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Drop him a line!

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In which Onslaught is a party that goes on way too long; we are grateful that the Hand is mostly someone else’s problem; there’s always time to get hosed down by firemen; and Emma Frost should never, under any circumstances, cook.

X-PLAINED:

• The Golden Archer
• Wolverine #104-105
• Generation X #18-19
• Portions of Elektra’s deal
• Stick
• Wolverine’s nose
• Gateway and Onslaught
• Several flashbacks
• The Onslaught goblin
• Retcons and character accountability
• A wet open
• A somewhat atypical plane flight
• Toad by way of Chris Bachalo
• The mysterious DL
• Emma’s Montreal mansion and its staff
• Cooking with Emma Frost
• Quasi-benevolent mind control
• Surgeon
• A bonus Shadowcat power
• Digital invisibility

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