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In which the 1990s were full of miniseries; Mystique and Sabretooth take a sabbatical from X-Factor; Mystique’s powers are wildly inconsistent; we meet a second Cypher; most secret agents are Mystique; and you should never tell Sabretooth about your girlfriend.

X-PLAINED:

• Sabretooth’s ambitions
• Sabretooth and Mystique #1-4
• A Helicarrier heist
• Hydra
• AIM
• The sounds of autopsies
• How Mystique’s powers work, sometimes, kind of
• Commander Cypher
• Technosassins vs. Cyburai
• Catalyst
• Complimentary types of awful
• Caption colors
• Access
• Gender dimorphism of monsters
• The Comics Code Collar
• Dismember and Corrosion
• The time Cyclops offered to help Cable steal a spaceship
• The Black Womb Project

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