In which Jean Grey crosses several lines; Emma Frost is killed; Bishop and Sage visit from X-Treme X-Men; mutants are weird; the plot thickens; Emma Frost is resurrected; and we learn several secrets of fly reproduction.

X-PLAINED:

The brothers Xorn
A question of reading order
New X-Men #139-141
Cosmic force problems
A showdown
A brief tour through the mind of Emma Frost
A murder most foul
Bishop (briefly) (again)
Sage (briefly) (again)
Many suspects
One way to get drugs, I guess?
A mysterious shack and its mysterious contents
Perils and advantages of being a living computer
A murder weapon
Angel and Beak’s excellent babies
A resurrection
A subtly remarkable taxicab
The advent of mixed-case lettering in Marvel comics
How Angel and Beak’s reproductive cycle corresponds to actual fly reproduction

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