Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 11/29/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

 

In which Franklin Richards is the center of a disproportionate number of X-Men specials; Quicksilver without powers is comedy gold; Luna is the best little girl on the moon (but it's kind of a low bar); Jay accidentally cares about the Inhumans; Jean Grey may or may not be the Wesley Willis of X-Factor; Cameron Hodge's exit interview is weirdly professional; Boom Boom is the best reluctant hero; and Archangel makes his debut.

X-PLAINED:

Quicksilver's team associations
Knights of Wundagore
Chthon
X-Factor Annual #2
X-Factor #21-23
The Inhumans
Black Bolt
Medusa
Crystal
Lockjaw
QWOP Quicksilver
Leech's wildly inconsistent powers
Gorgon
Luna
Headbutting ghosts, or, why sentence structure matters
Maximus
Several methods of mind control
A really terrible place for a date
Cameron Hodge: Bureaucrat Supervillain
The last will & testament of Warren Worthington III
Another superpower pet peeve
A theoretical team-up we would love to see
The Arlington Interactive Museum of (evil) Science
Some really dumb armor
Archangel
Our preferred third Summers brothers

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