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In which we approach the end of Alan Davis’s Excalibur run; “duopenultimate” is not actually a word; Captain Britain pops the question; we do in fact (kinda) get follow-up on Alysande Stuart’s death; Miles needs to get a little less credulous about bureaucrats’ good intentions; Shadowcat engages in espionage; Nightcrawler and Cerise are tactically saucy; and the sun definitely ought to set on the British Empire.

X-PLAINED:

• Warpies
• Excalibur #61-65
• The Jaspers Warp (more) (again)
• The RCX (more) (again)
• Agents Gabriel and Michael
• What happened to Jay’s mom’s Hypercolor T-shirt
• What not to do with a dead parrot
• Several Hamlet references
• Scott Wright (MicroMax)
• The Cherubim
• Cloud Nine
• Agent Peter (Nigel Orpington-Smythe)
• Warpie naming conventions
• Beetroot
• Screen tone
• An idiom
• Evasive makeouts
• A specific thing on The Gifted
• Why Kitty Pryde tends to go by her given name

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