Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Illustration by David Wynne

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.

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John Sublime

Marvelscope™

New X-Men 2001 Annual

New X-Men #117

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

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Illustration by David Wynne
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.

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No-Girl

New X-Men #114-116

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!

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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 of America’s atomic arsenal; and we revisit a favorite.

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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.

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Some complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.

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