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In which you really can’t compete with Cable; the X-Men may or may not ditch a funeral; Nanny extrudes the grappling arms; Boom Boom is more responsible than she looks; Jean Grey is the cool stepmom; we posit an alternate explanation for Brexit; and ravens are the best dinosaurs.

X-PLAINED:

• What happened to the Inferno babies
• X-Factor #40-42
• Madelyne Pryor’s funeral
• Post-Inferno X-Factor
• Archangel’s inconsistent appearance
• Secret origins of Nanny and the Orphanmaker
• Teenagers (more) (again)
• Tom Jones (Alchemy)
• Conversations we probably shouldn’t have with Neal Conan
• Trolls of London
• Dubious super-parenting
• Phy
• Phay
• Phee
• Phough
• Phumm
• Troll economics
• A grocery list
• The Ravenmaster
• Miles’s mom

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