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In which we recommend against having a birthday in the Marvel  Universe; Shinobi Shaw was a proto-Quentin Quire; Lee Forrester returns under the best possible circumstances; Bloodscream lives his best unlife; Belasco is apparently master of the cat people now; and a former Marvel intern returns to solve a mystery.

X-PLAINED:

• Bloodscream (again)
• X-Force/Cable Annual 1995
• Spider-Man Team-Up #1
• X-Men Unlimited #9
• The Impossible Man (and his slacker kids)
• The Clone Saga
• Benedict Kine
• A really superlative insult
• The continuity box
• Still more Bloodscream
• 30-50 feral hogs
• GHOST PIRACY
• Belasco (more)(again)
• The N’garai (more) (again)
• A follow-up to a mystery from Episode #323

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