Art by David Wynne.

In which Rachel and Miles return triumphant, the X-Men get a second ongoing series, we hit peak Moira MacTaggert, R-A-H-N-E is definitely pronounced “rain,” Sam Guthrie is the nicest henchman, Claremont is hit-and-miss on cultural diversity, and Bobby da Costa is the teenageriest teenager of them all.

X-Plained:

Nova Roma
The New Mutants and The New Mutants
Marvel Graphic Novels
Greenberg the Vampire
call-backs
Karma
Wolfsbane
Sunspot
Cannonball
Mirage
Whitewashing in superhero comics
The mercurial Guthrie family
Xi’an the Obscure
The Dr. Claw Effect (and why Dr. Doom and Arcade are exceptions)
Donald Pierce
Eras of New Mutants
Lila Cheney
The Hellions

Next Week: The X-Men do Barbarella

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