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399 – The Cybertronic Spree
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In which the X-Force road trip era begins; Team X takes on a new dimension; Dani Moonstar gets her subtext back; pointing out a stereotype doesn’t excuse using it; Tabitha Smith generally deserves better; platypuses are underrepresented in the superhero genre; Hell becomes Stryfe; and Domino gets back in the game.
X-PLAINED
- A dastardly plot
- X-Men 2099
- Road trips
- X-Force #71-74
- Team X
- A Love & Rockets reference
- Stan and Ollie
- The Triplets of Belleville
- How not to fund your film
- Michael Whitecloud
- Project Stepladder
- Colossal Man
- Several references to X-Force -1
- Platypuses
- Edwin Martynec
- Weaponized humming
- The death of Warpath
- Hell
- Blackheart
- Friendship
- A mysterious villain
NOTE: Whoa, The Cybertronic Spree is actually a real band!
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15 – The Ballad of Harvey and Janet
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In which we announce exciting new developments, the ASPCA should probably have a word with Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde gets a new costume, Lee Forrester is still the best, Cyclops has an octopus on his chest, Magneto has a change of heart, and Wolverine embraces transhumanism.
X-Plained:
- The Thomas Hardy novel of superhero comics
- Friendship
- X-Men #148-152
- Unstable Denim
- Disco Dinner Clubs
- Caliban (a little)
- Kitty Pryde’s amazing fashion sense
- Garokk the Unremarkable
- Atlantean couture
- Why Magneto is Interesting
- The Massachusetts Academy
- The Persona Exchange Gun
- Harvey and Janet
- How to win $2500 in 1980
- Editorial Outsourcing
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