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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)
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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

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