Art by David Wynne. Prints and travel mugs available until 1/11/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.

In which Miles and his Doom voice return triumphant; we reach an understanding regarding Lila Cheney; Mob science is pretty shoddy; Magneto has fancy hair; New Mutants Xavier is Best Xavier; no one is more goth than Cloak and Dagger; and you can have Rachel’s Speed Racer references when you pry them from her cold, dead hands.

X-Plained:

Spider-Man crossovers

Cats

Marvel Team-Up Annual #6

New Mutants #22-25

Phone calls with bears

Glam day at the Hellfire Club

Rahne’s fairytale

Cloak & Dagger

Drugs

Eldritch curtains

A seriously flawed evil plan

Harry’s Hideaway

The Sam and Dani Show

Magneto’s hair

Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s parentage

Waiting for the T

Whether Cloak and Dagger are mutants

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