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In which a whole lot of things burn; Nightcrawler gets gritty; it’s hard to be Dead Man Wade; Apocalypse’s IT department has some explaining to do; Mystique is the most mom of all moms; Doug Ramsey dies (again); and Jay will fight anyone who says comics can’t be “real” literature.

X-PLAINED:

• Damask
• X-Calibre #1-4
• Switchback
• Cain Marko of Earth-295
• Avalon
• Destiny of Earth-295
• Nightcrawler of Earth-295
• Ghost Dance (actual)
• Ghost Dance (fictional)
• John Proudstar of Earth-295
• The Infernal Gallop vs. the Infernal Galop
• Moonstar of Earth-295
• Dead Man Wade
• The Pale Riders
• Videoconferencing software of Earth-295
• The Excalibur
• Walter Newell
• Callisto of Earth-295
• A lot of murders
• A really dark historical precedent
• Parenthood
• Death by existential crisis
• The worst plan
• Variations on the death of Doug Ramsey
• Geography of the Age of Apocalypse
• The rest of the Marvel books during the Age of Apocalypse
• Jay vs. Western canon

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