Art by David Wynne.

In which we welcome back Greg Rucka, Rachel makes a valiant effort to read Secret Wars, Earth-200500 is still the best Earth, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine is kind of dodgy, Ogūn is low-rent Mister Sinister, Miles talks about empathy, Greg has an Edna Mode moment, and we all love Kitty Pryde.

X-Plained:

X-Men #153

Kitty’s Fairy Tale

Earth-5311

Earth-200500 (again)

Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6

Samurai eyefucking

Ogūn

Special cuddles

Some really dodgy stuff

The best Kitties Pryde

Professor K.

Smart kids in fiction

Why we love Shadowcat

Point-of-entry characters and gender

Costume theory

Our favorite new podcast

Next Week: Cyclops is the worst at vacations.

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