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In which it’s pretty much always terrible to be Magik; Y is a sometimes vowel; Wolfsbane is a secret Disney Princess; feelings ruin everything; and Gossamyr may or may not be an allegory (but is pretty interesting either way).

X-PLAINED:

• What Lila Cheney is up to these days
• New Mutants #67-70
• Gratuitous space spelling
• Gossamyr
• Spyder
• The Accountants
• Magneto’s ongoing slide into supervillainy
• A few fairly specific elements of teen-girl social dynamics
• Wolfsbane’s greatest desire
• Practical logistics of teleporting aliens into a sun
• Approaching the X-books as a new writer
• Who we’d put on an all-X-Men trivia team

NEXT EPISODE: BabyRace 2000; and Archangel vs. Cameron Hodge

Special thanks to Kieron Gillen for the X-pert consult; and to Arvin Bautista for the use of “I Will Steal Your Heart.”

InfernoWatch:

• Illyana’s descent continues
• S’ym gains near-complete control of Limbo
• First instances of possessed machinery and architecture

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