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In which DC is out of our bailiwick; Random gets around; someone finally makes an explicit reference to disability politics; death has not improved the Chalkers; Strong Guy can’t catch a break; we’re all whole other people; Sienna Blaze has a crayon name; we totally want to play D&D with Evan Skolnick; a trading card does not a memorable character make; and we are 100% here for the mutant episode of Sesame Street.

• X-PLAINED:
• What happened to Fred Duncan
• Beastwriting
• Marvel’s 1993 Annuals
• The speculator boom
• X-Factor Annual #8
• Uncanny X-Men Annual #17
• Excalibur Annual #1
• Charlie Ronalds (Charon) and his issues
• A protracted Batman reference
• How to string pearls
• A dubious twist on the danger room
• The pure joy of a child, but twisted and distorted like a shredded butterfly
• Cloot (Satannish)
• Howling Mad, by Peter David
• The greatest enemies of X-Factor (but not really)
• Cruel and arbitrary moralizing
• The other X-Cutioner (Carl Denti)
• A protracted illusion
• The Amazing Icemaster
• Metacommentary
• An accidental trap
• The death of Jason Wyngarde (Mastermind)
• Resolution versus forgiveness
• The other first appearance of Sienna Blaze
• More wizard stuff
• Khaos
• Khaos & Gritty 4 Lyfe
• Ghath
• Irth
• Mutants on Sesame Street
• Cycling in and out of comics

NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur goes to space!

CORRECTION: Chris Claremont did not in fact write Dragonlance comics.

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