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at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

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In which we relax our definition of X-book; we really want Sunspot to grow a mustache; Miles gets an excuse to say “shillelagh”; Bill the Lobster goes on a rampage; and Fallen Angels is really, really, really wonderful.

X-Plained:

• Devil Dinosaur
• Moon Boy
• Fallen Angels #1-8
• Jo Duffy
• Assembling a team
• Sunspot as a point-of-view character
• Compassion as a superpower
• Da Costa’s Devils vs. Ma Guthrie’s Gorillas
• Goat Simulator
• An unfortunate incident
• Somewhat harsh student evaluations
• The moral compass of Magnum, P.I.
• Warlock and Sunspot as mutual foils
• Chance
• Ariel
• Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) and several notable duplicates
• Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)
• Gomi
• Bill
• Don
• The Fallen Angels
• The Vanisher
• The Marvel Girl Fan Club
• Lobster feelings
• Kirby monsters
• Doris Danger
• Dinosaur World
• Fallen Angels as a spiritual antecedent to Runaways
• The tragic death of Don the Lobster
• Fallen Angels II
• How to party like Dr. Doom
• Doom Patrol vs. X-Men

NEXT WEEK: A Sinister debut.

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