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episode 110: Lights, Camera, Apocalypse!
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 X-Men: First Class X-Men: Days of Future Past Adaptation anxiety Distillation vs. dilution Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) Rise of Apocalypse #1-4 Akkaba Dubious survival tips Fantastic Four #19 Doctor Strange #53 Ozymandias Various horsemen of Apocalypse Age of Apocalypse (Earth-295) The Twelve Cinematic X-costumes Cast Party NEXT WEEK: Excalibur joins Inferno! CORRECTION: In this episode, Jay states that Kieran Shiach explained Kang in the Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts. It was, in fact, the amazing Paul O'Brien. Mea culpa. You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes, Google Play, or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!