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In which Jay may have Stockholm syndrome; Nick Fury is objectively sillier than G. W. Bridge; we get a brief artistic reprieve; Cable's legal expertise does not extend to trademarks; our favorite Ship returns; Miles's grandmother calls it like it is; Sauron is bad at taxonomy; and Garrison Kane is basically a very violent Inspector Gadget.

X-PLAINED:

Brother Mutant

X-Force #8-10

X-Force (again)

A protracted flashback

The Wild and/or Six Pack

A heist

A trap

Yet more Ed Wood references

A future

The Professor (Ship)

Gratuitous face shadows

A mystery

Cable casting

Several misplaced word balloons

The logistics of tentacle arms

The High Lords (Externals)

Michael Bay's Johnny Got His Gun

General Clark and his diving suit

Good Magneto stories

How to get your dad into X-Men

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