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Drop him a line!

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In which we lie extensively about how comics schedules work; the Mystery School is clearly a backdoor pitch; the Wisdom family has a lot going on; red dyes fade fast; and we (roughly) calculate the odds of Cyclops having a good day.

X-PLAINED:

• Marvel’s KISS comics
• Pryde and Wisdom #1-3
• Age
• Cheerful hissing
• Jardine
• A serial killer
• Department F66/The Mystery School
• Stoats
• Kill Your Boyfriend
• Several skeletons
• Harold Wisdom
• Serial disambiguation
• Inconsistent use of inhibitor guns
• Romany Wisdom
• A man stone
• Distinctive hair
• Some woman who seems important but never gets a name or follow-up
• John Gideon
• The Tube
• The inexplicable evolution of Romany Wisdom
• How not to end your miniseries
• Forgotten friendships
• The relative odds of Cyclops having a good day

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