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500 – People Who Stick Together

September 21, 2025 Jay 16 comments

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In which we sure did that.

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Miracles of magnetism
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

NEXT EPISODE: Maximum Security!

Special thanks to:

Producer, fellow musketeer, and all-around mensch Matt Hunter
Episode 500 guests David Maybury and Josephine Riesman
- David’s blog and upcoming Vegas trivia tournament
- Josie’s website and Morrison run-focused podcast
Illustrator David Wynne
Producers Emeritus Bobby Roberts, Kyle Yount, and Kurt Lloyd
Parental-leave pinch hitters Al Kennedy and Dylan Higgins
Everyone who’s made the X-comics what they are
Our families, friends, and enablers
Our kickass patrons, who make this podcast possible
All of our listeners, who make this podcast worthwhile

Please consider this to be the visual companion to episode 500.

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As Mentioned in Episode 200 – Lightning in a Bottle, with Louise Simonson

June 3, 2018 Jay 3 comments

Listen to the episode here.

LINKS & FURTHER LISTENING:

For the beginning of Louise Simonson’s X-Factor run, check out Episode 64 – Ski Lodge of Apocalypse.
We started covering Simonson’s New Mutants run in Episode 82 – Birds and Boys.
Hear about the aftermath of Doug Ramsey’s death in Episode 91 – The Saddest Story Ever Told.
For a close look at Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown, click over to Episode 114 – Meltdown.
You can learn more about the Judgment War arc in Episode 128 – A Stupid Way to Die, and Episode 133 – Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars.
Louise previously appeared on the show–along with Chris Claremont–in Episode 168 – Live at NYCC.
(We interviewed Chris at more length in Episode 100 – Unexpected Wonder.)
And we talked a lot about the mutant metaphor and current politics in Episode 164 – This Is the Mutant Revolution: Live at Rose City Comic Con.
The new Power Pack podcast we mentioned this episode is Unpacking the Power Pack. Go give ’em a listen!

200 – Lightning in a Bottle, with Louise Simonson

June 3, 2018 Jay 29 comments

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!

In which we celebrate a major milestone with the coolest person ever to work on the X-books and look back at the last four-plus years of the podcast; and nobody ends up on trial at the Hague.

NEXT WEEK: Jay & Miles take a much-needed vacation.

NEXT EPISODE: The X-Men take the fight to Mojoworld!

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 100

September 29, 2016 Jay 8 comments

Week of 9/28/2016:

In which Victor Ibañez should draw Storm forever; Alti Firmansyah should draw everything forever; and somehow we have filmed 100 of these things!

REVIEWED:

*Extraordinary X-Men #14 (02:30)
X-Men ’92 #7 (08:51)

*Pick of the Week (13:22)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

Fancy hats provided by Anna Sheffey.

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