In which the plot thickens; Jay and Miles fix Avatar; Ship is a good bro; you are in space right now; the Beginagains go full This Island Earth; Cyclops weaponizes love; voting is really important; and you're listening to ten straight hours of soft jazz and subversion on ZZ-105

X-PLAINED:

The other Dazzler (Bertram Worthington)

Our newest t-shirt

X-Factor #48-50

A metaphor within a metaphor, in space

The first half of Judgment War (briefly) (again)

A prisoner exchange

Hairstyles of the possessed and famous

Proper use of Cable

A case for retcons

Iceman vs. Archangel

A feisty little fellow from the stars

The secret origin of Ship

The Celestials

The core of Iceman's personality

Several kisses

Beast and the Rejects

Some terrible hats

An unfair fight

A nefarious plot

Contagious heroism

Arishem

The power of love

Why we use the word "queer"

Several theoretical and unlikely crossovers

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