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In which it still sucks to be a Rasputin; John Romita Jr. has a solid, if muscular, grasp of anatomy; Jay and Miles are better exes than Forge and anyone; and Cannonball’s many younger siblings have almost prepared him for running X-Force.

X-PLAINED:

• Peters Parker
• The Merry X-Men Holiday Special
• Comic book release schedules vs. J&MXPtXM
• Uncanny X-Men #301-302
• Trevor F**king Fitzroy, possibly the worst Upstart
• Comics Code Authority closeting versus real-life closeting
• 21st Century Torture Devices
• Risky mood fonts
• Robert’s Rules of Upstart Order (this week)
• Gamesmaster vs. the Isolationist
• Shinobi Shaw: Good At Sex
• Russian tragedy (more, again)
• Charles Xavier and his poor decisions
• Shi’ar tech support
• Pants and villainy
• Racist jerks vs. rhetorical questions
• TIME PARADOX
• Weirdly specific contingencies
• Piotr Rasputin and his justified fury
• X-Force #24
• Meaningless (but fun!) timestamps
• The Friends of Humanity (who are not our friends)
• Rusty and Skids’ latest arrest
• Disappointed Dad Sam Guthrie
• Action vs. public perception
• Vinz Clortho
• Domino’s continuing quest to figure out what exactly an X-Force is
• The dramatic return of… well, you know
• Spacesuit logistics
• Numerical universe designations
• Plastic Warlock

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