I wonder if Rico and Ziggy Karst are still alive?

[Slicknickshady]

I miss these students. They haven’t been seen since the final issue of the last Nightcrawler volume.

[AbnormallyNormal]

I miss these students. They haven’t been seen since the final issue of the last Nightcrawler volume.

You are really dedicated to this topic lol. I mean, it's impressive in a way but you have to know they will never be used again right? If Nightcrawler vol 4 got more issues then more could happen to promote them maybe but it didn't.

[WheelchairX]

I miss these students. They haven’t been seen since the final issue of the last Nightcrawler volume.

Maybe they'll appear in the story Claremont is doing for the 'Wedding' one-shot later this year.

[King_Thor13]

My headcanon is they're enrolled at the school in Nightcrawlers class. Hopefully they at least make a cameo somewhere.

[Slicknickshady]

I miss these two so much!

[Tycon]

I think they've gone the way of Ink. Unless Claremont wants to put them somewhere, they aren't going anywhere.

[Izanami]

Stuff like this makes me wonder what is the point of creating new students unless you have them enter civilian life and earn their happy ending.

[Master of Sound]

I think they've gone the way of Ink. Unless Claremont wants to put them somewhere, they aren't going anywhere.

Ink has been starring in quite some issues of Gold recently.

Ziggy and Rico are indeed fun characters. But I am afraid they will indeed be forgotten.

Something similar is happening to Crosta and Loa.

[Uncanny X-Man]

she's actually ziggy trask from papa cc's x-men forever line.

That was always my assumption as well.

[Tycon]

Ink has been starring in quite some issues of Gold recently.

Ziggy and Rico are indeed fun characters. But I am afraid they will indeed be forgotten.

Something similar is happening to Crosta and Loa.

Yeah, I was one of the main anti-Ink warriors whenever an issue of Gold featuring him came out. "gone the way of Ink" means unless your creator is gonna include you in something, you aren't getting any pagetime. At all.

Stuff like this makes me wonder what is the point of creating new students unless you have them enter civilian life and earn their happy ending.

I want to say background filler but they don't even include new students in the background anymore. Just random alien-looking peeps, randos, and some Academy X kids.

[Slicknickshady]

Well CC did hint around when Nightcrawler was ongoing that her father was someone we knew. Can’t find the source tho but I know he said it. I was thinking either Trask or Tony Stark. Lol. He said something like switch the letters in the last name or something. Karst (Trask, Stark)

[Slicknickshady]

They are still not back yet and it’s very sad!

[Uncanny X-Man]

They are still not back yet and it’s very sad!

I love how committed you are to Rico and Ziggy! I'm sure we'll see more X-comics from Claremont in 2024 so maybe he'll sneak them into one project or another.

[Master of Sound]

Sad to see not even one person voted for them on the current X-Books Awards as Most Missed Characters.

Seems their popularity has dropped a bit on this board as well.

[KurtW95]

Any mutants that have been forgotten about are fortunate to not have been in comics in recent years. The great series ended precisely when the franchise started to go downhill. I do not trust the current crop of writers. I do not trust the current crop of editors. Until comics improve, I would rather my favorite character be dead or forgotten about. And I really hate saying it.