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In which the moments of X-Universe are better than the whole; the code name “Dirigible” carries some inherent risks; Tony Stark is often more interesting without Iron Man; Clint Barton is no James Rhodes; there is somehow a Matt Murdock who makes even worse choices than the one from Earth-616; nobody should ever trust Mikhail Rasputin; and the baby’s name really doesn’t matter.

X-PLAINED:

• J. Jonah Jameson’s stance on mutants
• A way to get cool stuff AND support Trans Lifeline
• X-Universe #1-2
• Gwen Stacy (Earth-295)
• Some really obnoxious white savior tropes
• The Marauders (Earth-295)
• How to waste Arcade
• Spider-nostalgia
• Owl noises
• Tony Stark (Earth-295)
• Clint Barton and/or James Rhodes (Earth-295)
• Dr. Donald Blake (Earth-616)
• Dr. Donald Blake (Earth-295)
• Blark
• Mikhail Rasputin (Earth-295)
• Ship, but not Ship
• Ben Grimm (Earth-295)
• Sue Storm (Earth-295)
• Bruce Banner (Earth-295)
• A great many overplayed references
• Matt Murdock (Earth-295)
• Manuel de la Rocha (Earth-295)
• Victor Von Doom (Earth-295)
• Marte and Rafe McGuffin
• The Upscale Program
• A very hazardous plan
• The Stryfe Force
• The dreams of Donald Blake
• A red herring named Frankie
• Augmented humans in a mutant-centric world
• How Wolverine communicates with animals
• How Professor X lost his hair

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