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In which nobody wears the pants in the X-Plain family; Havok is a remarkably okay boss; Polaris may want to find a new doctor; Quicksilver has no time for your nonsense; we are very conditionally okay with resurrections; and if you spoil Season 5 of Steven Universe for Miles, we will never ever ever forgive you.

X-PLAINED:

• Jay & Miles at FlameCon
• Advantages of recording remotely
• X-Factor #81-83
• What Genosha’s been up to
• Prodigal
• An impassioned speech
• An unfortunate accident
• Yet another return(ish) of Sauron
• Chain of command
• Lukas
• Pirouette
• Yet another justification for the name of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
• Phantazia (again)
• Immovable vs. unstoppable
• What you do on a boat
• Taylor
• When Havok still cared
• “The Mutant Rap”
• Adventures in New York
• How to bond with Quicksilver
• An angry mob
• A derailed storyline
• The ignominious death of Rick Chalker
• Our opinions on the revolving door of death
• X-Men vs. electronics
• Superheroes from the Balkans
• Theoretical X-Men and Steven Universe team-ups

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