Wolverine/Jean Grey/Cyclops is one of the top three love triangles in comics, along with Betty/Archie/Veronica and Superman/Lois Lane/Superman with glasses. For decades, the world's angriest Canadian has been lusting after his telepathic teammate while she settles for a guy with the charisma of a potato. That is, until the latest X-Men revamp by acclaimed writer Jonathan Hickman, which strongly implies that the three are now involved in a polyamorous relationship. And when you think about it ... that's how these three were always going to end up.

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The first clue is in last year's X-Men #1, which shows a diagram of the lunar house Jean and Cyclops share with their time-displaced children, Cyclops' brothers ... and Wolverine, for some reason. That "some reason" becomes more apparent when you notice that the rooms for Wolverine, Jean, and Cyclops are connected, allowing the occupants to move freely between them at any time. But, we're guessing, mostly sexy time.

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The next issue has a short exchange in which a being from another dimension asks Cyclops if he loves "someone." Instead of just saying "Yes," as the now very awkward outerdimensional being probably expected, he goes: "Complicated question. But for the sake of expediency let's just say yes. I love a single someone." Emphasis in the original. It's obvious that he's dying to tell people that boring ol' Cyclops is poly now. Maybe Wolverine wants to be the one to officially announce their relationship on his Instagram?