In which Magneto may be right but is also wildly impractical; X-Force goes on a sneaking mission; Magneto isn’t mad, he’s just disappointed; Rictor and Shatterstar return; Strong is not a common surname in the Marvel universe; and being a mutant on TV doesn’t mean you’re one in the comics.

X-PLAINED:

How Jubilee became a vampire

The most X-treme youth of them all

X-Force 94-95

X-Force Annual 1999

Genosha

Butler disambiguation

Clown jobs

A team-up predicated on an awkward breakup

Hammer Town

Delphi

Memory boxes

Several potential continuity error

Names

Genoshan robots

Archie

A hierarchy of potential fates

Vershiagen Industries and/or Vershlagen Industries

V2

Hanrancha

Stronghold

Martin Strong

Freddie

Michelle Balters (Neurotap) (more) (again)

Communication with X-teams

A sudden and depressing resolution

Continuity across media

Why Gambit doesn’t (usually) throw tarot cards

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