Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Logan Bonner, Max Carleton, and Crystal Frasier hike up their boxers and join us at the gaming table for an X-Men: Evolution tabletop adventure; what happens in virtual reality stays in virtual reality; Shadowcat is great at boats; Jubilee and Boom Boom blow up everything; Havok tries; and Team Reckless Endangerment wins the day! FEATURING: Logan Bonner as Writer and Gamemaster / Erik ...
Sep 12, 2016•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which everyone dies (or something); every Summers is miserable in their own way; we are pretty done with Nanny and the Orphanmaker; Lady Deathstrike is a surprisingly astute art critic; the X-Men's digital invisibility does not extend to the White Pages; we venture into slightly less charted territory; Wolverine has a really bad day; and you should totally come hang out with us at Rose City ...
Sep 05, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Jay and Miles return to Rose City Comic Con; "Having a Wild Weekend" is the mash-up t-shirt of Excalibur stories; swears are for everyone; Arcade is not a subtle villain; we love Art Adams a lot; Minor-Domo is the Harvey and/or Janet of the Mojoverse; Kitty gets another new costume; and the X-Babies carjack their creators. X-PLAINED: The Agent Jay and Miles at Rose City Comic Con 2016 ...
Aug 29, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which the back-up stories of Atlantis Attacks are way better than the main event; the Serpent Society is hilarious; Longshot finds a rock; the S.U.R.F.E.R.S. are no Neutrinos; our volume of digressions is inversely proportional to our investment in this crossover; Jay overthinks sunglasses; and somehow we still aren't entirely done with Inferno. X-PLAINED: Leonard McKenzie Princess Fen Tiger...
Aug 22, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Art by David Wynne. In which Jay may or may not have sold their voice to a sea witch; Gambit and Deadpool are somewhat lackadaisical superheroes; everything Fat Cobra does is amazing; Miles is a prepared gentleman; Gambit is there to look pretty and throw something; and there is now a Ben Acker vocaloid hovering around the studio. X-PLAINED: Acker & Blacker Thrilling Adventure Hour X-Men #214, but not the real one Deadpool v. Gambit As-needed approach to continuity The ontology of Deadpool The t...
Aug 15, 2016•55 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which everything is worse with Nazis; Excalibur gets its groove back; Meggan has an identity crisis; Kitty gets a crush; a dragon gets interdimensional sanctuary; and the Cross-Time Caper starts not with a bang, but a foomp. X-PLAINED: The death of Lilandra Neramani Excalibur #8-11 The best name in Hollywood Still more of Inferno's aftermath A basketball game Blackbird disambiguation Several...
Aug 08, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Elisabeth hacks the Matrix; Magneto is the worst at small talk; Hela overreaches; parents just don't understand human speech; everything is better with super-rings; Selene has a Xena moment; almost anything can be solved with a kiss; and even if you transform Doug Ramsey into a giant red murder monster, he'll still be a huge nerd. X-PLAINED: The S-Men New Mutants Forever #1-5 Magma's r...
Aug 01, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which you really can't compete with Cable; the X-Men may or may not ditch a funeral; Nanny extrudes the grappling arms; Boom Boom is more responsible than she looks; Jean Grey is the cool stepmom; we posit an alternate explanation for Brexit; and ravens are the best dinosaurs. X-PLAINED: What happened to the Inferno babies X-Factor #40-42 Madelyne Pryor's funeral Post-Inferno X-Factor Archan...
Jul 25, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Gossamyr definitely probably doesn't get blown up; we engage in a long and surprisingly canon-based exploration of Hellfire Club bathroom etiquette; the New Mutants break up with Magneto; you should probably never go swimming in the Marvel Universe; and it is possible (but unlikely) that Jay yells "IMPERIUS REX" more than is strictly necessary. X-PLAINED New Son/New Sun Post-Inferno Ne...
Jul 18, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Art by Marc Silvestri from Uncanny X-Men #244. David Wynne's art will return next episode! In which Jubilee makes her fabulous debut, the X-Ladies visit Hotbods, the X-Dudes accidentally (and drunkenly) save the world, Longshot is Sexy Johnny Karate, the only thing worse than one anti-mutant super-robot is two, and we say goodbye to a quarter of the team. X-PLAINED: Hellfire Club leadership Uncanny X-Men #244-247 Team-relative Inferno after-effects Jubilation Lee Teddy girls The surprisingly not...
Jul 04, 2016•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Jay and Max brave the X-Men anime; the problem isn't in Wolverine's pants; Xavier is for once less villainous than he seems; Emma Frost gets ruffly; Cyclops wasn't even supposed to be here today; and we both really want to hang out with Scott Porter. X-PLAINED: Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd Waiting for the Trade The X-Men Anime Marvel Anime Scott Porter Jay's ongoing attempts to asse...
Jun 27, 2016•36 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Havok and Wolverine head to Mexico; Havok tries his hand at noir; Wolverine gets serious about hair gel; Meltdown is probably not actually a common Russian surname; Susan X-Plains nuclear reactors; and we are pretty thoroughly besotted with Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown. X-PLAINED: Age of Apocalypse Corsair Epic Comics Marvel Comics Presents #24-31 Leila O'Toole (Plasma) The Cold War Sam...
Jun 20, 2016•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 114
CONTENT NOTE: Episode 113 contains fairly extensive discussions of fictional violence, including gun violence. If you don't want to listen to that right now, that is absolutely okay. If you want to listen to it later, it'll still be here. And if you never want to listen to it, that is absolutely okay, too. We were on the fence about whether to post this episode today. We ultimately decided to go ahead, for two reasons: There's value in routine in the face of tragedy. There are times when continu...
Jun 13, 2016•59 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which we cover (almost) all of the Inferno tie-ins with the help of writer Sam Humphries; the Marvel Universe used to be really X-Centric; Jarvis is unstoppable; Daredevil fights a vacuum cleaner; it's probably best not to ask about the whole Celestial Madonna thing; Power Pack gets incredibly upsetting; working in comics makes you appreciate crossovers on a whole new level; and we'd all rea...
Jun 06, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 112
In which we release a mid-week bonus episode and generally spoil the hell out of X-Men: Apocalypse! This episode comes courtesy of our rad Patreon subscribers. If you want to join their ranks and help keep us on the air and ad-free--and unlock more cool stuff--you can do that right here!
Jun 01, 2016•50 min
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Wolverine gets a wolverine; the Crazy Gang meets their match; Inferno is business as usual for Excalibur; Alan Davis covers are the best covers; David Wynne makes his on-air debut; Courtney Ross is more competent than you; Murderworld operates on a dubious economic model; Nightcrawler is the anti-Nice Guy™, and everything basically works out for the best. X-PLAINED: Wolverine's wolveri...
May 30, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which the X-Men cinematic universe is a really mixed bag; Kang the Conqueror ruins everything; everyone wants a Sphinx hovercraft; Elle was right; and we bring you up to speed on all things En Sabah Nur--just in time for X-Men: Apocalypse! X-PLAINED: How Chamber got his torso back (and then lost it again)(twice) Several ways to count X-Men movies X-Men X2: X-Men United X-Men: The Last Stand ...
May 23, 2016•53 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which you should not presume to judge Madelyne Pryor by your standards; we wrap up the core plot of Inferno (but still somehow have two episodes left to go); sympathetic is not the same thing as right; Storm and Jean use friendship and it's super effective; Iceman is basically incorruptible; Angel gets a new codename; Cyclops gets a backstory; Sinister is aptly named; and Inferno makes retco...
May 16, 2016•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 109
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which we recap nearly 200 issues in under three minutes; Madelyne Pryor is the Medea of X-Men; Mister Sinister takes the stage; Dazzler is basically an '80s movie refugee; Scrambler may or may not be an exchange student from the Riverdale Marauders; Marc Silvestri is excellent at some things and less so at others; nothing good happens in Nebraska; Trish Tilby is the April O'Neil of X-Factor;...
May 09, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which everyone's got Inferno issues; Brett Blevins makes it work; Belasco is conspicuously absent from Inferno; you should never go into Hell barefoot; the greatest X-Men stories are about loss; and Illyana Rasputin finally gets a fairy tale ending. X-PLAINED Tempus (Eva Bell) Storm and Illyana: Magik #1-4 (briefly) The two major Inferno plotlines New Mutants #71-73 The best of Brett Blevins...
May 02, 2016•59 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Nextwave is both canon and not-canon; Inferno officially begins; X-Terminators is basically a cartoon; Bill Gaines cannot catch a break; Artie and Leach are superbabies; Takeshi Matsuya is fantastic; you should probably never take our advice about anything; Boom Boom is pretty good at superhero costume design; Walter Peck was right; Miles still won't stop saying that one line about ste...
Apr 25, 2016•59 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which continuity has its eyes on you; the multiverse is so complex that we have to drag Al Ewing out of the audience to X-plain it; the X-Men mean a lot of different (but mostly compatible) things to all of us; we will accept any retcons necessary to maintain Magneto's history as a Holocaust survivor; and ECCC rocks our world. X-PLAINED: Secret Wars Alternate universes vs. alternate timeline...
Apr 17, 2016•50 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Brett White joins us for a look at the current state of the X-line; Dennis Hopeless helps shed some light on a persistent mystery; Brett has a lot of feelings about the Dark Riders; All-New Wolverine is our everything; All-New X-Men is the new New Mutants; X-Men '92 is the prize at the bottom of the continuity cereal box; we speculate on potential fatalities in the upcoming Death of X;...
Apr 11, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Excalibur is x-tra x-ceptional; we once again gush at length about Alan Davis; Kurt Wagner is reliable with the ladies; nothing in Excalibur is ever perfectly normal; Warwolves are regular folks; Brian Braddock still doesn't get to take a bath; Jay overthinks a question; and there's more where that came from! X-PLAINED: The Unstoppable Juggernaut Earth-10724 Jay & Miles at Emerald City...
Apr 04, 2016•55 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Beast's DNA is basically held together with spit and baling wire; Boom Boom wins MVP; Angel goes full goth; Cameron Hodge loses his head; Cyclops is basically a Silent Hill protagonist; and the Nebraska Department of Social Services is probably not adequately equipped to deal with Mister Sinister. X-PLAINED: The Horsemen of Death X-Factor #32-35 Xartans Superheroic triage A vague proph...
Mar 28, 2016•50 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which it's pretty much always terrible to be Magik; Y is a sometimes vowel; Wolfsbane is a secret Disney Princess; feelings ruin everything; and Gossamyr may or may not be an allegory (but is pretty interesting either way). X-PLAINED: What Lila Cheney is up to these days New Mutants #67-70 Gratuitous space spelling Gossamyr Spyder The Accountants Magneto's ongoing slide into supervillainy A ...
Mar 21, 2016•59 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Miles follows his heart; subtext becomes text; and we celebrate a very special milestone with a very special guest. NEXT EPISODE: Gossamyr For a comprehensive visual companion to this episode, we recommend reading Uncanny X-Men #94-279, 381-389, and 444-473; X-Men vol. 1 #59; X-Men vol. 2 #1-3, 100-109, and 165; New Mutants #1-54, 63, and 81; Excalibur vol. 1 #1-19, 21-25, 27, and 32-3...
Mar 13, 2016•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which the podcast gets a new name; Jay starts (another) imaginary band; mutant issues break away from the metaphor; Genosha's leading industry is cognitive dissonance; invisibility to electronic surveillance is not always a plus; Rogue and Wolverine are the X-Men most likely to find themselves nude in a fight; Carol Danvers is awesome even when disembodied; and we both have a lot of feelings...
Mar 07, 2016•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 99
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which we continue our coverage of pre-Excalibur Captain Britain; S.T.R.I.K.E. is D.U.C.K. is W.H.O.; the R.C.X. is one lapse in judgment away from on-the-job cosplay; Meggan levels up; your name will never be as cool as Doctor Crocodile's; Technet writes their own cold opens; and we announce the upcoming debut of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men! X-PLAINED: A large number of acronyms Irony Jay ...
Feb 29, 2016•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which we venture out of our wheelhouse; Contest of Champions is ridiculous in any medium; Captain Britain would like you to unhand that elf; the Fury is legitimately terrifying; the Special Executive is the best at heists; Brian Braddock knows exactly what he's getting into; Merlyn is the multiversal Charles Xavier; and this is really just the tip of the iceberg. X-PLAINED: Various Contests ...
Feb 22, 2016•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 97
