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In which Brian Braddock has grown as a person; we remain unimpressed by the Crimson Dawn; Marvel discovers email; seven swords to two people is a pretty good ratio; everyone hates Spiral; and love may or may not save the world.

X-PLAINED:

• Where Brian Braddock is these days
• Excalibur #107-110
• Post-Onslaught fallout
• Excalibur (more) (again)
• The difference an inker makes
• Nigel McWhirter
• A trip to London
• Spiral (again)
• Engineering outfits? I guess?
• A machine which would be Cerebro
• Several flashbacks
• The most meta bike shorts
• Time-travel safety
• Forgotten characters who turned out to be secretly evil
• A character moment that may actually be an art error
• Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald)
• Email
• The Dragons of the Crimson Dawn
• A ghost
• X-folks who knit
• Best X-guest star moments

NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk

NEXT EPISODE: Yet more Crimson Dawn

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