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As Mentioned in Episode 527 – Whodunnit?

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So very romance comics! (New X-Men #139)
Ouch. (New X-Men #139)
Damn, Jean. (New X-Men #139)
Fun times in Emma’s memory. (New X-Men #139)
More fun times in Emma’s memory. (New X-Men #139)
Less fun times in Emma’s memory. (New X-Men #139)
And that’s why you always leave a note! (New X-Men #139)
It’s mystery time! (New X-Men #140)
Someone doesn’t dance the tango to championship standards. (New X-Men #140)
The Phoenix knows what you did (or, I suppose, didn’t do).(New X-Men #140)
Bishop looks prepared to break into song at any moment. (New X-Men #140)
Yeah, they grow there. (New X-Men #140)
AWESOME is what they are. (New X-Men #141)
THE CUTEST MONSTER BABIES (New X-Men #141)
She’ll be back. (New X-Men #141)
Emma’s spleen and heart are now reversed, but it’s cool. (New X-Men #141)
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527 – Whodunnit?

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In which Jean Grey crosses several lines; Emma Frost is killed; Bishop and Sage visit from X-Treme X-Men; mutants are weird; the plot thickens; Emma Frost is resurrected; and we learn several secrets of fly reproduction.

X-PLAINED:

  • The brothers Xorn
  • A question of reading order
  • New X-Men #139-141
  • Cosmic force problems
  • A showdown
  • A brief tour through the mind of Emma Frost
  • A murder most foul
  • Bishop (briefly) (again)
  • Sage (briefly) (again)
  • Many suspects
  • One way to get drugs, I guess?
  • A mysterious shack and its mysterious contents
  • Perils and advantages of being a living computer
  • A murder weapon
  • Angel and Beak’s excellent babies
  • A resurrection
  • A subtly remarkable taxicab
  • The advent of mixed-case lettering in Marvel comics
  • How Angel and Beak’s reproductive cycle corresponds to actual fly reproduction

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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

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507 – Comic Book Logic

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In which there are a lot of explosions in X-Force; Great Britain-616 is to intelligence as Canada-616 is to military; Alastair Stuart used to be fun; Emma Frost is here to stomp on your dreams; Chamber joins the X-Men; and the Generation X kids graduate themselves.

X-PLAINED:

  • Revolution (again)
  • Counter-X (again)
  • X-Force #114-115
  • Generation X #75
  • Yet another origin of humanity and/or life on Earth (again)
  • The World Engine
  • Accurate representation of CD-Rs
  • Genetech
  • A swimsuit interlude
  • Agent Corben
  • Alastair Stuart (more) (again)
  • A kidnapping
  • A really amazingly terrible plan
  • A particularly large explosion
  • The remaining 14 issues of X-Force vol. 1
  • An interlude at Applebee’s
  • Bad times at the New Xavier School
  • A murder (more) (again)
  • Intersectional superheroism
  • An additional bonus murder
  • An invitation
  • Many goodbyes
  • What happens next to the Generation X kids

NEXT EPISODE: The end of Revolution

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As Mentioned in Episode 481 – Chekhov’s Butt-Gun

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In which Adrienne Frost flirts with a corpse. (Generation X #67)
Oh man, Monet’s left sock is going to be all wet and gross for the rest of the morning… (Generation X #67)
I used to love it when the cafeteria served GReeBo C back in high school. (Generation X #67)
I think those bullies were held back a few years… like maybe 30 or so. (Generation X #67)
Just some really fun faces on this page. (Generation X #67)
NO PRETTY BOYS. (Generation X #67)
It’s like a romance comic cover exploded! (Generation X #68)
Hey, that shirt’s just painted on! (Generation X #68)
Teens are the worst, Jubilee. (Generation X #68)
“And I assure you, that’s far from the most dangerous thing in this skirt.” (Generation X #68)
Everyone reacts to bad news in their own way. Penance’s way is to stick a Mjolnir sticker to her face. (Generation X #68)
Well shit. (Generation X #68)
The snowy calm before the fiery storm. (Generation X #69)
“The Leprechauns of Cassidy Keep never gave me this much grief.” (Generation X #69)
What fighting game is this supposed to be?! And don’t say Ninja Boogie! (Generation X #69)
Effortless. (Generation X #69)
What is this, Black Friday? (Generation X #70)
Kid’s got a point, Sean. (Generation X #70)
You really feel the crush of humanity in this issue. (Generation X #70)
Everett Thomas: hero ’til the end. (Generation X #70)
Bye, Adrienne. See ya never. (Generation X #70)
Left-to-right, the answers will be: make bad decisions as part of X-Factor, become a vampire mom, have sex with Angel in the sky above Ma Guthrie, get crucified on the X-Mansion’s lawn, and find out you’re a descendent of Apocalypse. (Generation X #70)
NEXT TIME: X-Force goes Counter-X!

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481 – Chekhov’s Butt-Gun

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In which Adrienne Frost is absolutely terrible (and so was Ronald Reagan); you should not put guns in your butt; Synch deserved better; and Jay and Miles inventory their favorite dangling plot threads of the ‘90s.

X-PLAINED:

  • Several potential origins of Havok’s stupid hat
  • Generation X #67-70
  • Revolution (more) (again)
  • Shockwave (more) (again)
  • Adrienne Frost (more) (again)
  • The New Xavier School and/or Massachusetts Academy (more) (again)
  • Possible necrophilia
  • Dorm life
  • How not to draw clothing
  • Rules of entry to Jubilee’s dorm room
  • The Rich Person Store
  • How to say the word “consigliere”
  • The ‘90s
  • Blackmail
  • Limits of telepathy
  • Arson
  • Ninja Boogie
  • Panic
  • How to keep Synch safe
  • Adultification
  • Failure to keep Synch safe
  • Where to pick up to follow along with us
  • Plot threads we’d like to see picked back up

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As Mentioned in Episode 407 – Freshening Up

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(He is not in fact here to help.) (X-Factor #138)
Heh. Omega Red, man. (X-Factor #138)
The most threatening destroyed football you’ll see today. (X-Factor #138)
THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. (X-Factor #138)
(Spoiler: That’s Mystique.) (X-Factor #138)
A delightful cover. (X-Factor #139)
This whole sequence is so good. (X-Factor #139)
Ever is weird, and I say that with all respect and admiration! (X-Factor #139)
Dark Beast DEFINITELY has multiple candy-colored iMacs. (X-Factor #139)
Mystique: once again mother of the year. (X-Factor #139)
The preceding page literally had a Slaughterhouse Five reference, and I’m kind of annoyed about it. (X-Factor #140)
Fixx, Greystone, and Archer. (X-Factor #140)
A guy who is probably not Cable. (He’s not; he’s an alternate-future Forge.) (X-Factor #140)
Batman. (X-Factor #140)
There are actually *multiple* people huffing frogs, if you look closely. (X-Factor #141)
SERIOUSLY WHY WOULD YOU EVER TRUST THIS MAN (X-Factor #141)
THE PLOT THICKENS (X-Factor #141)
NEXT EPISODE: Bishop: X.S.E.!

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407 – Freshening Up

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In which X-Factor bounces from one rock-bottom to another; Sabretooth gets his (murderous) groove back; Dark Beast embraces the iMac aesthetic; the tip was righteous; Mystique multitasks like a pro; and Shard Bishop has come unstuck in time.

X-PLAINED:

  • X-Nation
  • What X-Factor’s been up to
  • X-Factor #138-141
  • Omega Red (again)
  • The Brotherhood’s new hideout
  • Mallory Brickman
  • Miles and/or Ralph Brickman
  • Gloria Brickman
  • “Freshening up”
  • Mystique, but a sitcom
  • Agent Vargas
  • Ever
  • The secret purpose of Havok’s Brotherhood
  • Exhumes vs. emplates
  • Fixx
  • Greystone
  • Archer
  • The X.U.E.
  • Bantam
  • Leisure activities
  • What would happen if the T-O virus took over Cable’s body
  • What we want from X-Men #700

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As Mentioned in Episode 397 – Mürdr at IKEA

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Daydreamers this is not. (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
Chop Chop’s weapon is a machete, Yuri’s weapon is his fist, and artist Frank Teran’s weapon is the color black. (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
I wish Wild Child and Bob Hoskins always looked like this. (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
Sabretooth and Wild Child may look similar in close-up, but there’s never a question of who’s who. (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
When less detail equals more horror. (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR GIVING YOUR BAR THAT NAME (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
Yes! Use more black, Frank Teran! More! (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
Scrrfffle. (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
Wild Child is shadowed like a villain… until he isn’t. (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
What are the odds?! (Sabretooth: Back to Nature #1)
That guy’s mustache is no match for Psychic Paper. (X-Factor #136)
The iPhone 14 Pro’s cameras ain’t got nothin’ on these. (X-Factor #136)
Have you ever noticed that RAD and HAM have the same number of letters? (X-Factor #136)
WAT (X-Factor #136)
Jeff Matsuda stole some of Frank Teran’s black and is using it well. (X-Factor #136)
Put that towel down! You know you don’t sweat! (X-Factor #136)
“Huh?” is right. (X-Factor #136)
This seems way less efficient than leaving a voicemail. (X-Factor #136)
I HAVE QUESTIONS (X-Factor #137)
Best exes. (X-Factor #137)
It’s a little thing, but I like the symbolism of the seemingly arbitrary background shapes. (X-Factor #137)
It’s a credit to Mystique that she can be legitimately scary while wearing that. (X-Factor #137)
Again with the implied gore. (X-Factor #137)
Of course, honey. Of course. (X-Factor #137)
NEXT EPISODE: The X-Men return from space!