Rachel & Miles X-Plain The X-Men: Acorns And Swords

In which we continue our delve into the eldritch end of the X-Universe, Illyana Rasputin has a rough childhood even by X-Men standards, Kitty Pryde is a Niven fan, Limbo is way metal, Vincent Price is our Belasco, and Rachel and Miles have feelings about female friendships in Claremont's X-Men.

X-Plained:

• Mikhail Rasputin
• Hell dimensions, including but not limited to
  • The Void
  • The Dark Zone
  • The Hill
  • Limbo
  • The other Limbo
  • Yet a third Limbo
• Reincarnation
• Illyana Rasputin
• Magic vs. Magik
• Uncanny X-Men #160
• Octopusheim
• Stepping Disks
• Otherplace
• Belasco
• Emergo
• S'ym
• Storm and Illyana: Magik #1-4
• Bloodstones
• Yet another set of alternate X-Men
• Friendship
• The Soulsword
• Podcasting

Next week: In space, no one can hear you snikt.

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