In which we provide some inroads to resisting fascism in your community; pacifism has amazing abs; Cyclops and Wolverine play revolutionary chicken; Amelia Voght fails to live up to her narrative potential; Jean Grey continues to make spectacularly bad choices; Polaris deserves better; and Wolverine finally gets to stab Magneto.

X-PLAINED:

Community action and aid
X-Men #112-113
Uncanny X-Men #393
Genosha (more) (again)
Northstar (more) (again)
Dazzler (more) (again)
Sunpyre (more) (again)
Hector Rendoza (more) (again)
Paulie Provenzano (more) (again)
Frenzy (more) (again)
Amelia Voght (more) (again)
St. Sebastian thirst traps
Sewer adventures
Post-Apocalypse Cyclops (more) (again)
Awkward conversations about feelings
Implausible knitting
The Age of Apocalypse X-Babies
A protracted confrontation
Bad strategy
A confusing ruse
Some stabbing
What happens to the unlikeliest X-Men
Jean Grey as Charles Xavier’s heir
Best potential uses of Hector Rendoza

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