28 – What’s New, Shadowcat? (Featuring Greg Rucka)

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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