Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

In which we totally forgot to record a cold open (sorry); a lot of characters die (but not in Earth-616); Vampires may already be in command of America’s atomic arsenal; and we revisit a favorite.

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What If vol. 2 #9

What If vol. 2 #24

What If: Magik #1

Rahne Sinclair (moppet stage)

The deaths of the Silver Age and All-New-All-Different X-Men

Fancy television

Sliding-scale ransom

Then Ani-Men, somewhat

The Living LASER, somewhat

An orgy of satiation

Wolverine, Lord of the Vampires

Several highlights of Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose

Vampire nonsense

The Darkhold

The Montessi Formula

Some alligators

August 5

Frank Punisher, Vampire Hunter

What If vol. 2 #37 (briefly)

A kinder alternate history

A singularly beautiful montage

The Soul Staff

Summers family connections

How Wolverine climbs

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In which Asher Elbein joins us to discuss the complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.

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Some complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.

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In which we do a thing and are not even sorry.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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In which we provide some inroads to resisting fascism in your community; pacifism has amazing abs; Cyclops and Wolverine play revolutionary chicken; Amelia Voght fails to live up to her narrative potential; Jean Grey continues to make spectacularly bad choices; Polaris deserves better; and Wolverine finally gets to stab Magneto.

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Community action and aid

X-Men #112-113

Uncanny X-Men #393

Genosha (more) (again)

Northstar (more) (again)

Dazzler (more) (again)

Sunpyre (more) (again)

Hector Rendoza (more) (again)

Paulie Provenzano (more) (again)

Frenzy (more) (again)

Amelia Voght (more) (again)

St. Sebastian thirst traps

Sewer adventures

Post-Apocalypse Cyclops (more) (again)

Awkward conversations about feelings

Implausible knitting

The Age of Apocalypse X-Babies

A protracted confrontation

Bad strategy

A confusing ruse

Some stabbing

What happens to the unlikeliest X-Men

Jean Grey as Charles Xavier’s heir

Best potential uses of Hector Rendoza

NEXT EPISODE: The secret (retconned) origin of Wolverine!

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In which Jay and Miles make an announcement; the X-Men are down to bare bones; Cyclops and Corsair are stunningly bad at feelings; Trish Tilby is stunningly bad at journalism; Magneto says goodbye to nuance; and Jean Grey assembles a team.

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X-Corps vs. X-Corp

A thing that will be happening in a few months

The story so far

Uncanny X-Men #391-392

X-Men #111

The state of the X-Men

A short-lived Cyclops costume

A reunion

A sorry excuse

Resolution, somewhat

Genosha (more) (again)

Conflict of interest

Several excellent villain speeches

Joanna Cargill (Frenzy) (again)

Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar) (again)

Hector Rendoza

Yet another angry mob

Paulie Provenzano (Omerta)

Leyu Yoshida (Sunpyre)

Ice skating in Rockefeller Center

Our picks for a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

NEXT EPISODE: Eve of Destruction concludes!

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