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In which we recap nearly 200 issues in under three minutes; Madelyne Pryor is the Medea of X-Men; Mister Sinister takes the stage; Dazzler is basically an ’80s movie refugee; Scrambler may or may not be an exchange student from the Riverdale Marauders; Marc Silvestri is excellent at some things and less so at others; nothing good happens in Nebraska; Trish Tilby is the April O’Neil of X-Factor; and we swear that it was a total coincidence that this episode went up on Mother’s Day.

X-PLAINED:

• One solution to the existential conundrum of the Carol Danvers who is also kind of part of Rogue
• Pretty much everything that’s happened since the Dark Phoenix Saga
• The structure of Inferno
• Uncanny X-Men #239-241
• X-Factor #36-37
• The rise of the Goblin Queen
• Several deaths in elevators
• Mister Sinister and his amazing action-figure collection
• The evolution of Mark Silvestri
• Madelyne and Alex
• A very symbolic dress
• The Rainbow Room
• M-Squad
• That damn costume
• 1989 in outfit form
• Jay’s favorite Marauder
• Rats-R-Us
• Wolverine vs. a mail box
• The X-Men, but evil
• The secret origin of Madelyne Pryor
• A long-anticipated reunion
• Objects we’d