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Drop him a line!

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In which we enter Phase 2 of Onslaught; Cable is a man of many purposes; Onslaught gets a makeover; Intentions only matter if you’re Longshot; and Sue Richards will pull over this crossover event right now if you don’t behave.

X-PLAINED:

• Red Onslaught
• Onslaught Phase 1
• Uncanny X-Men #336
• Cable #35
• X-Man #19
• X-Force #58
• A large number of team-ups
• Onslaught, but make it a seder
• Watcher undercarriage
• Onslaught’s second form
• Cable and Apocalypse vs. Onslaught
• Nate Grey vs. Sinister
• A trap
• Several flashbacks and fantasies
• Symbolic roles within X-Force
• What Banshee’s sonic scream sounds like
• Pecs as envisioned by Franklin Richards

NEXT EPISODE: Onslaught, of course.

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