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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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