Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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We've been explaining the X-Men informally for years-to our friends and family, to the Internet, and, occasionally, to patient strangers on the street. Now, we're making it official, with Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men: a weekly podcast dedicated to unpacking the weird, wonderful world of our favorite superhero soap opera for newcomers and die-hard fans alike.
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
5d ago
Feral’s back – just in time to wreck Jay’s voice again! (And Siryn’s, but we’ll get to that later.) (X-Force #88)
In which timeline math is almost never worth it; Tarot comes back from the dead (kind of) (maybe); Magma makes a heel turn; “King Bedlam” would be a great name for a ska band; not every nude man can turn into a bear; and you don’t have to talk to your supervillain relatives.
X-PLAINED:
The Triune Understanding
Birthday party follow-up
X-Force #87-90
Legacy and continuity
Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson)
Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert)
Goat Simulator
King Bedlam (Christopher Aaronson)
The N ..read more
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
1w ago
In which everything is an event these days; Skin may or may not have a skeleton; everyone has a crush on Synch; we are intrigued by Integer; and it’s hard to be Emma Frost.
X-PLAINED:
War of the Mutants
Generation X #50
X-Man #50
Nate Grey (again)
Adrienne Frost
Science
Dark Beast (again)
Gene Nation
Vessel
Hemingway
Membrain
Fever Pitch
Dark Opsidian
Iron Maiden
Wynter
Tattoos
More science
Integer
Trauma
Multiversal designations
The Morlock Tunnels
NEXT EPISODE: X-Force vs the New Hellions
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Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
3w ago
Ah, the age-old question: would you scissor your clone while yelling? (Uncanny X-Men #367)
In which the Magneto War comes to a close.
X-PLAINED:
X-Men #86-87
Uncanny X-Men #367
Quite a few other things, which we’ll add to this post tomorrow!
NEXT EPISODE: Nate Grey meets Generation X!
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Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
1M ago
In which not every story needs to be an event; Alan Davis returns to the X-line; X-mansion security is not what it once was; Rogue needs some new fantasies; and Magneto wants a country.
X-PLAINED:
A poor governance decision
X-Men: The Magneto War #1
Uncanny X-Men #366
Astral demerits
A very dramatic dream
The yolk of oppression
Several Acolytes
Nightcrawler’s nightcap
Our standards for advertisers
Suburban Magneto
Ferris
Magnet problems
Forged DNA
Mutants from Georgia, Florida, and Indiana
Flying with Storm
NEXT EPISODE: Magneto wins.
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Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
1M ago
In which it’s difficult to flee with soup; Miles may or may not be haunting the X-Men; Colossus collaborates involuntarily; Marrow is full of surprises; Magneto is a dick; Jay continues to carry a torch for Secret Wars: Siege; and you should totally come to our birthday party.
X-PLAINED:
Several rather pointed allusions
X-Force #86
Uncanny X-Men #365
X-Men #85
Almost Reno, NM
Where mutants come from
The Aguilar Institute (more) (again)
Abandoned towns
Mary the telepathic moppet (more) (again)
Odysseus Indigo
The Damocles Foundation
Sibling names
The Fundamental Attribution Error
A haunting
C ..read more
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
1M ago
Jay is dealing with an ongoing family medical emergency, so episode releases may be somewhat unpredictable for the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience ..read more
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
2M ago
In which we walk down X-Plain Memory Lane; everyone needs Bitch Planet; HoX/PoX wouldn’t stay on shelves; we learn how to make sure a comic doesn’t get canceled; Marvel should have kept publishing those Krakoa-era anthology TPBs; X-Men is indeed a soap opera; and you can jump in here ’cause we’re all confused.
X-PLAINED:
The most crowded X-year
Books With Pictures, official best comics shop in the world
Our upcoming 10th birthday party
Katie Pryde’s X-history
Prioritizing marginalized nerd identities
Lapsed X-readers
X-sprawl
The Dawn of X books that worked (and the one that didn’t)
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Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
2M ago
In which Marrow remains a connoisseur of dead rats; Jay has opinions about the NYC Subway system; U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. are snazzy dressers; Doctor Doom gets excited about Onslaught; Magneto can have a rocket pack if he wants; villainous game recognizes villainous game; weird retcons are the best retcons; and you should totally come to our birthday party.
X-PLAINED:
A peculiar side effect of Wolverine’s healing factor
Jay & Miles on Bluesky (and other social media)
Our upcoming 10th birthday party and live show (and related announcements)
X-Men Unlimited #22
X-Men/Doctor Doom Annual 1998
An ..read more
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
2M ago
In which Banshee should eat the rich; the real Monet is way more of a jerk than the fake one; the Marvel Universe is the world inside your brain-case; Maggott joins and quits Generation X at almost the speed of Sunfire; Dracula gives Chamber the D; and if Jay and Miles die in this episode, they die in real life.
X-PLAINED:
Dracula as a universal standard
Earth-441
Generation X #48-49
The missed potential of 13,000-year-old teenager Gaia
The Jay Faerber run of Generation X
Emma and Banshee’s forgotten X-friendship
That time that Moira ripped off Banshee’s skin and wore it like a Halloween cos ..read more
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
3M ago
From organic steel to organic… whatever that is. (X-Men #83)
In which the Hunt for Xavier remains vaguely disappointing; Gambit is good with kids; nanomachines are the new unstable molecules; Marrow is a walking armory; and we recommend comics for babies.
X-PLAINED:
The Hunt for Xavier, Part 2
Babies and/or ghosts
Chekhov’s repowering
X-Men #83-84
Uncanny X-Men #364
Cerebro / Cerebro Prime
Cerebrite Alpha
Cerebrite Beta
X-Men serial numbers
What Gambit’s friends call him
How Miles stopped worrying and learned to love Gambit
Evil robot sperm
Mary Purcell
Multiple-monitor displays
A computer wi ..read more