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In which the X-Babies fail to charm; clones are people, too; Iceman doesn’t (quite) come out; Gambit and Bishop bond; Joseph comes into ambiguous being; and Principal Nezu and Charles Xavier would probably get along okay.

X-PLAINED:

• Inconsistent quality
• X-Men #46-47
• Uncanny X-Men #327
• The X-Babies (more) (again)
• Sfogliatelle
• Gog
• Gog’n’Magog
• Politics of the Mojoverse
• Personhood of constructed entities
• What makes an X-Babies story work
• Jay’s favorite episodes of The Muppet Show
• Age-appropriate literature
• Fictional books
• Fun with Bishop
• Several restaurants
• Hypothetical casting
• What Magneto’s been up to
• Joseph
• Sister Maria
• Why Magneto gets de-aged a lot
• Amnesia
• Various orphans and individuals affiliated therewith
• How to keep up with upcoming X-titles
• A cross-media friendship
• True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee

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THE ONE AFTER THAT: MORE X-BABIES SO MANY X-BABIES

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