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Episode 332 - Gideon Falls

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Swimsuit Catalog is not an actual style of martial arts; Onslaught dabbles in vandalism; Crule is a special guy; we identify briefly with X-Force; and Charles Xavier is the Keyser Soze of Onslaught.

## X-plained

* Externals on Krakoa
* Relative levels of violence in X-books
* *X-Force* #52-54
* Camp Hayden, KY
* Onslaught-facilitated power-ups
* Gideon (again)
* At least one apparent death
* How it feels to be us
* Businesswear
* Whether Cannonball is an external
* Nazis in the Captain Britain Corps
* Doop

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 52

==Episode Description==
In which X-Men ’92 and Star Lord and Kitty Pryde end; House of M is a better miniseries than event; Age of Apocalypse is a better event than miniseries; and we have big plans for Rose City Comic Con!

## Reviewed

* X-Men ’92 (Infinite Comic) #8 (Pick of the week)
* House of M #2
* Age of Apocalypse #3
* Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde #3
Episode 319 - Giant-Size Special 9 (feat. Vita Ayala, Tini Howard, & Leah Williams)

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Jay and Miles receive a mysterious missive and are visited by three of our favorite X-writers; *Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix* is a pleasant surprise; Nathaniel Essex is the most dramatic man in the Marvel Universe; the sewers of Victorian London were a happenin’ place; Apocalypse isn’t even French; Beast is the flip-side of Sinister; community is for everyone; the Internet is (kind of) Krakoa; and death is fixable, but trauma might take a little more work.

## X-plained

* A quotation
* *Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix* #1-4
* A closed loop
* Time travel with Scott Summers and Jean Grey
* Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)
* A somewhat excessive visual aid
* Beards
* Cootie Tremble
* The cultural context of sideshows
* The first Marauders and/or Nasty Boys
* Victorian Apocalypse
* Strained allegories
* Sanctity
* Apocalypse vs. the Hellfire Club
* Oscar the Somewhat Less Nasty Boy
* Varyingly anachronistic costuming
* The secret origin of ruby quartz
* A very vague objective
* A makeover
* A closed time loop
* Actual Cat Wizard Jonathan Hickman
* Something Jay is not in fact going to pitch to Marvel
* Creative dynamics and processes in the current X-line
* Revolutionary joy
* What’s cooler than one sword
* The Sixth Annual\* Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence

\* *Ed. note: Actually seventh*

## Links and Further Adventures

* Follow our guests on Twitter!
	+ Vita Ayala
	+ Tini Howard
	+ Leah Williams
* How to Be a Mutant

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
HAWK TALK - Florida Mans

## Episode Description

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talked about a whole bunch of random topics suggested by you!

## Topics, sorta

* Good birds
* Dinosaurs
* Florida
* Nostalgic video games
* Booze
* Avatar: The Last Airbender
* Probably some other stuff I’m forgetting
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 63

==Episode Description==
In which we’re still having trouble getting into Extraordinary X-Men; Deadpool & Cable: Split Second is kind of delightful; and Wolverine gets mauled by a bear.

## Reviewed

* Extraordinary X-Men #2
* Deadpool & Cable: Split Second (Infinite Comic) #1
* Deadpool & Cable: Split Second (Infinite Comic) #2
* Deadpool & Cable: Split Second (Infinite Comic) #3 (Pick of the week)
* Secret Wars Too #1
Episode 318 - Leprechaun Hill

*Art by David Wynne*

## X-plained

* A very necessary title change
* The leprechauns of Cassidy Keep
* *Generation X* #7-9
* How to kiss Chamber
* Banshee’s epic past ponytail
* Thoughts
* Amiable grumbling
* The evolution of Emma Frost’s ethics
* Giant shirts of the 1990s
* An unlikely disappearance
* Rapid power creep
* Another dimension
* Whether or not Eamon O’Donnell is a leprechaun
* Existential leprechaun uncertainty
* Grande Dame
* How glamour works, sort of
* A dragon
* *Uncanny X-Men: First Class* #8
* Uncle Havok
* Whether Kid Apocalypse is an External

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.

## Links & Further Reading

* We talked about the leprechauns of Cassidy Keep way back in episode 9, Leprechaun Surprise Party!
Episode 313 - Iguanafall

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which sky pirates are the best pirates; Wolverine eats chicken in the woods; Xavier’s area loses its status as our least favorite panel; Cable is suspiciously credulous; we search in vain for a consistent metaphor; Storm has a thing or two to learn about restorative justice; and this entire miniseries should probably just have been an annual.

## X-plained

* Storm’s pirate adventures
* *Storm* #1-4
* Mark Trail
* The Morlocks (more) (again)
* Unacceptable gradients
* Butt murder
* Fashion
* Several memes of yesteryear
* Product placement
* The new Worst Panel
* Several variations on the Ceremony of Light
* How not to identify a body
* The Hill (Limbo)
* “Daddy”
* The inconsistent portrayals of Mikhail Rasputin
* Still more members of Gene Nation
* A new costume
* The most obscure stories we’ve covered
* That time Wolverine at his own arm

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.

## Links & Further Reptiles

* This dress was weirdly central to the Internet Discourse of 2015.
* We covered Lifedeath II in Episode 045 - A Woman Who Could Fly.
* Here’s where you can find some of the more obscure stories we’ve X-Plained:
	+ Wolverine: Killing
	+ The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas
	+ Tattoo Tales: X-Men: Masquerade
	+ Beauty and the Beast
	+ “Cyclops: The Retribution Affair”
	+ New Mutants Annual *#2*
X-TRA - Sofa Special (feat. Al Ewing)

## Episode Description

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*!

## Listener Questions

* Who would be on the Great Lakes X-Men?
* You get to write a Summers mini. Which brother do you pick, and what happens?
* If you had to pick a new leader for an X-Men team who's never lead before, who would it be?
* What is Cannonball's favorite song?
* Which two mismatched characters would you put on a road trip book?
* If Sean Connery plays Magneto, and we're picking all of our actors based on accents, who plays Gambit?
* Which mutant character would you stick on Doctor Who as a companion, and with which Doctor would they be paired?
* Which X-Men character would you like to reboot, throwing away the history but keeping the basic concept and name?
* Headscratches or bellyscratches?
* Which X-Man would you most like to dress the Worst Cat up as?
Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men Wiki

## Welcome to the *Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men* Wikia

Where we walk you through the ins, outs, and retcons of our favourite weekly podcast about the ins, outs, and rectons of our favourite superhero soap opera.

*Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men* is hosted by Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes and available on iTunes, Stitcher, and probably any podcast app you like via RSS.

The wiki is edited by you! We're still adding content, but we hope to include articles for every episode, frequently mentioned characters, and all the guests who appear. Help us out by adding things!

## Key episodes

* You probably want to start with Episode 001 - The Strangest Podcast of Them All. It explains the format, introduces our X-perts, and takes us all the way back to the very beginning of the X-Men. It also contains Jay and Miles' recommendations for where to start if you're reading X-Men comics for the first time.
* If you primarily know X-Men through the cartoons, you may enjoy Episode 003 - Cartoons, Lies, and Video Tape, which is also the first appearance of guest X-pert Chris Sims.
* The now-annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence in X-Cellence are introduced in Episode 037 - Giant-Size Special 1, which also covers the "definitive" *X-Men* story, God Loves, Man Kills.
* Episode 100 – Unexpected Wonder, with Chris Claremont is a milestone episode where Jay and Miles interview Chris and talk about his time at Marvel working on X-Men.
* Episode 158 - No Focus, Less Direction is the long-awaited return from the podcast's three-month hiatus (and Miles reveals his podcast infidelity in the form of *THOR: The Lightning and the Storm*).

## Episode List

Click here for a full list of all the episodes of the podcast.

## Jay and Miles Review the X-Men

Thanks to the support of their Patreon supporters, Jay and Miles also do reviews of all the X-Books that come out each week.

* Episode List: Jay and Miles Review the X-Men
* Index of Reviewed Issues: Jay and Miles Review the X-Men - Index

## Around the Web

* Official Website
* Tumblr
* Twitter
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 68

## Episode Description

In which What Cyclops Did has basically become the Noodle Incident; Colossus’s beard is the true hero of Extraordinary X-Men; and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is just spectacularly delightful.

## Reviewed

* Extraordinary X-Men #4
	+ Written by Jeff Lemire
	+ Pencils by Humberto Ramos
	+ Inks by Victor Olazaba
	+ Colors by Edgar Delgado
* **Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3** (Pick of the week)
	+ Written by Ryan North
	+ Pencils & Inks by Erica Henderson
	+ Colors by Rico Renzi
Episode 322 - Do More Crimes

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which the X-Babies fail to charm; clones are people, too; Iceman doesn’t (quite) come out; Gambit and Bishop bond; Joseph comes into ambiguous being; and Principal Nezu and Charles Xavier would probably get along okay.

## X-plained

* Inconsistent quality
* *X-Men #46*-47
* *Uncanny X-Men* #327
* The X-Babies (more) (again)
* Sfogliatelle
* Gog
* Gog’n’Magog
* Politics of the Mojoverse
* Personhood of constructed entities
* What makes an X-Babies story work
* Jay’s favorite episodes of *The Muppet Show*
* Age-appropriate literature
* Fictional books
* Fun with Bishop
* Several restaurants
* Hypothetical casting
* What Magneto’s been up to
* Joseph
* Sister Maria
* Why Magneto gets de-aged a lot
* Amnesia
* Various orphans and individuals affiliated therewith
* How to keep up with upcoming X-titles
* A cross-media friendship
* *True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee*

## Links & Further Misdirection

* *True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee*, by Abraham Riesman, will be out February 16!

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 323 - Baby Talk

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which we spend a large amount of time on a group of small characters; X-Babies stories cover a wide range of quality; Mojo is relegated to public access; the ‘Vengers rebel against their creator; the X-Babies excavate Star Comics; we adjust our opinion of the mid-‘90s; and *WandaVision* is probably not connected to the Mojoverse.

## X-plained

* Fun with blood
* The X-Babies
* Mojo
* *Pint-Sized X-Babies* #1
* *X-Babies Reborn* #1
* *X-Babies: Stars Reborn* #1-4
* The Brotherhood of Mutant Bullies
* X-Baby nomenclature
* The Pix
* *Hell’s Kitchen*
* The Wildways (more) (again)
* Monkey Wagon
* Bubblefield
* Marshmallow Marsh
* Gamesboro
* The Textbook Sisters
* The ‘Vengers
* A transformation
* Mr. Veech
* Nandy
* Star Comics and several characters therefrom
* The Adorable X-Babies
* Our opinions on the mid-‘90s
* *Welcome to Westview*

## Links & Further Juvenalia

* Who could ever forget cinematic icon Robert Cop?
* Meredith McClaren would draw extremely kickass X-Babies.
* Welcome to Westview: For all your *WandaVision* deep-dive needs!

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 47

==Episode Description==
In which Uncanny X-Men concludes, E for Extinction gets awesome, Peter Quill is totally a Disney prince, and Rachel and Miles prepare to move to CASTLE SEXY DRACULA.

## Reviewed

* Uncanny X-Men #35
* E is for Extinction #2 (Pick of the week)
* Magneto #20
* X-Men ’92 (Infinite Comic) #5
* Old Man Logan #3
* Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde #1
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 34

==Episode Description==
In which Black Vortex and Amazing X-Men wrap up, Juan Doe is the best at what he does, we are certainly not raising cyborg bees, and there is a lot to say about All-New X-Men #40.

## Reviewed

* Black Vortex: Omega #1
* Wolverines #15
* Amazing X-Men #19
* All-New X-Men #40 (Pick of the week)
* All-New X-Men #40 (Extended discussion w/ spoilers)
Episode 354 - The Touch of Magneto

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Onslaught is a party that goes on way too long; we are grateful that the Hand is mostly someone else’s problem; there’s always time to get hosed down by firemen; and Emma Frost should never, under any circumstances, cook.

## X-plained

* The Golden Archer
* *Wolverine* #104-105
* *Generation X* #18-19
* Portions of Elektra’s deal
* Stick
* Wolverine’s nose
* Gateway and Onslaught
* Several flashbacks
* The Onslaught goblin
* Retcons and character accountability
* A wet open
* A somewhat atypical plane flight
* Toad by way of Chris Bachalo
* The mysterious DL
* Emma’s Montreal mansion and its staff
* Cooking with Emma Frost
* Quasi-benevolent mind control
* Surgeon
* A bonus Shadowcat power
* Digital invisibility

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 311 - Love Makes a Super-Team

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which we decide to stop recognizing the nominal difference between *X-Men* and *Uncanny X-Men*; time travel may or may not wait for you; Mister Sinister has probably appeared in at least one Ed Wood film; we are a pro-Tingle podcast; X-Men is about family; the Braddock twins catch up; Sailor Moon > Shinobi Shaw; Generation X is inducted into the baseball tradition; and Storm does what she does with Morlocks in sewers.

## X-plained

* Franklin Richards’ impressive lineage
* 311
* Yet another structure for annuals
* *X-Men Annual 1995*
* *Uncanny X-Men* #325
* Serious academic discussions
* Faye Livingstone
* Mister Sinister’s Hollywood adventures
* Tyler Dayspring / Tolliver / Genesis (again)
* Teenage optimism
* An absolutely nonsensical villainous plot
* A Hank McCoy that might have been
* Friendship
* Fraternal correspondence
* Romance
* Morlocks
* The first time Storm stabbed a Morlock leader in the heart
* Gene Nation
* A really excessive cover
* An intergenerational baseball game
* Another fairly nonsensical villainous plot
* The second time Storm stabbed a Morlock leader in the heart
* X-horror
* Other media X-fans may enjoy reading, playing, or watching

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 330 - Suddenly Ninjas

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which the podcast turns seven; Matt has officially edited half the podcast; a lot of things are made by metal; Doctor Strange is a big weirdo; Gambit is a scoundrel, not a villain; Wolverine goes goth; Onslaught could probably use a better herald; Bishop fires two guns whilst going aaaaaaa; and we commit to making what sense we can of Onslaught.

## X-plained

* How Betsy got her body back
* Several simultaneous anniversaries
* *Uncanny X-Men* #329-330
* *X-Men* #50
* Some ninja bullshit
* A lot of less-benign-than-it-looks racism
* Excellent use of a neon sign
* An odd couple
* The evolution of art tools
* Steam vs. metal
* Gomurr the Ancient
* The Ebon Vein
* Catastrophic magic
* Our favorite iterations of Doctor Strange
* The Crimson Dawn
* How one becomes Gomurr the Ancient
* Tar (Proctor of the Crimson Dawn)
* Post (Herald of Onslaught)
* An entity who may or may not be Onslaught
* Continuity party tricks
* Survivors of the Age of Apocalypse

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 321 - Revolving Doors

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Sabretooth does not get effectively rehabilitated; nobody has the moral high ground; Val Cooper is the worst possible person to call in any emergency; Bishop needs a better support system; Jay knows several things about onions; and not everything has to be a mammal.

## X-plained

* Sabretooth (more) (again)
* *X-Force* #48
* *Uncanny X-Men* #328
* *Sabretooth Special* #1
* Bunny slippers
* An intervention
* Stages of grief
* What not to do with Sabretooth
* An evil squirrel
* Onions
* The three genders
* Mutant Massacre callbacks
* Caption disambiguation problems
* The overabundance of boobs on fictional non-mammalian species

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 73

## Episode Description

In which this week is all Wolverines, all the time; the All-New titles are all awesome; you should go watch “I Will Steal Your Heart” RIGHT NOW; and we love all of our listeners equally.

(Incidentally, we do in fact hang the fan art you physically mail us on our refrigerator.)

## Reviewed

* All-New Wolverine #5
	+ Written by: Tom Taylor
	+ Pencils & Inks by: David Lopez & David Navarrot
	+ Colors by: Nathan Fairbairn
* All-New X-Men #4
	+ Written by: Dennis Hopeless
	+ Pencils by: Mark Bagley
	+ Inks by: Andrew Hennessy
	+ Colors by: Nolan Woodard
* Old Man Logan #2
	+ Written by: Jeff Lemire
	+ Pencils & Inks by: Andrea Sorrentino
	+ Colors by: Marcelo Maiolo
* **“I Will Steal Your Heart,” ft. Lila Cheney** (Pick of the week)
	+ Written, directed, edited, and VFX by Arvin Bautista

## Videos Mentioned

* LILA CHENEY ft. DAZZLER & The NEW MUTANTS - "I Will Steal Your Heart!"
Episode 329 - Scheming and Argument

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Nate Grey has the soul of a man in a mesh shirt; Black Air is somehow even worse than you thought it was; Hulk does not want to be x-treme teen from alternate dimension; we are excited as hell for the upcoming Frasier/Ewing *Gamma Flight*; and Moira MacTaggert is (sometimes) the adult we need.

## X-plained

* Nate Grey’s (possible) demon zombie baby
* What Excalibur’s been up to lately
* *Excalibur* #94-95
* *X-Man* #12
* Yet another take on roughly the same dark future
* Dark-future disambiguation
* Bangs
* The Black Wall
* Leather vs. vinyl
* Sentinels pooping sentinels
* Nate Grey (more) (again)
* *Gamma Flight*
* Excessively silly diagnostic technology
* Squeezits(TM)
* A minor intervention
* X-characters most likely to lead a successful book club
* Warlock on Krakoa

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 369 - Carly Askani

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Storm & Joseph X-Plain the X-Men, Alex Summers is *not* brainwashed this time, he promises, Scott Lobdell writes better moments than stories, Ed McGuinness draws very large chins, and it’s Denver the *Last* Dinosaur, not Denver the *Lost* Dinosaur

## X-plained

* *Uncanny X-Men* #339
* Spider-Man disambiguation
* A. Kubert disambiguation
* J. Jonah Jameson (again) (hooray!)
* Sneaking songs
* The history of smoking regulation on airlines
* Creed disambiguation
* Havok’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
* Bonding while falling out of planes
* *X-Men* #59
* The copyright status of *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington*
* Well-drawn Wolverines
* Hercules vs The Tick
* *Wolverine Annual* 1996
* The tragic death of Mariko Yashida
* Silver Samurai (Kuniuchio Harada)
* Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) and what he’s been up to since Fatal Attractions
* Josef Stalin, apparently?
* Red Ronin and its nemesis, a time-lost dinosaur who we assure you is not Godzilla
* Jedi and/or samurai vs. doors
* Our logo fonts
* James Howlett, guidance counselor
* Onslaught but not evil
* Whether Magneto could wield Mjolnir

## Links & Further Reading

* The article Jay mentioned about overlapping bigotries
* Join us in donating to Equality Florida!

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 12

## *Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 12*

### Guests

None

==Episode Description==
In which the stealth cosplay continues, and we are sidetracked by LEGOs.

## Reviewed

* Axis #4
* X-Men #21
* All-New X-Factor #16
* Death of Wolverine: Life After Logan #1
* Death of Wolverine: Weapon X Program #1
* LEGO Blackbird Playset (Pick of the week)

## Panel of the Week

From Death of Wolverine: Life After Logan #1
Episode 305 - The Sleep of the Wicked

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which X-Factor gets its own roster shakeup; most bartenders will look at you funny if you order a flight of superheroes; Kaboom is a great name for a nightclub; we lack significant feelings about the clone saga; Yukio probably sends love to everyone’s girlfriends; Forge has terrible coping mechanisms; and Jay’s current life is not conducive to consistent acoustics (sorry!).

## X-plained

* Mystique’s powers
* X-Factor’s new roster
* *X-Factor* #112-114
* The word “wreak”
* The issue that made Miles stop reading X-Men
* Wild Child (Kyle Gibney)
* Wolverine as a role
* Cyburai (more) (again)
* Unethical management practices
* One way to be drunk on power(s)
* Scarlett McKenzie (again)
* Club Kaboom
* Yukio (again)
* Fatale
* Summers Problems(TM)
* Marvel’s 1996 reader survey
* A bondage harness that may or may not be made out of dryer tubing
* Alex Summers vs. his own powers
* Sugar Man in the 616
* Several potential but unexplored story hooks for Scarlett
* An implausible implant
* Mystique’s new costume
* A deeply dysfunctional but narratively plausible ship
* A Random tangent
* RPF on Earth-616
* Forge vs. Tony Stark

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 53

==Episode Description==
In which if you don’t know by now whether you want to read Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX, nothing we say is likely to sway you much one way or the other; Rachel’s favorite Cyclops is notably absent; and you should totally come see us at Rose City Comic Con!

## Reviewed

* Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX #4 (Pick of the week, but comes by it honest)
Tom Taylor

## ***Tom Taylor***

### First podcast appearance

Episode 185 - Becoming Wolverine (feat. Tom Taylor)

## External links

Marvel Database: Thomas Taylor (Earth-1218)

Wikipedia: Tom Taylor (writer)

Twitter: @TomTaylorMade

Website: Tom Taylor

**Tom Taylor** writes comics.

## X-Men related work

* *All-New Wolverine* #1-35 (2015)
* *X-Men: Red* #1-11 (2018)

## X-Plain appearances

* Episode 185 - Becoming Wolverine (feat. Tom Taylor)
Episode 355 - All Sentinels Are Bastards

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which we take a break from X-Men to talk Onslaught tie-ins; Miles learns about coffee shop AUs; Sentinels are very large; there are no bystanders in a crossover event; we are really not Punisher people; and all the bad guys have plans.

## X-plained

* The Clone Saga (briefly)
* How not to dispose of a dead clone
* Ben Reilly
* *Amazing Spider-Man* #415
* *Spider-Man* #72
* *Green Goblin* #12
* *Punisher* #11
* Onslaught’s increasingly nebulous goals
* Sentinel timing
* Coffee shop AUs
* Sentinels in Manhattan
* Several fights with Sentinels
* Green Goblin (Phil Urich)
* Uncles Ben
* The Lunatic Laugh
* Punisher (Frank Castle) (briefly)
* Yet another helicarrier crash
* The happiest cannon fodder
* The Junkyard Dogs
* Rashid Hammer Jones
* The surprisingly exciting world of NYC maritime salvage
* Make-believe superpowers
* Deadlines

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 335 - Bone Town

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which we cover somewhat peculiar content under somewhat peculiar circumstances; nobody does it like Alan Davis; in this house, we appreciate Gracie Gamble; Bernard the Poet makes a comeback; nominal errors are not what they appear; and you should probably not leave your children with most of the X-Men.

## X-plained

* Ravencroft vs. Ravenscroft
* Unusual recording circumstances
* *ClanDestine* #1-8
* *X-Men/ClanDestine* #1-2
* Destines including but not limited to:
	+ Rory (Crimson Crusader)
	+ Pandora (Imp)
	+ Adam
	+ Walter
	+ Kay (Cuckoo)
	+ Dominic (Hex)
	+ Samantha (Argent)
	+ Newton
	+ Gracie Gamble
* Elalyth
* The Relative Stranger Protocol
* Lenz
* Dr. Hywel Griffin
* GRYPHON
* Earth-95710
* Synraith
* How normal people unwind
* A dimensional rift and affiliated tentacles
* How to draw sexy ladies without wrecking your comic
* A big fight
* X-sitters
* The evolution of Hank McCoy’s personality

LISTENER CHALLENGE: Send your takes on the ’90s stylings of Bernard the Poet to xplainthexmen(at)gmail(dot)com, and we’ll publish ’em all in a deeply dubious poetic extravaganza!

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence in X-Cellence

The **Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence in X-Cellence** are the annual awards given out by Jay & Miles. They are named for Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau, the greatest character in the Marvel universe.

As well as the main awards for books released in the previous twelve months, there are also several "Classic Corbeaus" for older X-material covered in the podcast during the year.

## Winners:

### 2019

The 2019 awards were announced in Episode 279 - Giant-Size Special 8

### 2018

The 2018 awards were announced in Episode 229 - Giant-Size Special 7

### 2017

The 2017 awards were announced in Episode 178 - Giant-Size Special 6

### 2016

The 2016 awards were announced in Episode 144 - Giant-Size Special 5 (feat. Kid Apocalypse)

### 2015

The 2015 awards were announced in Episode 089 – Giant-Size Special 3.

### 2014

The 2014 awards were announced in Episode 037 - Giant-Size Special 1.

The "Best Listeners" award involved a colouring contest.
Episode 118 - Extrude the Grappling Arms!

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which you really can’t compete with Cable; the X-Men may or may not ditch a funeral; Nanny extrudes the grappling arms; Boom Boom is more responsible than she looks; Jean Grey is the cool stepmom; we posit an alternate explanation for Brexit; and ravens are the best dinosaurs.

## X-Plained

* What happened to the Inferno babies
* *X-Factor* #40-42
* Madelyne Pryor’s funeral
* Post-Inferno X-Factor
* Archangel’s inconsistent appearance
* Secret origins of Nanny and the Orphanmaker
* Teenagers (more) (again)
* Tom Jones (Alchemy)
* Conversations we probably shouldn’t have with Neal Conan
* Trolls of London
* Dubious super-parenting
* Phy
* Phay
* Phee
* Phough
* Phumm
* Troll economics
* A grocery list
* The Ravenmaster
* Miles’s mom

## Listener Questions

* What would happen if Magik and Eva Bell crossed paths in the timestream?
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 9

==Episode Description==
In which we catch up after New York Comic Con, and Wolverine finally dies. (Also, Rachel reorganized her office. YAY!)

## Reviewed

* Axis #1
* Axis #2
* Magneto #11
* Death of Wolverine #4
* Logan Legacy #1
* Nightcrawler #7
* Wolverine and the X-Men #10
* Storm #4 (mentioned in description, but not reviewed)
* X-Force #10 (Pick of the week)
* Uncanny X-Men #27 (Pick of the week)

## Panels of the Week

Panel #1 from X-Force #10

Panel #2 from Wolverine and the X-Men #10
Episode 366 - Nine-Tenths of the Law

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which the Beast miniseries is actually a cleverly disguised Karma miniseries; Gateway’s moral alignment remains a mystery; Cannonball rocks some sideburns; there are many reasons to dislike Viper; and every #1 is somebody’s first.

## X-plained

* An off-panel death
* *X-Force* #62
* *Beast* #1-3
* Karma’s family and backstory (again)
* Twin absorption
* MacGuffins and/or children
* Clearcut and Mindmeld
* Unconsciousness
* Spiral (again)
* Marios
* What to do (visually) with six arms
* Spiral’s mutates
* Some very impressive body horror
* Mid-fight stalling
* Misplaced revenge
* Hank McCoy’s multiversal offspring
* The history of Karma’s sexual orientation

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 357 - The Semiotics of Regret

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Professor X has no time for your sympathy; there are too many people in the bathroom; everything’s more fun with J. Jonah Jameson; psychologists dress better in the 616; the Rainbow Bears have your back; and Onslaught finally, actually, for-real ends.

## X-plained

* How Logan got his adamanitum back (again)
* Onslaught (briefly)
* *Uncanny X-Men* #337
* *X-Men* #57
* *Onslaught Epilogue* #1
* What we wish Onslaught had been
* The anti-mutant agenda
* Alarm clocks
* Ruby quartz storage and cleaning
* Optic-blast sound effects
* Googol vs. google
* Breakfast
* A familiar cover homage
* The semiotics of regret
* Disappearance-montage photos
* Accountability
* Polychromatic world-building
* Prisoner M-13
* Prisoner M-9 (Nina)
* The Manite Project
* The Rainbow Bears
* Renee Majcomb
* Getting through Operation Zero Tolerance
* Our favorite continuity tangles

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 6

## *Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 6*

### Guests

None

==Episode Description==
In which we play catch-up.

## Reviewed

* Magneto #9 (Pick of the week)
* Death of Wolverine #2
* Nightcrawler #6
* X-Force #9
* Wolverine and the X-Men #9
* All-New X-Men #32 (Pick of the week)
* Uncanny Avengers #24
* All-New X-Factor #14
* Uncanny X-Men #26

## Panels of the Week

Panel #1 from Death of Wolverine #2

Panel #2 from All-New X-Men #32
HAWK TALK - Surviving 2020

## Episode Description

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talked (exhaustedly) about This Freaking Year.

## Topics, roughly

* This year was pretty rough
* Maybe next year will be better?
* Some things are cool, though

NOTE: Miles watched *Knives Out* immediately after recording this episode, and Jay was right: it is delightful.
Episode 364 - Department of Pareidolia

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which we lie extensively about how comics schedules work; the Mystery School is clearly a backdoor pitch; the Wisdom family has a lot going on; red dyes fade fast; and we (roughly) calculate the odds of Cyclops having a good day.

## X-plained

* Marvel’s KISS comics
* *Pryde and Wisdom* #1-3
* Age
* Cheerful hissing
* Jardine
* A serial killer
* Department F66/The Mystery School
* Stoats
* *Kill Your Boyfriend*
* Several skeletons
* Harold Wisdom
* Serial disambiguation
* Inconsistent use of inhibitor guns
* Romany Wisdom
* A man stone
* Distinctive hair
* Some woman who seems important but never gets a name or follow-up
* John Gideon
* The Tube
* The inexplicable evolution of Romany Wisdom
* How not to end your miniseries
* Forgotten friendships
* The relative odds of Cyclops having a good day

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Episode 333 - Fight Train

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Miles discovers owl legs; Iceman dwells in subtext; Dark Beast overperforms; Daredevil is a delightful trash fire of a person; Graydon Creed’s presidential run is somewhat less shocking in 2021; Rogue does not enjoy playing ‘Got your nose’; and Mister Sinister is not a friend to public transportation.

## X-plained

* Post-Decimation resurrections
* Owl legs
* *Uncanny X-Men* #331
* *X-Men* #51-52
* Iceman’s complicated personal life
* Casual crossovers
* The facial hair of Warren Kenneth Worthington III
* The terrible decisions of Matt Murdock
* How to subtly test your in-laws for mutant powers
* What Mister Sinister sounds like
* A bad plan
* The debut of Bastion
* DNA
* Foreshadowing

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Kieron Gillen

## External links

Marvel Database: Kieron Gillen (Earth-1218)

Wikipedia: Kieron Gillen

Twitter: @kierongillen

Website: Kieron Gillen

Tumblr: Another Way to Breath

**Kieron Gillen** writes comics.

## Selected X-Men related work

* *Generation Hope* #1-12 (2011)
* *Uncanny X-Men* #531-544 (2011)
* *Uncanny X-Men* Vol 2 #1-20 (2012)

## Podcast mentions

* Episode 101 – Not Bad, Just Drawn That Way
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Episode 326 - Son of a Gun

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which it’s hard to be a hologram; the Internet is terrible and you should probably avoid it; we have no idea how Naze is still alive; this is not your mom’s Adversary (if your mom is Fall of the Mutants); Forge is an order muppet; and Sabretooth is not a great addition to most teams.

## X-plained

* Skrulls in American history
* X-Factor’s attrition rate
* The spirit spell (again)
* The Adversary (again)
* *X-Factor* #119-121
* Hypercolor(TM) t-shirts
* Oblivion vs. masturbation
* Mark Trail (more) (again)
* Forge’s complicated relationship with magic
* The death of X-Factor
* Several retcons
* The resurrection of X-Factor
* (Mis)representation of indigenous cultures in X-books
* Jim Jaspers vs. the Adversary
* The spirit spell (YET AGAIN)
* The Feron of X-Factor
* Val ‘n’ Victor
* Dubious use of technology
* A red herring
* The lingering spectre of Days of Future Past
* Our tech issues
* Reasonable accommodations at the Xavier School

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 51

==Episode Description==
In which Katie Moody saves the day; Magneto ends with a bang; E Is for Extinction continues to be one of the most interesting books to come out of Battleworld; and you should really read Hank Johnson, Agent of Hydra.

## Reviewed

* Magneto #21
* E is for Extinction #3
* Old Man Logan #4
* The Protomen (Pick of the week)
Episode 339 - Luck Be a Lady

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which evil robots are fundamentally more optimistic than climate change; Ozymandias could probably use a new hobby; Wolverine goes full Kate Beaton; “Luck Be a Lady” would be a kickass hymn; Shard gets a body (kinda); and the X-Men *definitely* do that.

## X-plained

* Some of Stryfe’s team-ups
* Fatal Attractions (briefly)
* X-Cutioner’s Song (briefly)
* Genesis / Tolliver / Tyler Dayspring
* Several other individuals named Genesis
* Lost noses, historical and fictional
* *Uncanny X-Men* #332
* *Wolverine* #100-101
* *Uncanny X-Men Annual* 1996
* Zoe Culloden (The Expediter)
* Ozymandias
* Wolverine, golden retriever
* An Elektra cameo
* Wild Thing
* Bishop and Shard (again)
* The return of Preacher
* The Hound (again)
* A reunion
* Deplxelation
* Krakoan team niches
* What heroes do

## Links & Further Tomfoolery

* Learn more about Preacher in Episode 317 - Acquaintances of Humanity.
* Kate Beaton’s Wolverine is an eternal delight.
* Please note that Dave Cockrum’s art of Nightcrawler and Storm doing *that* is not remotely work-safe.

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
HAWK TALK - Attack of the Franchise Cartoons

## Episode Description

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talked about the television shows we grew up on (and a few current ones)!

You can check out Waiting for October, our zine based on The Adventures of Pete & Pete, on Gumroad!

## Topics, roughly

* Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
* Masters of the Universe
* She-Ra
* The Real (vs. non-Real) Ghostbusters
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
* Little Shop of Horrors
* Beetlejuice
* Toxic Crusaders
* Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
* The Adventures of Pete & Pete (and the not-so-secret origin of this podcast)
* Les Schtroumpfs (and the time they maybe fought Satan)
* Batman: The Animated Series
* X-Men: The Animated Series
* X-Men: Evolution
* Wolverine & the X-Men
* The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
* The X-Files
* Star Trek: Voyager
* Earth 2
* VR5
* M.A.N.T.I.S.
* The Simpsons
* Daria
* Tuca & Bertie
* Gravity Falls
* Over the Garden Wall

*Ed. note: Jay & Miles also discussed* Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea*.*
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 74

## Episode Description

In which we are not impressed with Extraordinary X-Men (but enjoy its art); and finally weigh in on a recent theatrical release (because you demanded it).

## Reviewed

* Extraordinary X-Men #7
	+ Written by Jeff Lemire
	+ Pencils & Inks by: Victor Ibanez
	+ Colors by: Jay David Ramos
* Deadpool (film)
	+ Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller
	+ Written by: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
	+ Directed by: Tim Miller
* **Blind Onion Pizza** (Pick of the week)
HAWK TALK - Surviving the (Holiday) Experience

## Episode Description

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talked about holidays, winter and otherwise.

## Topics, roughly

* Time, which used to make sense
* Several holidays and feelings, media, and traditions related thereto
* *Flash Gordon*
* Mixed-faith families
* *A New York Christmas Wedding* (the lesbian time travel gay dead baby angel movie)
* Gingerbread
* Secular rituals
* *Night in the Woods: Lost Constellation*
* *The Dark is Rising* (again)
* The Spirit of Christmas (which is to say, exploding)
* J. Michael Strazynski’s *The Real Ghostbusters*
* *Community*‘s first three holiday specials
* *Justice League*: Comfort & Joy
* Passover and that time Moses gave Pharaoh a frog
* Passover and Miles trying very hard to play it cool
* Chocolate bunny funerals
* Easter basket comics
* Being excellent to each other and partying on
Episode 307 - Ugly Mootants Only

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which Cable has clearly inherited his father’s inability to go on a date that doesn’t end disastrously; Husk is a lightweight; we are very taken with a turtle; you really don’t want to run into the other Hemingway in an elevator, either; Jubilee can speak in logos; and Wolverine gives some fatherly advice.

## X-plained

* One way to get your powers back
* *Cable* #15
* *Generation X* #5-6
* *X-Men: Marvels Snapshots* #1 (Coming September 16)
* Cable, in general
* A date
* “Sheer” fabrics
* What we’d bring to desert islands
* Sarah (Marrow)
* The Ceremony of Light
* Several generations of mutant teenagers
* Generation X and its members (more) (again)
* Chamber’s socks
* Gateway’s taste in television
* Husk’s extremely low alcohol tolerance
* Some cool lettering
* Banshee is to Chris Bachalo as Nightcrawler is to Alan Davis
* Fridge wolves
* NYC celebrity encounters
* The ongoing legacy of X-kids with gross powers
* Teenagers
* Hemingway, but not that Hemingway
* The return of Artie and Leech
* Bones
* How we would incorporate the X-Men into the MCU

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.
Scott Koblish

## External links

Marvel Database: Scott Koblish (Earth-1218)

Wikipedia: Scott Koblish

Twitter: @Koblish

Website: scott koblish

**Scott Koblish** draws comics.

## Selected X-Men related work

* *Wolverine: First Class* #12, 15, 18 (2009)
* *X-Men '92 Infinite Comic* #1-8 (2015)

## X-Plain appearances

* Episode 105 – Live from ECCC
* Episode 134 - Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival (feat. Scott Koblish)
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 3

==Episode Description==
In which Deadpool is definitely not an X-Man, and we persist in the face of mic issues. (They’re pretty much limited to the *All-New X-Factor* #12 bit, FWIW. Thanks for bearing with us).

## Reviewed

* All-New X-Factor #12
* Storm #2 (Pick of the week)
* Magneto #8
* Savage Wolverine #22
* Wolverine Annual #1
How problematic is The Dark Phoenix Saga

Answered in Episode 012 - Inner Circle Jerk

Rachel: The Dark Phoenix as a metaphor for sexuality is a thing.  At the same time, I think it’s more problematic in its original context than it eventually grows to be because what we’re eventually going to learn about the Phoenix Force is that it is a big damn cosmic thing.  It’s a functionally genderless cosmic thing.  We see years and years later In Avengers vs. X-Men we see Cyclops have literally the same Dark Phoenix transformation with the same speech.

See Also: The X-Men Episode Guide 3×15: ‘Dark Phoenix Part II: The Inner Circle’ by Chris Sims
HAWK TALK - Wizards

## Episode Description

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talked about wizards.

## Topics, roughly

* Fantasy wizards
* Space wizards
* Beards and wizards and gender
* Vancian spellcasting
* Wizard taxonomy
* The Baal Shem
* Book learnin’
* Towers and Discworld wizards
* Dragonlance wizards
* Tolkien wizards
* Iceman with a wizard beard
* Which animals make the best wizards
* Magic: the Gathering
* Our wizardy D&D characters
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 40

==Episode Description==
In which one series ends better than another, Marguerite Bennett is your god now, and Secret Wars continues to be a suspiciously well-constructed summer event.

## Reviewed

* Wolverines #20
* All-New X-Men #41
* Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX #1
* Years of Future Past #1 (Pick of the week)
* Secret Wars #3
* X-Tinction Agenda #1
Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 23

==Episode Description==
In which we carefully avoid spoiling Uncanny X-Men and remain disappointed by the lack of Wolverines heists; and Rachel mispronounces Bachalo but doesn’t realize until she’s already editing the video (oops).

## Reviewed

* Uncanny Avengers #1
* Uncanny X-Men #30 (Pick of the week)
* Wolverines #4
* Spider-Man and the X-Men #2
* Amazing X-Men #16
Miles Stokes

## External links

Marvel Database: Miles Stokes (Earth-92131)

Twitter: @gjallerbru

Ten years ago, Miles carefully placed his psychology degree in a drawer and went to work IT because it was way easier. These days, he fixes broken things for a non-mutant-related comic-book publisher and surrounds himself with as much geekery as time allows. Buy him a drink and he’ll spend the next two hours telling you about how Chris Claremont made him a feminist and that come on, guys, Gambit’s ’90s costume isn’t that bad.

## Hosts:

* *Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men*
* *THOR: The Lightning and the Storm*

## Other appearances:

* *Comic Book Cover Story* Episode 23 - Genies!
* *MultiversalQ* Asgard As You Make It: Featuring: Thor The Lightning and the Storm
* *Tighten Up the Defense*
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Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 65

## Episode Description

In which we briefly wallow in nostalgia; serialization does Extraordinary X-Men no favors; we do Deadpool & Cable: Split Second no favors; and All-New X-Men is the team book we’ve been waiting for.

## Reviewed

* Extraordinary X-Men #3
	+ Written by: Jeff Lemire
	+ Pencils by: Humberto Ramos
	+ Inks by: Victor Olazabo
	+ Colors by: Edgar Delgado
* **All-New X-Men #1 (Pick of the week)**
	+ Written by: Dennis Hopeless
	+ Pencils by: Mark Bagley
	+ Inks by: Andrew Hennessy
	+ Colors by: Nolan Woodward
* Deadpool & Cable: Split Second (Infinite Comic) #4
	+ Written by: Fabian Nicieza & Reilly Brown
	+ Pencils by: Reilly Brown
	+ Inks by: Jay Leisten & Jeremy Freeman
	+ Colors by: Jim Charalampidis

## Related Links

* Episode 081 - The Kids Are All Right feat. Dennis Hopeless
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Episode 347 - Onslaught Begins

*Art by David Wynne*

## Episode Description

In which we stop procrastinating and dive headfirst into Onslaught; Professor Xavier is a jerk; Dark Beast wasn’t even supposed to be here today; Onslaught declaims like it’s the Silver Age; Bishop gets some long-awaited closure; and we pitch alternate candidates for the X-traitor.

## X-plained

* Hyperstorm
* Onslaught (entity)
* Onslaught (event)
* *Uncanny X-Men* #334
* *X-Men* #54
* *Onslaught: X-Men* #1
* How to pronounce “Buccellato”
* The opposite of a pep talk
* Nate Grey vs. Professor X
* The Z’noxx (again)
* One of several times Charles Xavier has faked his own death
* *Muscle March*
* Franklin Richards
* The Gem of Cyttorak
* A villain speech
* That one recording Bishop found in the future
* The X-traitor
* Li’l Charlie
* Magneto’s hood ornament
* Alternate takes on the X-traitor

## Link & Further Allusions

* *Muscle March* sure is a real video game that actually exists.

## Listener Questions

This article needs a transcription of the episode questions.