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in the shop, or contact David for the original.

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In which Chris and Chad teach us to stop worrying and love the ‘90s; the line between parody and homage is thin and flexible; everything happens at the mall; no one wants to play volleyball with Cyclops; and we totally fail to resolve the question, “Does a mall babe eat chili fries?”

WARNING: This episode contains minor spoilers for X-Men ’92 #1.

X-PLAINED:

• The Westchester Wars
• Battleworld
• X-Men ’92 #1
• Digital vs. print pacing
• A continuity error
• Narrative restrictions of Battleworld
• The actual X-Men of 1992 (and the post-Claremont X-Universe)
• X-Men Adventures
• X-Men Collector’s Edition
• Mutatant Genesis
• X-Cutioner’s Song
• Early Deadpool
• Piecing together the Marvel Universe from trading cards
• The X-Men animated series
• Concurrent and complimentary adaptation
• Cassandra Nova ‘92
• The fine line between homage and parody
• Definitive story arcs of the 1990s

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