The New Mutants are able to escape Hela’s capture after she casts them into the Abyss of No Return, when Sam is able to just blast everyone out after dilly dallying down there for a few minutes. Abyss of No Return? More like, Abyss of Let’s Just Hang Out Down Here for Five Minutes Until They All Walk Away. This is just classic inept evil villain capture protocol right here, where the evil genius leaves the fate of the heroes in the hands of a single incompetent guard (in this case, the lovable Shrannk). I’d expect more from Hela, the goddess of death. Here’s an idea. If you’re such an evil genius, how about you don’t even hire any inept guards? Maybe do some background checks before you put them in charge of your mortal enemies. Jesus. (New Mutants #84 – Dec 1989)
