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434 – Return to Cape Citadel
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In which the X-Men turn 35; we pause to celebrate the death of Henry Kissinger; Jay is a space nerd; Marrow hang-dries her delicates; space shuttles are not rockets; the band gets back together; and the Danger Room isn’t the first piece of X-tech to get sentience and a robot body.
X-PLAINED
- How Excalibur got a Blackbird
- Uncanny X-Men #360
- X-Men #80
- Many callbacks
- The Benassi Rocket
- The Cassini Probe
- The All-New, Slightly Off X-Men
- The Grey King (Addison Falk)
- Chaos and/or Xhaos (Dan Dash)
- Mercury
- Rapture (Sister Joy)
- Crux (Cristal Lemiuex)
- Landslide (Lee Broder)
- The Founder
- Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau (again)
- The Mutant Defense Net
- Heroic narration
- Lack of spacefaring continuity
- Friendship
- Technology
- Costumes
- All-New All-Different Dungeons & Dragons
NEXT EPISODE: GIANT-SIZE WINTER SPECIAL #10
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As Mentioned in Episode 428 – Naked in a Cake
428 – Naked in a Cake
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In which you shouldn’t invite nazis to your wedding, there’s a lot of multiverse, Captain Britain and Meggan are pretty heteronormative but make it work, everybody forgot Feron, and the next husband will be Gatecrasher’s.
X-PLAINED:
- Captain Britain varieties
- The history of Brian Braddock and Meggan Puceanu, abridged
- Excalibur #124-125
- Mutants most likely to jump out of a cake
- The Crazy Gang (again)
- Meggan’s crush on Colossus
- Colossus’s guilt about Meggan’s crush on Colossus
- A surprise bridal shower
- The return of Captain UK
- Brian Braddock’s teetotaling techniques
- Mimic’s ever-changing facial hair
- Glorious, glorious chaos
- Poor, poor Feron
- Multiple awkward conversations
- The return of Widget and also everyone else
- Lightning Force (dammit)
- A lengthy but not exhaustive list of Captains Britain
- So many cameos
- …Seriously, so many cameos
- Dai Thomas’s anti-iron
- Shockingly healthy communication
- Bouquet brawls and garter gar-nage
- A bittersweet ending
- Nightcrawler’s best outfit
- The universe where the X-Men X-Plain Jay & Miles
- Our hypothetical post-finale Excalibur lineup
NEXT EPISODE: The return of X-Factor! Kind of!
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As Mentioned in Episode 423 – Moby Dick Ice Cream
423 – Moby Dick Ice Cream
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In which subtlety is not Sabra’s strong point; Moira takes a vacation; Meggan broods; you should take care in referencing the Dark Phoenix Saga; Excalibur may or may not shave Mimic; and Captain Britain is a silly man.
X-PLAINED:
- Ghosts
- Excalibur #121-123
- The Mutant Underground
- Empathic recon
- An extremely disgruntled kiss
- Kitty’s new costume
- Several of Legion’s personalities
- A mysterious disk
- A very fancy trash can and/or ice cream maker
- Ice cream of Cloud City
- A good dog
- Remains of Operation Zero Tolerance
- The devolution of Douglock
- Mimic (Calvin Rankin)
- Mimic’s facial hair
- Some Prime Sentinels
- Wedding planning
- Liking parts of things
- Villains who want to marry Storm
- Maddy Pryor
NEXT EPISODE: The end of X-Factor!
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As Mentioned in Episode 421 – Dudleyworld or Bust
421 – Dudleyworld or Bust
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In which one letter can make a big difference; it’s just not Arcade without giant pinballs; Colossus is nobody’s fool; Margali Szardos is not a relative you want to stay in touch with; Nightcrawler turns to the jerk side; and Jay and Miles pitch an X-Men kids’ show.
X-PLAINED:
- Elisabeth Wilford vs. Elizabeth Wilford
- Colossus #1
- X-Men Unlimited #19
- How to name a miniseries or one-shot
- The destructive potential of happiness
- A clock
- An inaccurate duplicate of Avalon
- The return of the Proletarian
- Costumes with characters’ faces on them
- Death by irony
- A journey to Limbo
- Several blasts from the past
- Margali Szardos’s head
- Foreshadowing that we desperately wish had panned out
- Cold open curation
- A hypothetical X-Men show for five-year-olds
NEXT EPISODE: The secret origin of Maggott
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420 – The Legendary House of Wolverine, feat. Christopher Michael Roman
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In which Jay sits down with scholar Christopher Michael Roman to discuss his recent book, Queering Wolverine in Comics and Fanfiction: A Fastball Special; alongside queer theory, porous bodies, and nontraditional mentorship.
CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes graphic discussions of physical trauma as well as consensual if weird fictional sex.
NEXT EPISODE: Colossus and Meggan finally go to Dudleyworld, sort of!
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