Episode Details

In which S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are scarier in suits; Reignfire is the new Erik the Red; “background assets” would be a very funny euphemism; it’s always either time travel or clones; and you should probably not get a corporate logo tattooed on the side of your head.

X-PLAINED:

• Crimes of Dark Beast
• X-Force #77-80
• The Mutant Liberation Front
• Reignfire (repeatedly)
• Video Renaissance
• Almost Reno, NM
• The inversion of several common tropes
• Small towns
• Different kinds of mutants
• X-Force Fun Facts
• Skids (Sally Blevins)
• Several continuity errors
• Some kidnappings
• Sexiness without prurience
• Background assets
• Dr. Joshua (again)
• (Henry Wallinger)
• Psychic shenanigans
• Las Vegas
• Word-balloon disambiguation
• X-Force’s new HQ
• Historical X-Men we’d like to see

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