Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

In which it's pretty much always terrible to be Magik; Y is a sometimes vowel; Wolfsbane is a secret Disney Princess; feelings ruin everything; and Gossamyr may or may not be an allegory (but is pretty interesting either way).

X-PLAINED:

What Lila Cheney is up to these days
New Mutants #67-70
Gratuitous space spelling
Gossamyr
Spyder
The Accountants
Magneto's ongoing slide into supervillainy
A few fairly specific elements of teen-girl social dynamics
Wolfsbane's greatest desire
Practical logistics of teleporting aliens into a sun
Approaching the X-books as a new writer
Who we'd put on an all-X-Men trivia team

NEXT EPISODE: BabyRace 2000; and Archangel vs. Cameron Hodge

Special thanks to Kieron Gillen for the X-pert consult; and to Arvin Bautista for the use of "I Will Steal Your Heart."

InfernoWatch:

Illyana's descent continues
S'ym gains near-complete control of Limbo
First instances of possessed machinery and architecture

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