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In which we begin our third podcast century; Cyclops is bi-inclusive; we have high standards for Mojoworld; Dazzler can survive your big-budget horror show; Jim Lee makes his exit; video games that involve Protomen are better than video games that don’t; and plasma is the new magnetism.

X-PLAINED:

• Carter Ryking and his Very Durable Underpants
• Fontanelle
• Jay & Miles Town Cry ye X-Men
• An upcoming event
• X-Men #10-13
• A somewhat disappointing Wizard of Oz pastiche
• Those who like to go both ways
• A mysterious, shadowy figure; revealed
• Several of Cyclops’s uncoolest Dad moments
• Zima
• Moist Alley
• Mojo II: The Sequel
• The Image exodus
• Mojonium
• An announcement
• Longshot in the Mojoverse vs. Longshot in the 616
• A Maverick adventure
• Alexander Ryking
• The other Xavier File
• Warhawk
• The Ryking Hospital for Paranormal Research
• A poorly defined power set
• Technicolor skeletons
• When and where paper was invented
• A likely-irrelevant pattern
• The devil who haunts Stryfe’s dreams
• Some non-X Marvel recommendations
• Rusty Collins’s codename

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