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Cover by Frank Quitley!
This issue is a reset for the team, framed as a “Dear Mom” letter home by Sam Guthrie. The issue changes the team lineup. Cannonball leaves to join the X-Men. Caliban officially joins. Rictor quits. Sunspot is apparently done being Reignfire and is back to being a normal guy, and he also seems to be part of the X-Force team again.
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Missionwise, Cable agrees to work more closely with Professor X, even though X’s vision for the future is much less militant than Cable’s.
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At the very end, we see that Siryn is a prisoner at a mental institution. I’m assuming that will be an upcoming storyline.