OCT 27, 2026
EXCALIBUR'S LITTLE ROBOT MASCOT WAS KITTY PRYDE ALL ALONG — THE DAYS OF FUTURE PAST KATE, HIDING INSIDE A BODY FULL OF BAKED BEANS!
Excalibur's mascot ran on beans, an apple core and one very homesick time traveller.
Excalibur #42 (1991) opens Widget to reveal junk and leftovers instead of circuitry; #66–67 (1993) confirm the energy inside is the spirit of Kate Pryde from the Days of Future Past timeline of Uncanny X-Men #141–142.
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OCT 26, 2026
LEFT HOME ALONE AT CHRISTMAS, KITTY PRYDE BEAT A DEMON SOLO — IN AN ALIEN HOMAGE SO CLOSE ITS ARTIST FEARED A LAWSUIT OVER!
Everyone else went out for Christmas Eve. Kitty stayed home, redecorated with a demon, and billed the mansion for damages.
Uncanny X-Men #143 (1981), “Demon”: Kitty, home alone, out-thinks an N'Garai demon and finishes it with the Blackbird's thrusters — a deliberate Alien homage John Byrne feared would draw a lawsuit.
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