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In which Lee Forrester deserved better; we have somehow made 187 of these; Bizarre Adventures is accurately named; the Grey sisters do not steal a yacht; trite jerks are doubly offensive; Black Panther is everything and you should go see it right now; Namor has a type; Attuma reads like an import from Game of Thrones; Florida is the Australia of North America; Iceman has a good weekend; half of the Vanisher materializes in Poughkeepsie; and Jay's mom is the best Cable.

X-PLAINED:

What Lee Forester has been up to

How this happened

Bizarre Adventures #27

The not-particularly-secret lives of the X-Men

Jay's Book of Irrelevant Headcanon

"The Brides of Attuma"

Sara Grey

Several incidents in the life of Jean Grey

A plan as ineffectual as it is dastardly

"Winter Carnival"

"Titan Up the Defense"

The peculiar predominance of ice sculpture in the Marvel Universe

Bubba

The Apple Profile

Festive bandits

A heist

A very fancy cane

"Show Me the Way to Go Home"

Nightcrawler's favorite movie

The Count Duckula theme song

Some very friendly ladies

ECCC cosplay

Sev the Oracle

Whether Buffy is a Summers sibling

Whom we would merge with cosmic forces

The Queen of Nevers

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