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In which Gossamyr definitely probably doesn’t get blown up; we engage in a long and surprisingly canon-based exploration of Hellfire Club bathroom etiquette; the New Mutants break up with Magneto; you should probably never go swimming in the Marvel Universe; and it is possible (but unlikely) that Jay yells “IMPERIUS REX” more than is strictly necessary.

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• New Son/New Sun
• Post-Inferno New Mutants
• New Mutants #74-76
• Babies
• Ship shipping
• Inanimate objects Warlock has attempted to befriend
• Hellfire Club bathroom etiquette
• A long-anticipated showdown
• Magneto’s on-again-off-again children
• The Mutant Wars
• The Grey King (but not The Grey King)
• Undersea creatures that have no business near New York
• An Atlantean artificat of dubious provenance
• How to deter a giant and possibly supernatural octopus
• Recycled powers
• Friendly sentinels

NOTE: The Dispossessed is in fact by Ursula K. Le Guin.

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