Xorn is one of the most confusing characters in comic book history, which is quite a feat. We attempt to nerds plain both Xorn's origin and the head-scratching retcon that Marvel pulled on the character.
By the early-80s, Chris Claremont had established the Uncanny X-Men as far and away the #1 comic book on drug store spinner racks. But the tone of the comic had drifted away from being centered on Charles Xavier within a New York school,…