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In which you should not presume to judge Madelyne Pryor by your standards; we wrap up the core plot of Inferno (but still somehow have two episodes left to go); sympathetic is not the same thing as right; Storm and Jean use friendship and it's super effective; Iceman is basically incorruptible; Angel gets a new codename; Cyclops gets a backstory; Sinister is aptly named; and Inferno makes retcons into retconade.

X-PLAINED:

Limbo vs. Limbo

Hel vs. Hell

Uncanny X-Men #242-243

X-Factor #38-39

A moment that does not speak eloquently for itself

Several extended misunderstandings

The difference between sympathetic and right

N'astirh's sweet ride

A false binary

The Goblin Prince

Yet another reason Havok should have finished his dissertation

The power of friendship

The Rube Goldberg approach to combat

Superconductivity, kind of

Our least favorite retcon in Inferno

The Summers brothers summed up in a single scene

Clone ethics

Why we like it when characters screw up

Our favorite retcons

How to prep for X-Men: Apocalypse

NEXT WEEK: Apocalypse for Beginners

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