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episode 440: Fightin’ and Ballin’
From organic steel to organic… whatever that is. (X-Men #83)
In which the Hunt for Xavier remains vaguely disappointing; Gambit is good with kids; nanomachines are the new unstable molecules; Marrow is a walking armory; and we recommend comics for babies.
X-PLAINED:
- The Hunt for Xavier, Part 2
- Babies and/or ghosts
- Chekhov’s repowering
- X-Men #83-84
- Uncanny X-Men #364
- Cerebro / Cerebro Prime
- Cerebrite Alpha
- Cerebrite Beta
- X-Men serial numbers
- What Gambit’s friends call him
- How Miles stopped worrying and learned to love Gambit
- Evil robot sperm
- Mary Purcell
- Multiple-monitor displays
- A computer with a computer
- AI
- The Florida facility
- Post
- Pile-Driver X
- A glimpse into the butt of all humanity
- Comics for babies
- Name-based powers
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