Jean Grey deaths lose their effectiveness because the dumb writers decide to bring them back.All most can't read comic anymore because their no sense of danger.The best example i can give Wolverine ,you know he isn't going die because marvel won't give up their cash cow.Please leave dead character dead writers unless it really helps the story.

Psylocke dying was sad moment for me,when zip up the body bag it almost seem real to me.

[Teh m0nk3y]

The scene where X-23 is send to assassinate Zander and his family.
The tear inducing element is knowing what she's been through while she performs this task, and climaxing when she finally gets to Zander's son.
I was chanting "please don't kill him..." with tears.

(Afterwards I had some craving for beer and sports...)

[Toadman005]

I've never cried after reading an X-men comic.....sorry.

[Christopher O]

I thought it was sad when Alan Davis put Storm back in that awful costume.

[magik420]

i definitely remember crying back when i was younger reading that issue where magik died of the legacy virus... that comic (that ONE comic) was really well written (if i can remember correctly) and it brought many tears to my eyes on more than one occasion..... yes i'm gay:rolleyes:

[Nyssane]

I think I teared up in the old X-Men annual where Mastermind died and he wanted the last thing he did to be something nice for Jean Grey.

[soulkiller]

I've never cried after reading an X-men comic.....sorry.

There were a few not-so-well written/planned ones where I wanted to. Pretty much all of the Milligan issues made me tear up. :rolleyes:

[Agent_Torpor]

I cried after wasting $2.99 on the latest Messiah Complex installment.

[frog]

I cry after I read some of the posts concerning the X-Books.

[Kooshball]

trial of gambit - i was about 13-14 and i loved that whole arc and trouble between gambit/rouge


illayana was a sad death..so was bobbys dad

[Gene M.]

When I was a kid, Colossus's death was a really sad moment for me. Then I came here and realized some of the resentment toward the story.

Now it doesn't seem as sad. That's the real tear-jerker.:(
When "you were a kid?" Way to make me feel like an old man at 26, Joe.

I'll vote for Colossus's passing as well.

[rage6839]

It is not a tearjerker moment but the line about prayers just made me think and always stuck with me.

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I don't think Lobdell and Niczeia(sp) get enough credit.

[Slyfer]

Mutant Massacre where Scalphunter is laying waste to a group of Morlocks in a very cold bloodied fashion, really an eye opener

[Swashbuckler]

When Jubilee was crying at the mall because she lost her powers. I was crying too Jubes, just cuddle in your big yellow coat for warmth. who needs the x-men.

[brundlefly]

Most of Magneto's biggest tearjerker moments come AU.

Exception: In X-Men (v2) #3, Mags deciding to go "down with the ship" on the crashing-to-Earth Asteroid M, along with his final speech to Xavier beforehand, was a quality 616 tearjerker. That was one of comics' best death scenes and if one had to actually kill Mags off for good in the 616 universe, that would be a fitting way to go out.

[Joe Acro]

When "you were a kid?" Way to make me feel like an old man at 26, Joe.

I'll vote for Colossus's passing as well.
I just checked and that was only seven years ago (I had thought about a year or so sooner). So, I was on that child/teenager border. Eh.

[Charybdis4]

When Jubilee survived that one battle. I cried bitter, bitter tears over that.

It's just not fair (sniff!)

On a more serious note - the issue of New Mutants around the time of the mutant massacre when Rahne befriends that guy at a party. He turns out to be a mutant (he makes light sculptures.) Rahne goes to bed & plans to tell the new mutants about him in the morning. Sadly he kills himself after getting a prank call from some college kids saying X-Factor are coming to take him away.

It's a really moving story & the speech Kitty gives at the end to the college is really well written.

[GoingGreen]

Is it morbid that I think the most emotion filled story I read was when TJ left the Exiles? Is was really good.

I also cried when Ru Paul was replaced by Halle as Storm.

[Jeff-X]

There's a scene in Bishop: The Last X-Man where they're burying their dead in shallow graves after an attack. They didn't have many tools so Bishop was using his damaged X badge to dig through the dirt. I don't remember what was said exactly, but I remember the narration was somewhat chilling.
Sorry I don't have a scan of it.

[Fionnuala]

When Gambit got left to die in Antartica. Being just a kid, I had no conception that he'd be back in ten issues. That and it was three months late and the last comic ever sold in my newsagents so I was just desperate to get my hands on it.

[Monty_Cristo]

when Shortpack broke into tears; thinking that Mystique had died, saving him.

[Dizzy D]

Beetroot in Excalibur.

*cue "Who?" on one... two... three...*

[timebomb451]

austen destroying nightcrawlers origin. uncontrollable sobbing ensued

[Monty_Cristo]

Beetroot in Excalibur.

*cue "Who?" on one... two... three...*

Beetroot was hideous.

[Kid Icarus]

Thunderbirds apparent brain deadness in Exiles was horrible.

[ZNOP]

It is not a tearjerker moment but the line about prayers just made me think and always stuck with me.

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I don't think Lobdell and Niczeia(sp) get enough credit.

O'k that was definitely a kick-ass moment. Trevor Fitzroy's armor was worthy. Too bad the ineffable Jean Grey had to go and blow it to smithereens:evilsmile

As for tearjerker moments... The death of the Grey's without a doubt.

[jcp011c]

Moria's death scene, with the astral conversation she had with Xavier. Maybe it was because deep down, they really did love one another, on so many levels, and there was no chance to reconcile that.

Peter's death at curing the legacy virus also moved me, but unfortunately that was all turned into a mockery of his sacrifice (don't get me wrong I like the guy, but as a hero, that really was a way to go....)

[creaky]

austen destroying nightcrawlers origin. uncontrollable sobbing ensued

Oh goooood WHY?? :(

[creaky]

austen destroying nightcrawlers origin. uncontrollable sobbing ensued

Oh goooood WHY?? :(

[creaky]

austen destroying nightcrawlers origin. uncontrollable sobbing ensued

Oh goooood WHY?? :(

[DDM]

Despite the messy rectons, Jean's heroic death in Uncanny X-Men #137 is still a real tearjerker moment:

http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/97792366288.137.GIF

It was not an event, but a culmination of a really good story about Jean's corruption due to her possessing absolute power as Phoenix.

[ClanAskani]

Rachel, Kitty and Kurt in Excalibur 75:

http://www.rachel-summers.com/gallery/excalibur75a.jpg

[Novaya Havoc]

I cried after wasting $2.99 on the latest Messiah Complex installment.

I cry after I read some of the posts concerning the X-Books.

LOL!

Frog wins.

[Callisto]

when jean came BACK TO LIFE, i remember crying over my x-men issues screaming WHY WHY! oh, the horror

[boshobosho]

I've never cried after reading an X-men comic.....sorry.


I have. Though I like the X-men and have enjoyed a lot of X-books, some were so bad I just cried over the fact that I bought them.

[Cerridwen]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/cerridwen/jean_ray2.jpg


awww LOL

[Kirayoshi]

A quieter tearjerker moment, but when Kitty spread Peter's ashes in X-Men #110 is right up there.

Also, in UXM #183, when Kitty and Peter broke up. "I wish I had the power to bring Peter's beloved to life, in perfect health, right here in Salem Center. That way I'd have someone to fight. But how do I compete against a ghost?"

[Michael Sean]

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[Ann Nichols]

Beetroot in Excalibur.

*cue "Who?" on one... two... three...*

http://www.uncannyxmen.net/glossary/showentry.asp?fldAuto=1338

Poor kid!

[Cypocalypse_Complex]

One of the best speeches in X-history.
http://cypocalypse.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R5DSBAoKCCgAAD-CHmw1

[Toadman005]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/973728532_cdad630e20_o.jpg

Oh God, I cried from laughter.

[rZi]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/newmsgt/jeancosmos.jpg

Great scene

[Michael Sean]

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[creaky]

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It's a bit hard to believe the "I'm so scared" line when she's striking a pose. Oh Greg Land.

One thing that...didn't make me cry, but got to me, was a little line at the end of Wolverine #19 of Rucka's run. The story itself wasn't very remarkable, the art was pretty sloppy, and I can't say I cared much about the death the story was about, but when Logan entered the bar at the end with the corpse in his hands, he addressed Kurt as "my friend". Which was so very uncharacteristic of Logan that it somehow served to drive home the weight of the moment, even though I didn't care about The Native at all.

[MuhollandDriver]

I had never read the Grant Morrison Jean Grey death....quite interesting and effective!

Resurrection in comics should be done sparringly. Jean Grey makes sense, due to the whole Phoenix concept, but her next incarnation should be very very creative.

Illyana Rasputin i actually root for. i don't care how effective that Legacy Virus death was....her character was too darn cool...with so much potential...to be wasted like that.

Doug Ramsey's death had a big impact on me when i first read it.

[CyberHubbs]

Doug's death. Up until that point, I didn't realize comic book characters could die. Wasn't familiar with Jean's death, a little before my time, so I was fairly shocked when they plugged him. There might have been tears. But in a manly fashion.

[MuhollandDriver]

When Doug Ramsey died, his teammates were utterly devastated. You felt the grief for several issues. These days, a character dies and the grieving period ends in two panels.

[CyberHubbs]

Illyana took care of business, that's for sure. But the way Rahne held him and cried? Man, that tore me up inside.

[MuhollandDriver]

i know...Rahne's response was quite sad...Sam and Dani were quietly sad..tears streaming down their eyes...poor Warlock was devastated...Illyana was quite the badass wasn't she!

[icareenuffforII]

Jean's death on the moon...more so because I read it after I saw the Fox version so that whole "i can't fight it...not every second of every day not slipping not even for one....goodbye scott..a part of me will always be with you"

Forge breaking it off with Ororo right when she was about to accept his proposal. Heartbreaking "...i was going to say yes"

[DeadXMan]

the last pages of executioner's song were check stated to stumble and Jubs caught him

[MuhollandDriver]

i reread that jean grey death by grant morrison...that man has a style all his own. quite a beautiful man also...if i do say so!

[RoguishGurl]

Forge breaking it off with Ororo right when she was about to accept his proposal. Heartbreaking "...i was going to say yes"
I looked that up and I agree. He was so acting like a butt!

http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/171579.html

[icareenuffforII]

I looked that up and I agree. He was so acting like a butt!

http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/171579.html

Funny thing is she did leave the xmen and found love (say what you will but i never felt Ororo and T'challa was forced...it's been long est. that they knew each other forever...they're as much a natural couple as Jean and scott)

[cyclops2500]

Jean's death on the moon always gets me. Despite all the retcons, it was really powerful.

When Scott sent Nathan to the future. It made me sad when I was 15 and now that I have kids, it makes me even sadder to see how much of a mess their lives are. Parents should never have to see their kids hurt like Cable hurts.

I didn't cry, but my teenaged mind despaired when Warren found out just how completely he'd been duped by Cameron Hodge.

The rise and fall of Quentin Quire was another time I was sad reading X-Men.

[Toadman005]

i reread that jean grey death by grant morrison...that man has a style all his own. quite a beautiful man also...if i do say so!

I hated Morrison's run.