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One last special feature before our final episode! Friend of the podcast and friend of us Katie Moody redesigned the part of our logo with o
One last special feature before our final episode!
Friend of the podcast and friend of us Katie Moody made our logo twice over the years, based on the iconic comics logo, and we thought you might be interested to learn how!
Click the link, and we’ll turn it over to Katie for a deep dive into design!
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In which we wrap up the continuity portion of the podcast along with our coverage of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men; Wolverine poses dramaticall
In which we wrap up the continuity portion of the podcast along with our coverage of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men; Wolverine poses dramatically; Cyclops breaks the timeline; Wolverine poses dramatically; we are deeply intrigued by Brian and his magic car; Wolverine poses dramatically; Sublime extends his reach; Phoenix heals the timeline; Wolverine poses dramatically; change is important; and somewhere Wolverine is probably still posing dramatically.
X-PLAINED:
X of Swords (somewhat)
Endings
Varying opinions on the same art
Earth-15104
‘Crawlers
Tom Skylark
Rover (in several media)
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (sort of)
The evolution of EVA
An evocative quotation
Several recognizable oracles
Where the timeline broke
The Proud People
Apollyon the Destroyer
Mer-Max
A somewhat robotic love triangle
Tito Bohusk
How to hatch a Phoenix egg
The White Hot Room
The Termids
Several atrocities
An unfortunate costume choice
John Sublime (for real this time)
Yet another origin of life on Earth
Evil science
Kick (more) (again)
Weapon XIV
The X-Men’s last stand
An unlikely Phoenix host
Breaking cycles
Aspects of Earth-15104 we’d like to see explored further
Where we’d conclude the X-Men
NEXT EPISODE: The end.
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In which we remain frustrated with Morrison’s Magneto; Esme Cuckoo’s hat game is lacking; and the status quo dies with Jean Grey.
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 530 - Not for Beginners
In which we remain frustrated with Morrison’s Magneto; Esme Cuckoo’s hat game is lacking; and the status quo dies with Jean Grey.
X-PLAINED:
Dubious X-relationships
Some excellent songs from an excellent show
New X-Men #149-150
Various atrocities and catastrophes
The resistance, such as it is
Magneto’s limits
A rebirth
Neutron warheads
The cavalry
Yet another death of Magneto
Yet another death of Jean Grey
A peculiar epilogue
A legacy of retcons
A miasma of bleakness and futility
The Xorn retcon
Disability in “Planet X”
Miracles of Magnetism
NEXT EPISODE: The future!
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In which many plot threads come together; Charles Xavier is a catastrophically bad listener; you should probably not live in the Marvel Univ
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 529 - Magneto Was Wrong
In which many plot threads come together; Charles Xavier is a catastrophically bad listener; you should probably not live in the Marvel Universe; bridges are really important; there’s nothing sexy about dying of heat exhaustion; and we judge Morrison’s Magneto and find him wanting.
X-PLAINED:
What Xorn did after dying
The story so far
New X-Men #146-148
Beast’s typing gloves
Several innovative ways to type loudly
Doomed plans
A manufactured confrontation
A trap
Magneto reimagined
Visual depictions of sweat
“New Genosha”
Death and rebirth
Whether Magneto has a place in New X-Men; and if so, what
A name for an era
NEXT EPISODE: Yet another death of Magneto
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In which friends don’t let friends drink sparkling wine at the Hellfire Club; Cyclops is a Silent Hill protagonist; Fantomex is a cool dude;
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 528 - Welcome to the Slippery Slope
In which friends don’t let friends drink sparkling wine at the Hellfire Club; Cyclops is a Silent Hill protagonist; Fantomex is a cool dude; John Sublime has his grubby little fingers in everything; and three men do a lot of things to avoid going to therapy.
X-PLAINED:
What happened to the World
Weapon XVI
New X-Men #142-145
Fantomex (more) (again)
The Weapon Plus program
A large number of things men will do instead of going to therapy
How to murder a nice, romantic mood
The Hellfire Club, the rest of the time
Jake Danials Whisky
A drinking contest
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
The World
Weapon XV
A series of B&Es
Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.)
Car cops
Weapon XV’s feelings
Weapon Plus’s secret space headquarters
Education at the Xavier School
Gender-swapped superheroes and heirs to superheroes
NEXT EPISODE: Magneto, unmasked!
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In which Jean Grey crosses several lines; Emma Frost is killed; Bishop and Sage visit from X-Treme X-Men; mutants are weird; the plot thicke
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 527 - Whodunnit?
In which Jean Grey crosses several lines; Emma Frost is killed; Bishop and Sage visit from X-Treme X-Men; mutants are weird; the plot thickens; Emma Frost is resurrected; and we learn several secrets of fly reproduction.
X-PLAINED:
The brothers Xorn
A question of reading order
New X-Men #139-141
Cosmic force problems
A showdown
A brief tour through the mind of Emma Frost
A murder most foul
Bishop (briefly) (again)
Sage (briefly) (again)
Many suspects
One way to get drugs, I guess?
A mysterious shack and its mysterious contents
Perils and advantages of being a living computer
A murder weapon
Angel and Beak’s excellent babies
A resurrection
A subtly remarkable taxicab
The advent of mixed-case lettering in Marvel comics
How Angel and Beak’s reproductive cycle corresponds to actual fly reproduction
NEXT EPISODE: Assault on Weapon Plus
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In which you should use drugs only with caution; a famous shirt makes its debut; Wolverine is the new Mary Worth; and you were never Quentin
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 526 - Vengeful Mutants on Drugs
In which you should use drugs only with caution; a famous shirt makes its debut; Wolverine is the new Mary Worth; and you were never Quentin Quire’s age (unless you were).
X-PLAINED:
What Quentin Quire’s been up to since discorporating
New X-Men #135-138
The Special Class
Basilisk
Ernst
Dummy
No Girl
Whether the Xavier School should admit human students
Quentin’s new look
Kick (more) (again)
The Omega Gang
That one t-shirt
How to punch up your Power Point presentation
A somewhat fraught camping trip
The Special Class vs. U-Men
A secret
Some kind of weird affair
A riot, of sorts
Wolverine’s unfortunate soul patch
What actually happened to Jumbo Carnation
Telepathic deconstruction
The Cuckoos vs. Emma Frost
A somewhat mysterious secondary mutation
Denouement
The subsequent evolution of Quentin Quire
What’s happening to xplainthexmen.com when the show ends
The telepathy-telekinesis overlap
NEXT EPISODE: Murder!
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In which Xorn goes out on the town; silverware is morally neutral; Cyclops pursues dubious counsel; the X means ten; and Fantomex is eminent
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 524 - House in a House
In which Xorn goes out on the town; silverware is morally neutral; Cyclops pursues dubious counsel; the X means ten; and Fantomex is eminently enjoyable.
X-PLAINED:
The parentage of Hope Summers
New X-Men #127-130
Mutant Town
A monster who is not a monster but is, perhaps, a metaphor
X-Corporation Paris
The whole Phoenix situation
Fantomex
Weapon XII
A gene-hazard
Corporal Animal
E.V.A.
The Weapon Plus program (somewhat)
The World (somewhat)
The Shi’ar Empire vs. Earth
Xorn variations
NEXT EPISODE: A Memorial of Magnetism
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In which Wolverine learns to fly; pants are a basic human right; we decide to cherry-pick our Xorn retcons; Xavier’s eyebrows follow his min
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 523 - This World of Liars
In which Wolverine learns to fly; pants are a basic human right; we decide to cherry-pick our Xorn retcons; Xavier’s eyebrows follow his mind; and the first year of New X-Men ends with a bang.
X-PLAINED:
The origin of the Shi’ar Imperial Guard
New X-Men #124-126
The current state of Charles Xavier’s body
G-Type
Neosaurus
Plutonia
Schism
Oracle
Stuf
Gladiator (more) (again)
Angel disambiguation
Several plans
Mutant justice
Several miracles of magnetism
Mummudrai
Horror movie shit
Subtle visual foreshadowing
A ruse
Education
Long-lost family members
What may or may not come after this
NEXT EPISODE: Fantomex!
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In which Marvel goes wordless; Cassandra Nova breaks space; none of the X-Men have media training; and Gus was the best dog ever.
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 522 - Fetus Fight
In which Marvel goes wordless; Cassandra Nova breaks space; none of the X-Men have media training; and Gus was the best dog ever.
X-PLAINED:
Erik the Red (more) (again)
Kin Crimson
A big messy bag of mutant glory
New X-Men #121-123
‘Nuff Said
A journey into Charles Xavier’s mind
What Emma is drinking
A fetus fight
The criminal culpability of a fetus
Space problems
A cosplay challenge
Space
Charles Xavier’s weird last wish
A press conference
Teen romance
The Stepford Cuckoos
Gus
Charles Xavier’s age
Nanosentinels
Stuf
Pre-ride safety announcements from the X-Men
Whether Cassandra Nova should’ve been a component of Onslaught
NEXT EPISODE: Cassandra Nova vs. the X-Men (Round 2)!
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In which John Sublime sucks; Angel Salvatore rules; trauma does not justify evil; and you should never, ever, ever mess with Jean Grey.
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 521 - Snowflakes
In which John Sublime sucks; Angel Salvatore rules; trauma does not justify evil; and you should never, ever, ever mess with Jean Grey.
X-PLAINED:
A horrifying revelation
The universe where Jay and Miles work for Cassandra Nova
New X-Men #118-120
John Sublime (more) (again)
The U-Men
Psychic energy, gender-reveal party-style
The Stepford Cuckoos
One way to disperse a mob
An uncivil conversation
The death and/or discomfort of many U-Men
An awakening of sorts
Squaring the phoenix
Hank McCoy’s “coming out”
NEXT EPISODE: The Shi’ar invade!
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In which several individuals are not what they seem; John Sublime sucks; Cyclops talks Xorn down from a cosmic ledge; we meet the inimitable
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 520 - Head Like a (Black) Hole
In which several individuals are not what they seem; John Sublime sucks; Cyclops talks Xorn down from a cosmic ledge; we meet the inimitable Beak; and Cassandra Nova makes herself (limitedly) known.
X-PLAINED:
John Sublime
Marvelscope™
New X-Men 2001 Annual
New X-Men #118
Xorn
X-Corporation
The U-Men
Ao Jun (and his super gross mutant power)
Synchronized heists
Psychometry vs. telepathy
A big eventual twist
Beak (Barnell Bohusk)
A kiss
Some really fucked up use of telepathy
Some Moira MacTaggert continuity nonsense
NEXT EPISODE: U-Men vs. X-Men
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In which we start the Morrison Run; Professor X gets his hands on Chekhov’s gun; Cassandra Nova raises X-villains to a new level of weird; a
In which we start the Morrison Run; Professor X gets his hands on Chekhov’s gun; Cassandra Nova raises X-villains to a new level of weird; and humanity is running on borrowed time.
X-PLAINED:
No-Girl
New X-Men #114-117
Grant Morrison and their approach to the X-Men
Superhero fashion
Cerebra
Beast’s new look
Ugly John
Interpersonal dynamics
Cassandra Nova (somewhat)
Donald Trask
Master Molds
Wild Sentinels
Emma Frost (more) (again)
Negasonic Teenage Warhead (the original)
The fall of Genosha
Secondary mutations
The most strapless bra of all time
The Black Bug Room
Summers problems
Official X-Men and the designation thereof
Wonder Man and mutants
NEXT EPISODE: Beast has a bad day
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In which Dr. Jey McCreight joins us to discuss all things X-Genetics!
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 519 - Mapping the X-Gene (feat. Dr. Jey McCreight)
In which Dr. Jey McCreight joins us to discuss all things X-Genetics!
X-PLAINED:
The genetics and taxonomy of Marvel’s merry mutants
NEXT EPISODE: The Morrison run begins!
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In which we totally forgot to record a cold open (sorry); a lot of characters die (but not in Earth-616); Vampires may already be in command
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 517 - Sliding Scale Ransom
In which we totally forgot to record a cold open (sorry); a lot of characters die (but not in Earth-616); Vampires may already be in command of America’s atomic arsenal; and we revisit a favorite.
X-PLAINED:
What If vol. 2 #9
What If vol. 2 #24
What If: Magik #1
Rahne Sinclair (moppet stage)
The deaths of the Silver Age and All-New-All-Different X-Men
Fancy television
Sliding-scale ransom
Then Ani-Men, somewhat
The Living LASER, somewhat
An orgy of satiation
Wolverine, Lord of the Vampires
Several highlights of Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
Vampire nonsense
The Darkhold
The Montessi Formula
Some alligators
August 5
Frank Punisher, Vampire Hunter
What If vol. 2 #37 (briefly)
A kinder alternate history
A singularly beautiful montage
The Soul Staff
Summers family connections
How Wolverine climbs
NEXT EPISODE: Unspooling the X-Gene, with Dr. Jey McCreight!
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In which Asher Elbein joins us to discuss the complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 516 - The Evolution of Magneto (feat. Asher Elbein)
In which Asher Elbein joins us to discuss the complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.
X-PLAINED:
Some complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.
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In which we do a thing and are not even sorry.
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 515 - Origins
In which we do a thing and are not even sorry.
X-PLAINED:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Next Episode: Magneto, with Asher Elbein!
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