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Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 450 - Live at the Clinton Street Theater

In which we celebrate our tenth anniversary by X-Plaining what may be the most reviled X-arc; you should not try this at home; Mystique is so much better than this story; Azazel is a really boring devil; Nightcrawler should probably be missing a hand; the Xavier School definitely does not have an HR department; and we would prefer that you not pee on Iceman.

X-PLAINED:

Nightcrawler’s (most recent) parentage

Uncanny X-Men #428-434

X-Men Blue: Origins #1

The X-Men, like, in general

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

Some narrative choices

Mystique

Baron Christian Wagner

Marvel Europe

Azazel

Church sex

Nightstreaker

Isla des Demonas

Foibles of Warren Kenneth Worthington III

Annie and Carter Ghazikhanian

Abyss

Kiwi Black

The Cheyarafim and Neyaphem

Bad times with psychic therapy

Post-traumatic supervillainy

Uncool Hell

A miracle of magnetism

The only cool thing in Uncool Hell

A very elegant retcon

X-Muppets

Characters who deserve more page space

Miles’s favorite X-Person

What the Worthington Corporation does

A character who could reasonably be Azazel’s kid

NEXT EPISODE: Back to X-business as usual!

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