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As Mentioned in Episode 523 – This World of Liars

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Weirdly, Xorn and junk food will actually become a cover motif. (New X-Men #124)
G-Type, the LEGO guardian. (New X-Men #124)
In case you, too, were wondering what Neosaurus’s artificial brain looked like. (New X-Men #124)
Damn skippy. (New X-Men #125)
Still, it’s gotta be creepy when your inner monologue takes the form of your nude father figure in a cloud of ectoplasm. (New X-Men #125)
The best meet-cute. (New X-Men #125)
Damnit, Hank. (New X-Men #125)
Not only does he run around in those suspenders, but apparently he wore them for THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL PHOTO (New X-Men #126)
A better close-up of Mummudrai Charles. (New X-Men #126)
Never piss off a passel of teenagers. They will destroy you. (New X-Men #126)
We see what you did, there. (New X-Men #126)
So, that’s creepy. (New X-Men #126)
More ectoplasmic fun! (New X-Men #126)
Once you know about the electoral map, it’s really hard not to go straight there. (New X-Men #126)
Charles Xavier triumphant, nude. (New X-Men #126)
NEXT EPISODE: This ridiculous man.

523 – This World of Liars

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In which Wolverine learns to fly; pants are a basic human right; we decide to cherry-pick our Xorn retcons; Xavier’s eyebrows follow his mind; and the first year of New X-Men ends with a bang.

X-PLAINED:

  • The origin of the Shi’ar Imperial Guard
  • New X-Men #124-126
  • The current state of Charles Xavier’s body
  • G-Type
  • Neosaurus
  • Plutonia
  • Schism
  • Oracle
  • Stuf
  • Gladiator (more) (again)
  • Angel disambiguation
  • Several plans
  • Mutant justice
  • Several miracles of magnetism
  • Mummudrai
  • Horror movie shit
  • Subtle visual foreshadowing
  • A ruse
  • Education
  • Long-lost family members
  • What may or may not come after this

NEXT EPISODE: Fantomex!

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As Mentioned in Episode 522 – Fetus Fight

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‘Nuff said, as they say. (New X-Men #121)
And in they go! (New X-Men #121)
The Cassandra Nova doors also shoot psychic energy and spit green goo. They’re great. (New X-Men #121)
I love this sequence. (New X-Men #121)
Hi, Charles. (New X-Men #121)
Not as weird as it could have been! (New X-Men #121)
FETUS FIGHT! FETUS FIGHT! (New X-Men #121)
Charles should’ve kept this look when he got his body back. (New X-Men #122)
Fuck, yeah, Emma. (New X-Men #122)
So it goes. (New X-Men #122)
HOW DO NONE OF THE X-MEN HAVE MEDIA TRAINING?! (New X-Men #123)
How to win over Emma Frost. (New X-Men #123)
That they regularly have meetings here is yet another piece of evidence that the Xavier School has no HR. (New X-Men #123)
I’ve had more relationships end this way… (New X-Men #123)
NEXT EPISODE: Your new OTP.

522 – Fetus Fight

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In which Marvel goes wordless; Cassandra Nova breaks space; none of the X-Men have media training; and Gus was the best dog ever.

X-PLAINED:

  • Erik the Red (more) (again)
  • Kin Crimson
  • A big messy bag of mutant glory
  • New X-Men #121-123
  • ‘Nuff Said
  • A journey into Charles Xavier’s mind
  • What Emma is drinking
  • A fetus fight
  • The criminal culpability of a fetus
  • Space problems
  • A cosplay challenge
  • Space
  • Charles Xavier’s weird last wish
  • A press conference
  • Teen romance
  • The Stepford Cuckoos
  • Gus
  • Charles Xavier’s age
  • Nanosentinels
  • Stuf
  • Pre-ride safety announcements from the X-Men
  • Whether Cassandra Nova should’ve been a component of Onslaught

NEXT EPISODE: Cassandra Nova vs. the X-Men (Round 2)!

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