Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

In which airplanes are really dangerous if you’re a mutant, Magik remembers that time she dreamed about remembering a dream, those who live by mystically bad judgment die by mystically bad judgment, It’s Always Mystique (TM), and everything leads to Inferno.

 

X-PLAINED:

Forge’s moral compass

New Mutants #62-63 and #65-66

Empath and irredeemable vs. sympathetic villains

Magical postal eagles

Nova Roma

Jag-u-ars

Art as era signifier

Time travel nightmare logic

Sharpiemancy

The “last” Brood

Jerk headmasters who won’t even let you commit murder

A long-awaited roomie reunion

Bret Blevins’s mad Limbo skillz

Claremont / Simonson character maturity equilibrium

Astrally furry pants

Loyalty to the living versus loyalty to the dead

The Ultimate Darkchilde

Wolverine’s surprisingly non-metallic teeth

Partying with the New Mutants

NEXT WEEK: Pryde of the X-Men.

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