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In which almost everyone is better than Romulus; Barry Windsor-Smith continues to draw the best naked X-Men; Jay has strong feelings about Wolverine’s origins; Miles still hasn’t seen The Prisoner; when in doubt, it’s probably Kang the Conqueror and/or Mystique; we remain unqualified to give bear-fighting advice; you should not hide out in a nuclear reactor; and the Coffee-a-Go-Go has probably been turned into a new-wave sushi bar or something.

X-PLAINED:

• The Professor (Truett Hudson)
• Romulus
• Jay & Miles at Rose City Comic Con
• Marvel Comics Presents #72-84
• “Weapon X”
• Backstory attrition
• A really good opening montage
• Some very effective use of color
• Healing hair
• The original villain behind Weapon X
• A retconned origin of Wolverine’s claws
• Dr. Abraham Cornelius
• Carol Hines
• Terry Gilliam’s Weapon X
• Audio vs. text-based mind control
• An action figure in dubious taste
• The Milgram Experiment
• An adaptation we’d like to see
• A bad place to hide
• Subsequent “Weapon X” retcons
• How Cyclops’s powers have (and haven’t) developed
• Jay’s general failure at X-tourism

NEXT WEEK: More MCP, featuring “The Retribution Affair” and “God’s Country”!

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