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In which we continue our coverage of pre-Excalibur Captain Britain; S.T.R.I.K.E. is D.U.C.K. is W.H.O.; the R.C.X. is one lapse in judgment away from on-the-job cosplay; Meggan levels up; your name will never be as cool as Doctor Crocodile’s; Technet writes their own cold opens; and we announce the upcoming debut of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men!

X-PLAINED:

• A large number of acronyms
• Irony
• Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
• Mighty World of Marvel #14-16
• Captain Britain #1-14
• The aftermath of the Jaspers Warp
• Inspector Dai Thomas
• How to work out a superhero’s secret identity
• The Crazy Gang (more) (again)
• Slaymaster
• Captain Britain’s costume
• Sidney Crumb
• Gatecrasher’s Technet (more) (again)
• Earth-794
• Kaptain Briton
• Sat-Yr-Nin
• The R.C.X.
• Agents Gabriel & Michael
• The Warpies
• The Cherubim
• Meggan (more) (again)
• Doctor Crocodile
• Jamie Braddock
• Betsy Braddock’s short and calamitous tenure as Captain Britain
• Women in Refrigerators
• Our thoughts on the X-movies
• Mutant heredity

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