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In which legacy numbering is best left alone; all roads lead to the Antarctic; we finally learn Gambit’s big secret; Erik the Red gets yet a third identity; no one soils the Juggernaut; Maggott saves the day; and we have somehow made (technically more than) 400 of these things.

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• Spat
• The tragic loss of the Cyber Comics
• How not to back up your work
• Uncanny X-Men #350
• X-Men #70
• A shambles
• What’s been happening since Operation Zero Tolerance
• A very fancy cover
• Insufficient outerwear
• Senses
• Justice as a decorating theme
• Baffling statuary
• The return of Erik the Red
• Erik the Red (again)
• Ferris
• Gambit’s big secret
• A large number of continuity errors
• A total dick move
• De-icing
• Untitled Marrow Game
• A big fight
• Living room surgery