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In which Chris Claremont defines the X-Universe; Sunfire quits the team (again);\xa0Nightcrawler is the best;\xa0the narrator is nobody's friend; Colossus is a good\xa0kid; Cyclops has a long series of bad days;\xa0everyone is a bondage Viking;\xa0Rachel is a space pedant, we meet the Phoenix, and Wolverine is the Batman of Marvel.\n\nX-Plained:\n\n \tPolaris's kinda-powers\n \tOur first crossover event\n \tHow much we love you\n \tChris Claremont, and why he's the definitive X-writer\n \tComics In Focus: Chris Claremont's X-Men\n \tWhy Nightcrawler is the best point-of-view\xa0character\n \tThe long game\n \tTom Orzechowski's dimension-folding lettering skills\n \tClaremontisms\n \tThe malicious narrator\n \tCount Nefaria\n \tSliding-scale ransom\n \tThe life, death, and occasional reanimation of Thunderbird\n \tFriendship\n \tThe care and feeding of cairns\n \tErik the Red\n \tQuiet moments\n \tSentinels and X-Sentinels\n \tSteven Lang\n \tThe (first) death and return of Jean Grey\n \tAccents\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to the episode \u2013 and links to recommended reading \u2013\xa0on our\xa0blog.\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\nNext week: Leprechauns!