Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

In which Havok and Wolverine head to Mexico; Havok tries his hand at noir; Wolverine gets serious about hair gel; Meltdown is probably not actually a common Russian surname; Susan X-Plains nuclear reactors; and we are pretty thoroughly besotted with Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown.

X-PLAINED:

Age of Apocalypse Corsair

Epic Comics

Marvel Comics Presents #24-31

Leila O'Toole (Plasma)

The Cold War

Samantha Smith

Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1-4

General Meltdown

Dr. Neutron

The varying deadliness of vices

Scarlett McKenzie (Quark)

Some exceptionally gorgeous artwork

Why we love Havok

Chernobyl

How nuclear reactors do and don't work

Other characters we'd like to see in Meltdown-type stories

Adamantium vs. vibranium

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