Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

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Jay Reviews the X-Men, Episode 89

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Week of June 22, 2016:

In which Jay grudgingly reviews YET ANOTHER book with Deadpool in the title (but enjoys it); A Year of Marvels is slightly baffling; and Katie P. drops by for the panel of the week!

REVIEWED:

  • *Deadpool V Gambit #1 (00:39)
  • A Year of Marvels: The Incredible #1 (02:37)

*Pick of the Week (04:49)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR. Special thanks to Katie Proctor.

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 88

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Weeks of June 8 & June 15, 2016:

In which the X-Men join Civil War II; Uncanny X-Men is baffling but compelling; and there’s FINALLY an interesting story about Apocalypse!

REVIEWED:

  • Civil War II: X-Men #1 (00:41)
  • Uncanny X-Men #8 (05:17)
  • *All-New X-Men #10 (09:00)

*Pick of the Week (12:46)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 87

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Week of June 1, 2016:

In which X-Men ’92 wraps up its first arc; Old Man Logan can’t have nice things; Fin Fang Foom looks like our cat; and Books With Pictures may or may not have destroyed Alderaan.

REVIEWED:

  • X-Men ’92 #4 (01:03)
  • Old Man Logan #7 (04:08)
  • *All-New Wolverine #9 (07:44)

*Pick of the Week (10:54)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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X-TRA – Jay and Miles Overthink X-Men: Apocalypse

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In which we release a mid-week bonus episode and generally spoil the hell out of X-Men: Apocalypse!

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Miles Reviews the X-Men, Episode 86

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Week of May 25, 2016:

In which it’s Miles’s turn to review solo; and Iceman is the heart of the X-Men, as he should be.

REVIEWED:

  • Extraordinary X-Men #10

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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Jay Reviews the X-Men, Episode 85

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Week of May 18, 2016:

In which Miles takes a day off; All-New Wolverine continues to be an awful lot of fun; and Old Man Logan is bleak and brilliant.

REVIEWED:

  • All-New Wolverine #8 (00:34)
  • *Old Man Logan #6 (02:37)

*Pick of the Week (04:12)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 84

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Week of May 11, 2016:

In which it is really hard to be the teenage clone of a supervillain; and Jay & Miles go to the movies.

REVIEWED:

  • *All-New X-Men #9 (00:29)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (06:32)

*Pick of the Week (09:37)

Jay’s review of X-Men: Apocalypse

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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The Heartily Enjoyable Train Wreck of X-Men: Apocalypse

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Jay here!

Reviewing media here always feels like straddling a fence. On one hand, I’m a professional critic, and that’s a lens that never really goes away. On the other hand, when I’m writing or talking at xplainthexmen.com, I’m largely speaking as a fan, to other fans; and my considerations change accordingly. Sometimes, if I’m lucky, those perspectives line up, and everything is smooth sailing.

Other times, it’s X-Men: Apocalypse.

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 83; feat. Katie Proctor

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Week of May 4, 2016:

In which we change locations; Uncanny X-Men is intriguing but uneven; X-Men ’92 is chock full o’ Draculas; and Books With Pictures is your future favorite comics shop!

REVIEWED:

  • Uncanny X-Men #7 (01:48)
  • *X-Men ’92 #3 (06:52)

*Pick of the Week (10:27)

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 82

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Week of April 27, 2016:

In which it’s an All-Wolverine week, with bonus Squirrel Girl!

REVIEWED:

  • *All-New Wolverine #7 (00:25)
  • Old Man Logan #5 (05:57)

*Pick of the week (12:34)

CRITICAL UPDATE: THERE IS NOW ALSO A SONG:

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