In which Claremont levels up; the Brood are legitimately scary; Colossus is an ethical dude; Nightcrawler and Wolverine share beers in the face of certain death; Storm turns into a space whale; we are Carol Corps for life; New Mutants are really into Magnum, P.I.; Kitty meets a dragon; and Xavier dies (again).

X-Plained:

• Broo


• The Brood Saga (X-Men #161-167)


• Paul Smith


• Space fashion


• A really terrible awards ceremony


• Tim O’Brien’s X-Men


• The Brood


• How to tell a good Wolverine story


• Rocket sharks


• The single most badass magical-girl transformation sequence of all time


• Binary


• The X-Men’s Kobayashi Maru


• Friendship (more) (again)


• The Acanti


• Whether Cyclops watches Star Trek


• The New Mutants


• Cloning


• Our secret cold-open formula


• Cosmic crossovers

Next Week: Kurt Busiek! We would have words with thee!

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