In which the theme is too many inkers; Cecilia Reyes has no patience for your bullshit; Genosha’s going to be just fine (it’s not); we would watch a supercut of Fabian Cortez getting punched; we bid an abrupt farewell to Gaia; and comics are exhausting, yet captivating.

X-PLAINED:

Dazzler’s murder trial

X-Men Unlimited #24

The past and future of X-Men Unlimited

Doctor Cecilia Reyes

Ghost Pirate Cap’n Bloodscream

Wolverine and friends

Pushing your kid out of a plane as a basic first aid skill

Banter

The Silver Samurai (Keniuchio Harada)

Sunfire and the Big Hero Six

Projectile-based wordplay

Irene Adler, spoiler machine

Genosha (again)

The Cabinet of Doctor Lensherr

Magneto’s panties

Stupid metaphors

Football stars and their football cars

Magneto’s nuanced and baby-filled past

Generation X #51

Hunter & Tristan Brawn

Helicopter grandparents

Artie & Leech, perpetual moppets

Emma Frost, forever traumatized

Generation X’s new costumes

Gaia as the Bird Boy of Generation X

Peach Momoko’s Ultimate Armor

Sauron and the Lizard’s agendas and fashion

Comic book collecting preferences

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