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In which you really can't compete with Cable; the X-Men may or may not ditch a funeral; Nanny extrudes the grappling arms; Boom Boom is more responsible than she looks; Jean Grey is the cool stepmom; we posit an alternate explanation for Brexit; and ravens are the best dinosaurs.

X-PLAINED:

What happened to the Inferno babies

X-Factor #40-42

Madelyne Pryor's funeral

Post-Inferno X-Factor

Archangel's inconsistent appearance

Secret origins of Nanny and the Orphanmaker

Teenagers (more) (again)

Tom Jones (Alchemy)

Conversations we probably shouldn't have with Neal Conan

Trolls of London

Dubious super-parenting

Phy

Phay

Phee

Phough

Phumm

Troll economics

A grocery list

The Ravenmaster

Miles's mom

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