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Drop him a line!

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In which X-Cutioner’s Song may be over, but its repercussions continue; Uncanny X-Men hits a major milestone; superhero comics are and always have been political; Bishop learns to banter; the X-Men gain an unlikely ally; and Magneto remains exceptionally difficult to kill.

X-PLAINED:

• Jay & Miles at VVCBF
• Uncanny X-Men #298-300
• The Acolytes (more) (again)
• The Upstarts (more) (again)
• Several important lessons
• A very fancy room
• A very fancy brain
• The unpleasant fate of Sharon Friedlander
• The all-new, all-different Acolytes
• Carmella Unuscione
• The return of one of our favorite antagonists
• A sick burn
• The fate of Asteroid M
• Molting
• A debate
• Graydon Creed (more) (again)
• The tentative redemption of Robert Kelly
• How to lose a debate with Joe Biden
• A large number of prescient political references
• Friends of Humanity
• How to engage with a fascist in a televised debate
• Noah DuBois
• Fatale
• A generic rural mob
• Milan
• A narratively convenient superpower
• Amelia Voght
• Seamus Mellencamp
• Neophyte
• The gospel of Magneto
• A joyous reunion
• The helmet that wouldn’t die
• Ponytail ethics
• Timelust
• Several accents
• The current state of Rogue’s powers

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