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

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