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In which we were on public radio; it's probably best just to ignore Romulus; Miles still hasn't seen the Prisoner and should be very ashamed of himself; toy licensing is the stuff of nightmares; you can upgrade your bloodbath for an additional $1.25; Jay may or may not have family ties to Weapon X; we are suckers for die-cut covers; Wolverine knows how to commit to a gag; and you have some pretty remarkable dreams.
X-PLAINED:
Wolverine's CIA contacts
Murder-related birthday traditions
Wolverine #48-50
The ship Righteous Indignation and the 'ship Righteous Indignation
Wolverine size creep
Injudicious footwear
Serial sidekicks
Miles's continual failure to watch The Prisoner
The Summers Crash model of flashbacks
Panties and/or grenades
Several varyingly reliable flashbacks
How memory works
Mastodon
Andre
How memory doesn't really work
Kids' toy licensing
Quasimodo's hangout
Women in Refrigerators
Secret agent skills
The Dalton school of argument
A legitimately cool cover gimmick
Wolverine vs. the Helicarrier
Adamantium handicrafts
Shiva (but not that one)
Silver Fox (again) (kind of)
A cataclysmic memory backlash
Antarctic X-Hijinks
Jay & Miles's adventures in YOUR DREAMS
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CORRECTION: Kyle Rayner's girlfriend was the source of the Women In Refrigerator's trope--not Hal Jordan's, as Jay stated in this episode.
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