Episode 304 - Explosive Ops

== Episode Description ==
In which Jay discovers a continuity loop; phonetic spelling reaches a new level of implausibility; it’s always already Onslaught; X-Force’s roster gets shaken up; Siryn goes undercover; and the Upstarts remain vaguely plot-relevant despite our fervent wishes.
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CORRECTION: In addition to being the setting of a number of 1970s Marvel and DC stories, Rutland, VT is actually a real place with a famous annual (and largely superhero-themed) Halloween parade!
==X-plained==
* Mimic (Calvin Rankin)
* Wing problems
* -47
* One of Adam Pollina’s more remarkable non-Marvel art credits
* One of many homages to the cover of X-Men #138
* X-Force, its members, and its recent history
* Phonetic spelling
* Warpath’s hair
* Baffling managerial decisions
* Whether Reed Richards is machine washable
* Many pouches
* An unlikely friendship
* Sabretooth’s state of mind
* Rutland, VT
* The Weisman Institute for the Criminally Insane
* Dr. Rachel Weisman
* Jeremy Stevens
* Part of why we like following X-books over time
* Character redesigns
==Listener Questions==
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