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episode 151: Czars of Kung Fu
Art by David Wynne. Contact David to purchase the original! In which Laura easily is worth a dozen Old Mans Logan; Charlotte Jones is the EveryCop; Genosha remains a fairly versatile allegory; Hydra are totally Nazis; Jubilee gets the best sound effects; Rogue has a bad day; and it'll take more than a sun to stop Lila Cheney. X-PLAINED: Graydon Creed Logan oversaturation (more) (again) Uncanny X-Men #264, 268, 269 A somewhat convoluted status quo Death by Derrida New York's sewers (kind of) (maybe) The Misty Knight rule Jackets of the '90s Cap's cape Mustache metaphysics The Press Gang (again) VR.5 The Doctrine of Hot Pursuit Dazzler, in handy grenade form A prescient scenario Jim Lee signature cocktail dresses A dubious approach to first aid Wolverine's sexy friends Nazi ducks Seraph Ivan Petrovitch Sexy subversion Rogue vs. Carol Danvers Mutants vs. the Terrigen Mists TaXonomy of ambiguously X-characters NEXT EPISODE: Days of Future Present! You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes 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! We’re in the process of migrating our official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out! (You can still find the designs we haven’t moved yet at Redbubble.)