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In which airplanes are really dangerous if you’re a mutant, Magik remembers that time she dreamed about remembering a dream, those who live by mystically bad judgment die by mystically bad judgment, It’s Always Mystique (TM), and everything leads to Inferno.

X-PLAINED:

• Forge’s moral compass
• New Mutants #62-63 and #65-66
• Empath and irredeemable vs. sympathetic villains
• Magical postal eagles
• Nova Roma
• Jag-u-ars
• Art as era signifier
• Time travel nightmare logic
• Sharpiemancy
• The “last” Brood
• Jerk headmasters who won’t even let you commit murder
• A long-awaited roomie reunion
• Bret Blevins’s mad Limbo skillz
• Claremont / Simonson character maturity equilibrium
• Astrally furry pants
• Loyalty to the living versus loyalty to the dead
• The Ultimate Darkchilde
• Wolverine’s surprisingly non-metallic teeth
• Partying with the New Mutants

NEXT WEEK: Pryde of the X-Men.

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