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In which the Age of Apocalypse comes to an end; Angel briefly lives up to his potential; Bishop was sometimes right; It’s not a climactic ending without an X-Men #137 reference; Colossus breaks our hearts; X-Men: Marvels Snapshot will be out in September; and somehow we have made 300 of these things.

X-PLAINED:

• Beast vs. Dark Beast
• X-Men: Omega
• The entirety of the (first) Age of Apocalypse
• Potpourri vs. incense
• Dramatic hair
• Many, many errors
• Unforeseen consequences
• A long-anticipated team-up
• Many deaths
• Art as artifact
• Narration that has haunted Jay for 20 years
• One of the more persistent deaths of David Haller
• Blast Attack
• The end of a world
• Refugees from the Age of Apocalypse
• Our favorite X-milestone issues
• Theoretical teams
• Orphans
• When X-Men: Marvels Snapshot is actually coming out
• Our favorite show bits
• How Jay’s chickens-in-law are doing

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