: On the other hand, they were killed offscreen to make the Didact look badass.
: If you're going to kill off characters, it's best to do it for a good
: reason.

Well, it had a reason. That said, given that we'd seen what the Didact could do in the games I could see the argument that it was unnecessary. It probably would have also worked a little better had the art been at the current quality of the comics as well (they looked a little goofy splayed out.)