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In which the X-Force road trip era begins; Team X takes on a new dimension; Dani Moonstar gets her subtext back; pointing out a stereotype doesn’t excuse using it; Tabitha Smith generally deserves better; platypuses are underrepresented in the superhero genre; Hell becomes Stryfe; and Domino gets back in the game.

X-PLAINED

A dastardly plot

X-Men 2099

Road trips

X-Force #71-74

Team X

A Love & Rockets reference

Stan and Ollie

The Triplets of Belleville

How not to fund your film

Michael Whitecloud

Project Stepladder

Colossal Man

Several references to X-Force -1

Platypuses

Edwin Martynec

Weaponized humming

The death of Warpath

Hell

Blackheart

Friendship

A mysterious villain

NOTE: Whoa, The Cybertronic Spree is actually a real band!

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