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The All-New, All-Yelling X-Men! (X-Men #1)

Say what you want about Jim Lee’s art, but his Magneto is GREAT. (X-Men #1)

You’d think S.H.I.E.L.D. would pay Nick Fury enough to buy a suit that fits. (X-Men #1)

Fun fact: almost every spot illustration of an X-Man that you’ve ever seen comes from this or the following issue. (X-Men #1)

We are worried about Psylocke. (X-Men #1)

CORRECTION: Gambit did not kiss Jean. He kissed a robot replica of Jean, which then exploded. We regret the error, but Gambit probably regrets it more. (X-Men #1)

LOOK AT THIS FASHION GOD. (X-Men #1)

“Also, one of them has an underscore in his Twitter handle.” (X-Men #1)

Magneto, master of text. (X-Men #1)

Another image from early in Lee’s tenure that shows up a lot in other publications. (X-Men #2)

Okay, NOW we get it: Nick Fury spent his entire suit budget on pouches. (X-Men #2)

Never not hilarious. (X-Men #2)

We’re just gonna let this page speak for itself. (X-Men #3)

Raise a glass. (X-Men #3)

NEXT EPISODE: Havok gets a job.

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• Best Writer: Charles Soule, for Astonishing X-Men
• Best Artist: Alessandro Vitti, for Iceman
• Best Colorist: Felipe Sobreiro, for Generation X
• Best Ongoing Solo Series: Iceman
• Best Ongoing Team Series: Generation X
• Irene Adler Memorial Award for Most Anticipated Upcoming Series: Storm, by Ta Nehisi Coates and Jen Bartel
• How-Was-This-So-Good? Award for a Premise That Shouldn’t Have Worked But Did: “Weapons of Mutant Destruction” by Greg Pak
• Cyclops Has A Good Day: Champions #12, for good friends being good friends.
• So That Happened: Last page of Jean Grey #10
• Nate Grey Award for Best Cross-Dimensional Import: Bloodstorm in X-Men: Blue
• Coming Back Strong: Hope Summers in Jean Grey
• Norman Osborne Award for Gratuitous Resurrection: Logan
• Light of Our Life: Honey Badger
• These Deep Cuts Form a Picture: Gifted
• Best Non-X Marvel Title: Runaways by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka

Classic Corbeaus

• Buried Treasure: “Weapon X,” as published in Marvel Comics Presents
• You Tried: Chris Claremont, circa 1991
• Why Havok Didn’t Finish His Dissertation This Year: He was busy being Magistrate on Genosha
• Object Permanence Is Overrated Award for Inconsistent Corporeality: Amanda Sefton
• Murder Rainbow Award for Most Entertainingly and Chromatically Redesigned Costumes: Late-run New Mutants
• Lurking in the Wings Award: Guido Carosella
• Sauron’s Jorts Award for Draculas Who Are Not Draculas but Try Real Hard: Crimson and the Blackbirds
• Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Charles Xavier’s swimsuit area as distressingly rendered by Whilce Portacio
• Major Christopher Summers Award for Most Awkward Family Reunion: Rachel Summers and Jean Grey in “Days of Future Present”
• Kitty Pryde Sartorial Exception of Excellence: The Rocketeer ensemble from X-Men: True Friends
• On-the-Nose Award for Effective Use of Heavy-Handed Metaphor: Genosha
• Best Jacket Ever Award: Cyclops in X-Factor Forever
• Erik the Red Award for Justifying the Existence of This Podcast: Jen Askani
• Future Past Award for Most Anticipated Upcoming Series Coverage: X-Factor

AND FINALLY:

• Best Listeners of Any Podcast, Ever: YOU. Extra hard, this year.