Daunted by complex continuity? Can’t tell a mutate from a warpie? We are here for you. We have trained for this responsibility for decades. We have the backissues, the calluses, and a really detailed map of the Summers family tree. We’ve been explaining the X-Men informally for years–to our friends and family, to the Internet, and, occasionally, to patient strangers on the street. Now, we’re making it official, with Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men: a weekly podcast dedicated to unpacking the weird, wonderful world of our favorite superhero soap opera for newcomers and die-hard fans alike.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 22 days 7 hours 14 minutes
episode 135: Kurt Wagner, Warlord of Mars (Cross-Time Caper, Part 2)
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which the Cross-Time Caper continues; alliteration is awesome; someone else's geopolitical conflict is not an appropriate place to play out your pirate fantasies; we are definitely not actually going to eat Alan Davis's brains; Jamie Braddock is Evil Rex Racer; Widget eats a car; Rick Leonardi is the definitive fill-in artist; the problem is patriarchy; and everything's sticky in Madripoor...
episode 134: Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival (feat. Scott Koblish)
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Deadpool and X-Men '92 artist Scott Koblish joins us to present the Summers Family Tree as you've never experienced it before; the X-Men go to Dante's Hell; Dr. Strange gets his Virgil on; Wolverine sniffs snakes; Iceman has probably killed a lot of people; and X-Men fans have remained remarkably consistent over the years...
episode 133: Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars (Judgment War, Part 2)
In which the plot thickens; Jay and Miles fix Avatar; Ship is a good bro; you are in space right now; the Beginagains go full This Island Earth; Cyclops weaponizes love; voting is really important; and you're listening to ten straight hours of soft jazz and subversion on ZZ-105 X-PLAINED: The other Dazzler (Bertram Worthington) Our newest t-shirt X-Factor #48-50 A metaphor within a metaphor, in space The first half of Judgment War (briefly) (again) A prisoner exchange Hairstyles...
episode 132: Nornheim Lemonade
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Rusty is an honorary Bluth; we bid a sad farewell to Bret Blevins; Hogan the Grim is probably the best at bedtime stories; Asgard has really tight hat game; Hela is a remarkably competent supervillain; there are some sound effects you have to earn; Rusty and Skids fight the Vulture; and Miles has so many feelings about Thor...
episode 131: The Reaver Bunch
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original...
episode 130: The Soule Protocols (feat. Charles Soule)
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which writer Charles Soule joins us for a (spoiler free) discussion of Death of X and how to make mortality matter in universes where death is a revolving door...
episode 129: They Don't Allow Dragons in Here (The Cross-Time Caper, Part 1)
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original...
episode 128: A Stupid Way to Die (Judgment War, Part 1)
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which X-Factor goes to space; Miles gets judgmental about spelling; Paul Smith returns to an X-title; Celestials are a pain; Judgment War is the Star-Trekkiest story that doesn't actually involve Star Trek; monster ladies are super important; if you can be a green dude, you should be a green dude; and Cyclops gears up to fight some gods...
X-TRA - Sofa Special (feat. Al Ewing)
We're celebrating International Podcast Day with a bonus mid-week episode! In which Jay and Al settle down in the living room to talk about cats, conventions, X-karaoke, Summers Brothers road trips, and what Al has planned for those New Mutants he's been collecting in New Avengers! SOME RELEVANT LINKS: You can find all of our RCCC minicomics right here! Here's the original SPLINK PSA! David Malki's Magneto voicemails are a gift to the world. You can find the full collection here...
episode 127: Disaster City
Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which we get back on the continuity train; everything is the aftermath of Inferno forever; you should never fight a tractor or a horse without first putting on some damn pants; Vincent Price would've made a terrific Doctor Strange; Rusty Collins never really gets a fair break; Boom Boom is in over her head; and Brett Blevins takes his place as the definitive New Mutants artist...