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In which the back-up stories of Atlantis Attacks are way better than the main event; the Serpent Society is hilarious; Longshot finds a rock; the S.U.R.F.E.R.S. are no Neutrinos; our volume of digressions is inversely proportional to our investment in this crossover; Jay overthinks sunglasses; and somehow we still aren’t entirely done with Inferno.

X-PLAINED:

• Leonard McKenzie
• Princess Fen
• Tiger Shark
• A dubious crossover event and three splendid backup stories
• The best thing in Marvel Puzzle Quest
• Skateman
• Atlantis Attacks
• Uncanny X-Men Annual #13
• New Mutants Annual #5
• X-Factor Annual #4
• Ghaur
• Llyra
• Homo mermanus
• The Serpent Society
• Boomslang
• Why snakes don’t wear vests
• The Maple Hill Farm books
• The Horn of Doom (again)
• Namorita
• Impractical swimwear
• Surf, or S.U.R.F.E.R.S., or whoever the hell they are
• Zak and the Neutrinos
• The trouble with mobile landmarks
• A case of mistaken identity
• The true meaning of something, probably
• Ralph Macchio, but not that Ralph Macchio
• Ci