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In which Stryfe is the Jan Brady of the Summers family; Miles's dreams are trampled beneath tiny, delicate feet; Rictor goes on an unnecessary rescue mission; Cable is Washington to Cannonball's Hamilton; the New Mutants may or may not time travel; Boom Boom scarfs up some chow for the bohunk; you should definitely not mess with Feral's pigeons; Liefeld fights are pure rule-of-cool; Jay is absolutely not qualified to give legal advice; and we bid a bittersweet goodbye to New Mutants.

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ZeroProduction transitionsThe end of New MutantsNew Mutants #98-100Plotting vs. scriptingThe most valuable issue of New MutantsGideonLiefeld butts (more) (again)The very dramatic death of Emmanuel da CostaTolliverSome Spider-Man looking jerkDomino (Neena Thurman)A specific and likely inaccurate timelineFeral (Maria Callasantos)The signature Liefeld Kick™The Tavern on the GreenFive or six kinds of mutantsA sad goodbyeShatterstar (Gaveedra Seven)Cadre AllianceNesting habits of the urban bohunkSome rad movesA prologue that is also an epilogueThe Stryfe that might have beenHow Logan fits into the X-Men movie timelineX-Men mostly likely to watch Yuri!!! On IceJay at FlameCon!!

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