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In which nobody but Stryfe's diary understands him; Apocalypse is the best at what he does (and what he does is remarkably versatile); Scott and Jean weaponize their clichés; Jae Lee does his best Patrick Nagel; Apocalypse is poisonous; Cable goes full T-800; nothing good ever happens to Cyclops on the moon; Stryfe dies as passive-aggressively as he lived; and X-Cutioner's Song finally concludes.

X-PLAINED:

How Cable dies

The Story So Far

Still more trading-card taxonomy

Uncanny X-Men #296

X-Factor #86

X-Men #16

X-Force #18

An AU we'd like to read

The not-Stüssy S

How to effectively reference X-Men #137

A decoy baby

An abortive escape

Moon gravity

Revelatory vandalism

A trip to the moon

A probably excessive number of hawk facts

Various daring rescues

How to kill time in space

Cathexes

A very fancy moon base

The cavalry, kind of

Stryfe vs. Cable

An X-Cellent epilogue

Several Silent Hill 2 references

Stryfe's Legacy

Pawnee, Indiana vs. Marvel

Sexy high-security prisons of the future

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