Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/15/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.

In which Emergency Backup Co-Host Elisabeth Allie saves the day; the Berserkers are not the breakout hit you’ve been waiting for; Paul Smith continues to be awesome; nothing good ever happens in the Danger Room; Charles Xavier dabbles in cosplay; Nightcrawler has serious hat game; Rachel Summers lacks healthy coping skills; your life would be way more epic if Claremont narrated it; Northstar is a surprisingly good prom date; Loki is a total dick; and Longshot is totally Miles's favorite.

X-PLAINED:

Madelyne Pryor

X-Men/Alpha Flight vols. 1&2

The Berserkers

An unconventional model of family therapy

Aggressive foreshadowing

NPC dialogue

Jazzercise superheroes

Superhero color theory

Sasquatch

Aurora

Those Who Sit Above in Shadow

Norse fashion of the ‘80s

Very specific superpowers

Some sweet boots

The price of power

A deus ex machina squared

Kitty and Piotr’s first date

Snowbird’s powers

Miles’s favorite X-Man

NEXT WEEK: Asgardian Wars!

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