In which Tommy Lee Edwards draws a damned fine everything; death gods get taken a lot less seriously when their avatars are seagulls; warm and cool colors get in a fight; Domino has no time for this bullshit; Cable and Domino wait ’til the kids are asleep; Sunspot’s alibi is too complicated; X-Force forges a pouches path; Engines are nothing but trouble; and Ry’lor the Destroyer puts himself in time out.

X-PLAINED:

The Norse Pantheon of 2099

X-Force #91-93

One of the best X-covers ever

Our favorite Siryn story

Jesse Aaronson, penitent chef

Sean Cassidy, penitent dad

A realistically anticlimactic breakup

Cassidy/Rourke history

Bring Your Daughter to Crimes Day

Napoleon Sanders

An epistolary montage

The dusty pink word balloons of Tom Waits

A missed Manos-portunity

The Chaos Engine

Halloween Jack

Domino’s varied musical tastes

Ry’lor the Destroyer

Kodo the Komodo

Bedlam’s extremely situational powers

Astarte and Electryon

Horniness as a superpower

The Temple of the Dying Sun

Cable & Corsair’s (lack of) history

Hope, Hope, Hope, Hope, Hope, and Hope

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