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In which we persevere in the face of adversity; Storm goes on a quest; Mr. Sinister makes his first appearance; Dazzler learns about teamwork (again); it still sucks to be Havok (but not as much as it sucks to be Madelyne Pryor); you should probably put down that cactus; the Murder Grampas join Freedom Force; Storm’s life is a metal-album cover; and the X-Men are doomed as hell.

X-Plained:

• The Mr. Sinister / Summers family time loop
• Uncanny X-Men #220-224
• Actual and potential origins of Mr. Sinister’s name
• How Longshot’s powers work in combat
• Teamwork (again)
• Representing sound and silence in a visual medium
• A protracted fight
• Forge (again)
• Naze (kind of)
• The Adversary
• Eye Killers
• One of many reasons not to masturbate with a cactus
• The X-Men in San Francisco
• Madelyne Pryor vs. fate
• Storm vs. Forge
• Character names vs. code names
• X-Makeovers

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