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In which we were on public radio; it's probably best just to ignore Romulus; Miles still hasn't seen the Prisoner and should be very ashamed of himself; toy licensing is the stuff of nightmares; you can upgrade your bloodbath for an additional $1.25; Jay may or may not have family ties to Weapon X; we are suckers for die-cut covers; Wolverine knows how to commit to a gag; and you have some pretty remarkable dreams.

X-PLAINED:

Wolverine's CIA contacts

Murder-related birthday traditions

Wolverine #48-50

The ship Righteous Indignation and the 'ship Righteous Indignation

Wolverine size creep

Injudicious footwear

Serial sidekicks

Miles's continual failure to watch The Prisoner

The Summers Crash model of flashbacks

Panties and/or grenades

Several varyingly reliable flashbacks

How memory works

Mastodon

Andre

How memory doesn't really work

Kids' toy licensing

Quasimodo's hangout

Women in Refrigerators

Secret agent skills

The Dalton school of argument

A legitimately cool cover gimmick

Wolverine vs. the Helicarrier

Adamantium handicrafts

Shiva (but not that one)

Silver Fox (again) (kind of)

A cataclysmic memory backlash

Antarctic X-Hijinks

Jay & Miles's adventures in YOUR DREAMS

NEXT EPISODE: Centaurs of Texas

CORRECTION: Kyle Rayner's girlfriend was the source of the Women In Refrigerator's trope--not Hal Jordan's, as Jay stated in this episode.

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