Episode Details

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In which Wolverine gets a wolverine; the Crazy Gang meets their match; Inferno is business as usual for Excalibur; Alan Davis covers are the best covers; David Wynne makes his on-air debut; Courtney Ross is more competent than you; Murderworld operates on a dubious economic model; Nightcrawler is the anti-Nice Guy, and everything basically works out for the best.

X-PLAINED:

• Wolverine’s wolverine
• A subtle but critical spelling difference
• Excalibur #4-7
• The greatest comic-book cover of all time
• Dialogue on covers
• Courtney Ross
• Edwardian power suits
• Arcade (again)
• The dubious economics of Murderworld
• The Looney Toones school of sexploitation
• Search terms
• Fashion in Excalibur
• A mundane but useful superpower
• The death of Courtney Ross
• Perils of transatlantic flight
• The Goblin Princess
• A really excellent gargoyle
• Several cinematic references
• A very revealing outfit
• Brigadier Alysande Stuart
• Sinister fashion
• Still more Limbo disambiguation

NEXT WEEK: Infero Post-Game, with Sam Humphries

Special thanks to David Wynne.

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