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In which we hit the first big X-centric crossover; a lot of Morlocks die; X-Factor is a dark farce; Kitty Pryde talks down a mob without using racial slurs; when Doug Ramsey tells you there’s a problem, you listen; and Callisto should be one of the iconic leaders of the Marvel Universe.

X-PLAINED:

• Death by intellectual-property dispute
• The Mutant Massacre
• Mutant Massacres that might have been
• Uncanny X-Men #210-213
• New Mutants #46
• The Marauders
• The best way to guarantee the New Mutants’ involvement in a storyline
• Limbo fashion
• The responsibility of leadership
• Wolverine vs. Sabretooth
• Psylocke vs. Sabretooth
• The evolution of crossovers
• Characters we’d like to see more of post-Secret Wars

NEXT WEEK: The Mutant Massacre, Part 2!

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