Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
Because It's About Time Someone Did
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502 – Milkshakes of Despair
In which t’ieves and assassins dress to impress; Bishop returns; Rogue and Carol Danvers have a moment; and the revolution will be stored on compact d...
501 – A Bag of Cloacae (Maximum Security, Part 1 of 2)
In which an event begins; Earth is problematic; the Phoenix Force is an unreliable narrator; Max Power just wants to make safer party drugs; and we mi...
499 – Light Me, Boy!
In which we meet some delightful monsters; Cannonball is a man who knows how to wear overalls; Domino is the Leslie Knope of X-Force; red liquid babie...
498 – Home Depot Ossuary
In which the Twisted Sisters are vanquished by water; there is no way to make Stryfe cool; and the X-Men fight a hurricane.
497 – Stranger Things
In which Prosh’s plans sort of come to fruition; we do not know very much about movies; Iceman dies (but is fine); The Stranger gets around; and Toad...
496 – Time After Time
In which Prosh assembles a peculiar team; the cosmic forces are somewhat paranoid; Mystique gets shit done; and we are very into the concept of Toadla...
495 – The Goth
In which Rogue is beset with leadership; Psylocke’s telekinetic sword is narratively inconsistent; the Crimson Pirates are bad at their job; and you s...
494 – You’ve Got Evil Mail
In which the X-Men zealously protect their trademarks; Cable can have as many moms as he wants to; not everyone should have to be a superhero; Lady De...
493 – Now a Major Motion Picture
In which the first X-Men film turns 25 (and holds up remarkably well).
492 – Brain Sharks
In which the Shockwave Riders are exceptionally silly; we are deeply impressed by brain sharks; and chrome plating and gun arms are among the lesser e...
491 – Live from the Library
In which we record live from the Library of Congress; time travel complicates everything; X-Men is a fundamentally queer narrative; we attempt to summ...
490 – Chekhov’s Angel Dust
In which Chris Claremont tries to make the Neo happen; Cecilia Reyes continues to have no time for this bullshit; Rogue gets some action; Shadowcat fl...
489 – The Eyepatch of Love
In which Pete Wisdom does his best Charles Xavier; Alastair Stuart has not aged well; San Francisco has monster problems; and there’s probably an alte...
XplaintheXmen Live in Washington DC!
Join us for an X-beginner-friendly, mutant-metaphor-focused, live episode of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men: presented by LC-GLOBE, the LGBTQ+ organiza...
488 – There Goes the Moon (Mutant X May, Part 3)
In which we reap the consequences of our choices; possession is 18/10 of the law; Sinister dresses for the occasion; Hank gets his groove back; Havok...
487 – The Only Well-Adjusted Cyclops in the Multiverse (Mutant X May, Part 2)
In which Mutant X May continues; the X-Men return from space; it’s okay not to fill in every detail of a world; Havok leans into parenthood; we meet t...
486 – Welcome to Earth-1298 (Mutant X May, Part 1)
In which we embark on a Great Work; it remains hard to be Alex Summers; and it’s also always Inferno on Earth-1298.
485 – The House of Correction
In which we go back to the future of Generation X; Jay once again gets pedantic about lettering; Generation X takes on the carceral state; we take a d...
484 – Hell Tuba
In which the 2000 Magik miniseries is not a good comics series but is an excellent heavy metal concept album; Nightmare has a nightmare; and tubas wor...
483 – Piotr Lovely Locks
In which a lot has happened in the Six Month Gap (and we even get to learn about some of it); we'd missed Claremontian narration; Miles has questions...
482 – The Mutant Gene for Murder
In which Pete Wisdom canonically smells weird; we are inordinately entertained by a villain; everyone levels up their superpowers; and you probably sh...
481 – Chekhov’s Butt-Gun
In which Adrienne Frost is absolutely terrible (and so was Ronald Reagan); you should not put guns in your butt; Synch deserved better; and Jay and Mi...
480 – Cross-Time Tattoo Parlor
In which we check in on Nate Grey; yet another Madelyne Pryor is not what she seems; dead men tell tales; there are a lot of Canadians out there; and...
479 – Nancy Drew and the Secret of Carrion Cove
In which Genosha gets better and/or worse; Fabian Cortez is the Secretary of Betrayal; having an action figure of yourself is the path to immortality;...
478 – The Monologue Tube
In which Alan Davis is Team Cyclops; everyone gets depowered; it’s hard to connect with kids your age when you’re a superhero; Sinister’s gotta sinist...
477 – Ages of Apocalypse
In which reality shatters; Ghost Rider wants friends; Jay’s toddler weighs in on the X-Men; the Phoenix costume is pretty much perfect; Caliban puts a...
476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan
In which we remain adamant pro-POG advocates; Artie and Leech have adventures; Firestar and Emma Frost get some resolution; Santa Claus may or may not...
475 – Cross-Time Crisis
Meet Dani, Dani, Dani, and Dani. (X-Force #99)
In which we wrap up John Francis Moore’s run on X-Force; the Demon Bear returns (kinda);...
474 – Giant-Size Special #13 (feat. Anthony Oliveira)
Classic (x2). (Warlock #2)
In which the Warlock ongoing series is fun, and fun is good; people should maybe leave Doug Ramsey’s grave a...
473 – The Baker’s Dozen (The Twelve, Part Three)
In which you know it’s serious business when a logo gets smashed; the prophecy of the Twelve is an elaborate prank; we have a lot of Summers family fe...
472 – Leave Room for Magneto (The Twelve, Part Two)
In which the Twelve should really be twelve chapters long; Archangel has issues; we continue to bemoan the absence of captions; the X-Men ditch their...
471 – Eyebrows and Powers (The Twelve: Part One)
Survival of the Toothiest (Cable #75)
In which we begin our coverage of The Twelve; Scott and Jean get sucked back in AGAIN; Apocalypse...
470 – Large Adult Men
In which Cable may or may not have been a spokesperson for AT&T; it’s impossible to draw a CD dramatically; Wolverine gets his adamantium back; Apocal...
469 – Killed by Death
In which the Shattering officially concludes; you can’t swoop over the phone; toddlers are engines of pure chaos; the X-Men do some processing; and we...
468 – Sasquatch Road Trip
In which St. Croix History reminds us of a Martian with a big butt; Penance’s escape is ambiguous; Avengers Academy Infinity Comic successfully reinve...
467 – Disorganizing Principle
In which Nightcrawler has a type; the Hill is a bad place to raise your kids up; Colossus introduces Marrow to art; we come out against autotrepanatio...
466 – A Rogue’s Tale, feat. Lenore Zann
In which Lenore Zann joins us to talk Rogue, Canadian politics, and her upcoming memoir!
465 – Right in the Fabric
In which “Astonishing X-Men” is something of a misnomer; Death has a good look; sometimes you just need a guy who swoops; Miles stops worrying and lea...
464 – The Cigarettes of Damocles
In which X-Force is kind of silly; that really isn’t what “quantum” means; polite and lawful are two entirely different things, and Sam Guthrie is onl...