As Mentioned – Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

As Mentioned in Episode 509 – No Fun Will Be Had

December 14, 2025 Jay One comment

Listen to the episode here.

If you’re in crisis and need someone to talk to, here are some resources (phone numbers are US specific):

988 is a national mental health crisis helpline.
741741 is a national crisis text line, reachable via text, online chat, or WhatsApp.
Trans Lifeline is a trans peer support hotline.
The Trevor Project offers round-the-clock phone and text support for queer and trans youth.
The Veterans Crisis Line offers 24/7 crisis support for veterans and can be reached directly or via 988.

The rest of the visual companion will be up later this week!

As Mentioned in Episode 508 – Destiny’s Doodles

December 7, 2025 Jay Leave a comment

Listen to the episode here.

A quick workout with Charles Xavier. (Uncanny X-Men #389)

At my funeral, I want a kazoo band. (Uncanny X-Men #389)

Joe Mactaggert is a jerk. (Uncanny X-Men #389)

Rachel’s actually okay, but Kitty doesn’t know that yet. (Uncanny X-Men #389)

DAMNIT. (Uncanny X-Men #389)

I wonder how weird and specific Destiny’s diaries get. (Uncanny X-Men #389)

Bad times. (Uncanny X-Men #389)

Is this a bit? (X-Men #109)

They’re gonna hook up, and then everyone’s going to forget that Thunderthird ever existed. Poor guy. (X-Men #109)

Ye Olde Hot Chocolate Hall. (X-Men #109)

Seriously, though, what the hell? (X-Men #109)

Oh, my. (X-Men #109)

I love that instead of making the holy family generally mutant-looking, they straight-up used X-Men statues. (X-Men #109)

Coming soon: X-Treme X-Men! (X-Men #109)

Based on size, maybe it’s a box of tissues? (X-Men #109)

Wellp. (X-Men #109)

BEHOLD YOUR LEGACY (X-Men #109)

NEXT EPISODE: Colossus dies!

As Mentioned in Episode 507 – Comic Book Logic

November 30, 2025 Jay Leave a comment

Listen to the podcast here.

CD-Rs, our lost beloveds. (X-Force #114)

They’re so delightfully blasé about it. (X-Force #114)

X-Force swimsuit special! (X-Force #114)

Agent Corben. (X-Force #114)

One way to stealthily kidnap a man. (X-Force #115)

Still can’t get over how wildly impractical Tabitha’s cape is. (X-Force #115)

Go, team! (X-Force #115)

The World Engine is kinda icky. (X-Force #115)

*rimshot* (X-Force #115)

Damn, Emma. (Generation X #75)

This panel is mostly in here to spotlight Paige’s transcendently southern hair. (Generation X #75)

Damn, Emma. (Generation X #75)

Hee. (Generation X #75)

One of many hugs. (Generation X #75)

Gonna miss these kids. (Generation X #75)

NEXT EPISODE: More endings!

As Mentioned in Episode 506 – The House at the End of the World

November 30, 2025 Jay Leave a comment

Listen to the podcast here.

Totally irrelevant to this story, but cool design. (Cable #85)

They have to abbreviate the name for the phone book. (Cable #85)

SMUFF, tho (Cable #85)

This will never come up again, ever. (Cable #85)

Cable’s time suit. (Cable #85)

Gaunt, who is probably actually Kang. (Cable #85)

We are ALWAYS here for awkward Summers family hugs. (Cable #86)

SHIRTS OFF (Cable #86)

Whoops. (Cable #86)

An unlikely frienship. (Cable #88)

What the fuck, Nightcrawler? (Cable #88)

Do you want Major X? Because that’s how you get Major X. (Cable #88)

Here’s to you, Video Renaissance. (Cable #88)

NEXT EPISODE: Two endings.

As Mentioned in Episode 505 – The Amulet of Ass

November 9, 2025 Miles One comment

Listen to the episode here.

Excalibur volume 2! But actually more like Captain Britain volume 2. (Excalibur #1)

Pretty sure we’ve all had that dream. (Excalibur #1)

What a sciencey science machine that is! (Excalibur #1)

You’d think Betsy’s face tattoo would remind Brian of the Crimson Dawn… But honestly, who remembers the Crimson Dawn? (Excalibur #1)

Where’s Waldo? (Or, this being a British story: Where’s Wally?) (Excalibur #1)

Some friend. (Excalibur #1)

Captain UK’s mullet remains sweet. (Excalibur #1)

Hi, Crusader X! (Excalibur #2)

Meggan didn’t get the memo that this was a crotch-first mission. (Excalibur #2)

…as played by Viggo Mortensen. (Excalibur #2)

I do love a good Team Hero pose. (Excalibur #2)

“It’s… probably one of these things on my back… Hang on…” (Excalibur #2)

The Brit-Cave! (Excalibur #2)

Subtlety! (Excalibur #3)

The greatest hero in history, chosen primarily for his… sperm? (Excalibur #3)

“Not, like, literally Excalibur. That thing’s in the next room.” (Excalibur #3)

An evil science machine! (Excalibur #3)

You guys used to be cuter. And less murderous. (Excalibur #3)

Gahhh, this panel is referencing a specific past panel from a specific past comic, but we can’t remember which! (Excalibur #3)

Sword of Omens, grant me sight beyond sight! (Excalibur #3)

Best trope best trope! (Excalibur #4)

Mastermind wields the blade Excalibur! Brian Braddock wields an especially dangerous word balloon! (Excalibur #4)

With the powers of elemental magic, telekinesis, and… sword! (Excalibur #4)

It works way better to sacrifice your queen when your queen is immune to death. (Excalibur #4)

“Hey, I liked my spikes, ya jerk!” (Excalibur #4)

The chamber would be filled with old familiar faces, but they’re all dead. (Excalibur #4)

…and no one ever spoke of this again. (Excalibur #4)

NEXT TIME: Rachel Summers is back!

As Mentioned in Episode 504 – One Day, Four Ways

November 7, 2025 Miles Leave a comment

Listen to the episode here.

Ooh, that Arthur Adams texture. (Generation X #71)

SKA! (Generation X #71)

Steve Pugh: master of body language, even when part of that body is psionic energy. (Generation X #71)

New (new) costumes! (Generation X #71)

That guy hates Animal Magnet. (Generation X #71)

I wish I could look half this cool. (Generation X #71)

Surprise telepathy! (Generation X #71)

And they lived happily ever – DAMMIT JONO (Generation X #71)

Fashion! (Generation X #72)

Note the “Cool shoes” box in the corner. Way better than the “horrible shoes” box just a little off-panel. (Generation X #72)

I’m gonna miss these kids. (Generation X #72)

It’ll be longer than that, Jubes, at least in the US. (Generation X #72)

Kids, amirite? (Generation X #72)

It’s kinda like that one scene from Fury Road… (Generation X #73)

Miles is feeling runner envy. (Generation X #73)

Oh, Sean. (Generation X #73)

I respect a dude who course-corrects. (And I don’t mean the almost-missed exit.) (Generation X #73)

For all your reaction image needs. (Generation X #73)

Not continuity-related, just fun. (Generation X #73)

Now that is how you show an off-panel injury. (Generation X #73)

That idiot brought a car to a finger-fight! (Generation X #73)

Another great cover! (Generation X #74)

“Glad I already pre-spiked this coffee.” (Generation X #74)

Husk in the Husk-Cave. (Generation X #74)

This is what happens when the teacher forgets to say “class dismissed”. (Generation X #74)

Spooooky. (Generation X #74)

Opinions vary on what those marks came from… (Generation X #74)

We don’t get to read it either. (Generation X #74)

NEXT TIME: Fast times in Otherworld!

As Mentioned in Episode 503 – Dream’s Anticlimax

October 19, 2025 Jay 3 comments

Listen to the episode here.

No, seriously. (Uncanny X-Men #388)

Ouch. (Uncanny X-Men #388)

A nonspecific explosion. (Uncanny X-Men #388)

So large. (Cable #87)

no but seriously how (Cable #87)

Bye, Post. (Cable #87)

One of his teammates has to draw the tattoo on every morning with a sharpie. (Bishop: The Last X-Man #16)

Every time they watch a movie, Wolverine carefully explains to his teammates that it’s not real. (Bishop: The Last X-Man #16)

Mother of the year. (Bishop: The Last X-Man #16)

Now kiss! (X-Men #108)

This is not subtext, although it may be an anagram of subtext. (X-Men #108)

NEXT EPISODE: SKA!

As Mentioned in Episode 502 – Milkshakes of Despair

October 19, 2025 Jay Leave a comment

Listen to the podcast here.

Alternately, maybe don’t date Ego the Living Planet. (Gambit #23)

Ma’am you are wearing all neon (Gambit #23)

“…the Terran name that has been given to my uniform: Carl!” (Gambit #23)

Lip massage. (X-Men #107)

Rogue knows how to turn a bad day into a good day. (X-Men #107)

TBH, same, Rogue. (X-Men #107)

It’s cool; he’s into it. (X-Men #107)

Welcome back, Bishop! (X-Men #107)

There’s something going on with Colossus’s arms that I don’t entirely understand. (X-Men Unlimited #29)

okay but by this token HALF THE EARTH HAS BEEN ENTIRELY DESTROYED and i am pretty sure this is not addressed post-event (X-Men Unlimited #29)

I know this is a really serious moment; but also, oh, my. (X-Men Unlimited #29)

I find this panel very funny. That’s all. (X-Men Unlimited #29)

NEXT EPISODE: Dream’s rather anticlimactic end!

As Mentioned in Episode 501 – A Bag of Cloacae (Maximum Security, Part 1 of 2)

October 12, 2025 Miles Leave a comment

Listen to the episode here.

Now that we look at them again, the D’Bari were really more Asparagus People than Broccoli People. (Uncanny X-Men #387)

What’s wrong with this picture? (Uncanny X-Men #387)

…I mean, Corsair does make some good points. (Uncanny X-Men #387)

In honor of Cerise: lip massage time! (Uncanny X-Men #387)

“C’mon, mess with us – make our day!!” (Uncanny X-Men #387)

Hey, it’s a Darkmantle! And also yet another instance of a character getting swallowed and slimed! (Uncanny X-Men #387)

That panel reference, though. (Uncanny X-Men #387)

In which Max Power discovers raves. (Iron Man #35)

In which Max Power improves raves. (Iron Man #35)

It’s magic dirt. (Iron Man #35)

What I love is that this scene implies that the spore of Ego the Living Planet has a detailed understanding of retro-idyllic middle America. (Iron Man #35)

PORCH GUY MOUTH (Iron Man #35)

Ego, the Living Town. (Iron Man #35)

Babies always look cuter to their parents than to anyone else. (Iron Man #35)

Welcome back, Bishop! (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

He’s about to say “Micro Machines.” He’s missed them in his time away. (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

I don’t know how to say this, man, but I don’t think your girlfriend is good for you. (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

“If you’d like to know more, son, just listen to Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men episodes 387 through 500.” (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

“And your nose.” (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

Man, I missed this guy. (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

I feel like Deathbird played the “I’m not touching you” game a lot as a kid. (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

Aww, these two. (Bishop the Last X-Man #15)

NEXT TIME: Maximum Security concludes!

As Mentioned in Episode 499 – Light Me, Boy!

September 14, 2025 Miles One comment

Listen to the episode here.

We just want them to be happy! (X-Force #110)

That Jorge Lucas sure can draw. (X-Force #110)

GUN ARMS GUN ARMS (X-Force #110)

“The dishes… are done.” (X-Force #110)

“I mean, I’m going to space to get married and have a kid eventually, but not, like, yet.” (X-Force #110)

Next up is the PowerPoint presentation. (X-Force #110)

That shirt is held together by the sheer power of the Comics Code Authority. (X-Force #111)

X-FOOOOORRRRRCCCEEE (X-Force #111)

I guess they take after their dad? Kind of? (X-Force #111)

Deep (cerebral) tissue massage. (X-Force #111)

Listen, Valentina, the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb! And I guess the green liquid in those lady-tubes is maybe somewhere in between! (X-Force #111)