523 – This World of Liars

Illustration by David Wynne

In which Wolverine learns to fly; pants are a basic human right; we decide to cherry-pick our Xorn retcons; Xavier’s eyebrows follow his mind; and the first year of New X-Men ends with a bang.

X-PLAINED:

• The origin of the Shi’ar Imperial Guard
• New X-Men #124-126
• The current state of Charles Xavier’s body
• G-Type
• Neosaurus
• Plutonia
• Schism
• Oracle
• Stuf
• Gladiator (more) (again)
• Angel disambiguation
• Several plans
• Mutant justice
• Several miracles of magnetism
• Mummudrai
• Horror movie shit
• Subtle visual foreshadowing
• A ruse
• Education
• Long-lost family members
• What may or may not come after this

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