In which we begin our coverage of The Twelve; Scott and Jean get sucked back in AGAIN; Apocalypse probably doesn’t tip; and we have become awfully fond of Cable.

X-PLAINED:

• A codename that deviates from common patterns
• The story so far
• Uncanny X-Men #376
• Cable #75
• X-Men #96
• Fiz the Skrull (again)
• The Twelve
• Foreshadowing, both accurate and otherwise
• The Living Monolith (more) (again)
• That one font
• Time-travel logic
• Cable vs. eyes
• Fabian Cortez (more) (again)
• A trap
• Why the Twelve are the Twelve
• The evolution of Cable

NEXT EPISODE: The Twelve continues!

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