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Of course the M Squad’s Inferno possessed mutant hunting equipment gets out of control. How it already wasn’t trying to eat them when they were taking a bath or eating a frozen dinner while watching episodes of Cheers is beyond me. The X-Ladies make quick work of the situation though. (Uncanny X-Men #244 – May 1989)

Seriously. It’s the Alien from Alien. They aren’t even trying to say it’s not. This is actually a really fun chase where Kitty and this Alien from Alien trash every square inch of the mansion in an almost hilarious fashion. I hope they make Wolverine fix everything. (Uncanny X-Men #143 – Mar 1981)

Merry Christmas, SEXY??? You’re 13!!! He’s almost 20!!! How is this appropriate behavior!?? This is what too much MTV will do to a kid. (Uncanny X-Men #143 – Mar 1981)

This is worse than that scene in Jurassic World where that Pterodactyl chomps on Bryce Dallas Howard’s intern for 15 minutes. (Uncanny X-Men #143 – Mar 1981)

This is artist John Byrne’s final issue on the X-Men, bringing to a close the collaboration with writer Chris Claremont that bore the most famous X-Men stories of all time. After this issue I’ll be writing up a short review of their work before moving on to the rest of this series, but first let’s see what happens on the night when the Xenomorph from Alien attacks Kitty Pryde on Christmas Eve. PS: Isn’t Kitty Jeweish? (Uncanny X-Men #143 – Mar 1981)

Kitty saves the life of Senator Kelly, changing the present timeline and splintering the future into two separate paths. Of course, X-Men employs the alternate realities philosophy when dealing with branching timelines, much like Dragonball or Bioshock. Going back in time to change the past doesn’t end up affecting anything in the future. Instead it creates a completely separate timeline in some other dimension. Our story will follow this new timeline, but characters and events from the Days of Future Past timeline will continuously bleed over, affecting things as if the true reality is continuously tugging at the present, as if the path of fate knows that it has been led astray and is seeking to correct itself. Does it even sound like I have any idea of what I’m talking about. (Uncanny X-Men #142 – Feb 1981)

Future Wolverine is killed in the Days of Future Past timeline. Man, remember when Wolverine wasn’t immortal? When he was tough to kill but not impossible? Wolverine has been incinerated like this more recently and all of his flesh literally grew back almost immediately. Too many average writers have gotten their mits on him and turned the character into a parody of himself. (Uncanny X-Men #142 – Feb 1981)

This looks awesome. (Uncanny X-Men #142 – Feb 1981)