So, what the hell was with all the sex? Theories abounded that it was done on purpose, as the villain of the issue was named Sublime, a form of the word "subliminal," so sneaking in the word "sex" on every page made sense in a deep, meta sort of way.

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Some thought it was a clue to the blossoming romance between Emma Frost and Cyclops. And some logical people out there not living on X-Men message boards thought it meant nothing at all, and not surprisingly, those people were right. Sciver admitted that he had been irked with Marvel at the time for some reason that he can't remember and "wanted to pull some shit." He mustn't have been too upset, since he just hid the word "sex" instead of something like "DESTROY THE JEWS." Probably would have been too many letters anyway.

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