Art by David Wynne. Contact David to purchase the original!

In which Franklin Richards makes everything more complicated; Reed Richards is a terrible parent; Days of Future Present is a surprisingly good ghost story; Valeria Richards is awesome (but does not appear in this crossover); everyone's got hounds these days; Banshee is your sad cyborg dad; Phoenix has a lot of feelings; and X-Factor once again manages to up the ante for child endangerment.

X-PLAINED:

Nightcrawler's brief clerical career

Days of Future Present

Annuals, in general

Some extraordinarily specific Namor headcanon

Fantastic Four Annual #23

New Mutants Annual #6

X-Factor Annual #5

Uncanny X-Men Annual #14

Franklin Richards

Several statuses quo

The reproductive potential of Doombots

Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)

Ahab

A Code Red Time Emergency

One of Jay's dream pitches

Your sad cyborg dad

The worst tea party

One hell of a kiss

Robocop vs. Terminator

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