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In which Shattershot is definitely better than the Cold War; Beast X-plains the X-teams; Cyclops is a tired babysitter; sustenance is not frivolous; Jim Henson is the hero that Mojoworld needs; Shatterstar is not a great head of state; it's hard to be Val Cooper; and Cable has definitely figured out how to take you (yes, YOU) out.

X-PLAINED:

AstraContent-to-story ratioThe Mojoverse (more) (again)LongshotShatterstar (Gaveedra Seven)Spiral (Ricochet Rita)ArizeX-Men Annual #1Uncanny X-Men Annual #16X-Factor Annual #10X-Force Annual #1A pivotal battleMujahideenA callbackSeveral denizens of MojoworldX-Team disambiguationThe Death SponsorsA dubious solution to the Kobayashi Maru scenarioWhether Arize is a mutantTelepathic favoritismSpiral's origin storyA new regimeEarth-84309Powerpax (Frankie Power)DarkchildCyberlockA metasingularityA large number of back-up featuresThe X-Men's top ten enemiesAmalgam (but not that one)Darick Robertson's juveniliaThe return of TakiThe Cable ProtocolsBrazilian Marvel charactersOur feelings about Laura Kinney's backstory

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CORRECTION: BonziBuddy was not released until 1999. We regret the error.

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