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As Mentioned in Episode 530 – Not for Beginners

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Dig that Christopher Shy cover! (New X-Men #149)
Magneto was technically right, the best kind of right. (New X-Men #149)
Dick move. (New X-Men #149)
Hindsight. (New X-Men #149)
Hell, yeah! (New X-Men #149)
These issues are so full of great hero moments. (New X-Men #149)
I am pretty sure that they are not a thing. (New X-Men #149)
This seems… unlikely. (New X-Men #149)
Dang, Phoenix! (New X-Men #150)
HECK YEAH BEAK! (New X-Men #150)
Right into the gutter! (New X-Men #150)
You’d think that telepaths could use the same line of approach, but I guess not? (New X-Men #150)
Aw, they’re so heroic. (New X-Men #150)
Well, shit. (New X-Men #150)
The graffiti absolutely sends me. (New X-Men #150)
NEXT EPISODE: The future!

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530 – Not for Beginners

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In which we remain frustrated with Morrison’s Magneto; Esme Cuckoo’s hat game is lacking; and the status quo dies with Jean Grey.

X-PLAINED:

  • Dubious X-relationships
  • Some excellent songs from an excellent show
  • New X-Men #149-150
  • Various atrocities and catastrophes
  • The resistance, such as it is
  • Magneto’s limits
  • A rebirth
  • Neutron warheads
  • The cavalry
  • Yet another death of Magneto
  • Yet another death of Jean Grey
  • A peculiar epilogue
  • A legacy of retcons
  • A miasma of bleakness and futility
  • The Xorn retcon
  • Disability in “Planet X”
  • Miracles of Magnetism

NEXT EPISODE: The future!

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As Mentioned in Episode 529 – Magneto Was Wrong

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We didn’t discuss it in the episode, but I really dig this cover. (New X-Men #146)
Charles Xavier is not a safe adult. (New X-Men #146)
Death by irony. (New X-Men #146)
And there it is. (New X-Men #146)
I know this is supposed to be dramatic and horrifying; but there’s something about Magneto’s stiff pose and facial expression that makes it very funny. (New X-Men #147)
Meet the new Brotherhood! (New X-Men #147)
There go the bridges. (New X-Men #147)
The bubbles were a choice. (New X-Men #147)
Bless Phil Jimenez for finding a whole spectrum of ways to obscure Charles Xavier’s genitalia. (New X-Men #148)
Jean’s eminently sensible bra. (New X-Men #148)
Okay, so, the side coverage (or lack of coverage) is a little weird; but I’ll still accept it. (New X-Men #148)
OH SNAP IT’S THE PHOENIX (New X-Men #148)
NEXT EPISODE: Magneto dies, again.

529 – Magneto Was Wrong

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In which many plot threads come together; Charles Xavier is a catastrophically bad listener; you should probably not live in the Marvel Universe; bridges are really important; there’s nothing sexy about dying of heat exhaustion; and we judge Morrison’s Magneto and find him wanting.

X-PLAINED:

  • What Xorn did after dying
  • The story so far
  • New X-Men #146-148
  • Beast’s typing gloves
  • Several innovative ways to type loudly
  • Doomed plans
  • A manufactured confrontation
  • A trap
  • Magneto reimagined
  • Visual depictions of sweat
  • “New Genosha”
  • Death and rebirth
  • Whether Magneto has a place in New X-Men; and if so, what
  • A name for an era

NEXT EPISODE: Yet another death of Magneto

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As Mentioned in Episode 526 – Vengeful Mutants on Drugs

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I love these weird kids. (New X-Men #135)
It really is the same outfit with different flourishes. (New X-Men #135)
That One Shirt. (New X-Men #135)
That… is not how campfires work. (New X-Men #135)
It’s a look, alright. (New X-Men #135)
Go, Beak! (New X-Men #136)
WELL, THAT’S NOT MENACING OR ANYTHING (New X-Men #136)
“His Viennese Waltz, for instance, was terribly clumsy.” (New X-Men #137)
These kids in a nutshell. (New X-Men #137)
Why is that thing on your face, Logan? Who did this to you? (New X-Men #137)
See how much better he looks without it? (New X-Men #137)
Ouch. (New X-Men #137)
I wish these gentlemen only the best. (New X-Men #138)
SPOILER: Their kids are gonna be awesome. (New X-Men #138)
Awkward. (New X-Men #138)
NEXT EPISODE: Murder!

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526 – Vengeful Mutants on Drugs

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In which you should use drugs only with caution; a famous shirt makes its debut; Wolverine is the new Mary Worth; and you were never Quentin Quire’s age (unless you were).

X-PLAINED:

  • What Quentin Quire’s been up to since discorporating
  • New X-Men #135-138
  • The Special Class
  • Basilisk
  • Ernst
  • Dummy
  • No Girl
  • Whether the Xavier School should admit human students
  • Quentin’s new look
  • Kick (more) (again)
  • The Omega Gang
  • That one t-shirt
  • How to punch up your Power Point presentation
  • A somewhat fraught camping trip
  • The Special Class vs. U-Men
  • A secret
  • Some kind of weird affair
  • A riot, of sorts
  • Wolverine’s unfortunate soul patch
  • What actually happened to Jumbo Carnation
  • Telepathic deconstruction
  • The Cuckoos vs. Emma Frost
  • A somewhat mysterious secondary mutation
  • Denouement
  • The subsequent evolution of Quentin Quire
  • What’s happening to xplainthexmen.com when the show ends
  • The telepathy-telekinesis overlap

NEXT EPISODE: Murder!

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