320 – The Accountability Wagon

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320 – The Accountability Wagon

FromJay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

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63 minutes

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Jan 18, 2021

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In which Pete Wisdom is the guy you love to glare at; Nightcrawler is right (and a delightfully complex individual); Colossus has a lot of issues; and Wolfsbane gets the confrontation we’ve been waiting for since the New Mutants graphic novel.

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Jan 18, 2021

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258 – True Believers, Opportunists, and Crooks (feat. Lisa Winters): Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! - In which Lisa Winters pinch-hits for Jay, we take a trip to the newspaper funnies and back, Spider-Man and Beast are natural BFFs, nothing good ever happens at the Brand Corporation, by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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257 – The Adventures of Rachel Summers in the 37th Century: In which Rachel Summers’ continuity somehow becomes even more complicated; X-Men: Phoenix is pretty much a Star Wars (minus the stars); cultural appropriation remains a problem in the distant future; we are surprisingly into the origins of the Askani; ... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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263 – The Oldest Teens of Them All: In which Cable and Domino may or may not be very old teenagers; disguises are not Dani Moonstar’s strong suit; Empath remains awful; Shatterstar probably talks exactly like a telenovela; X-Force needs an office manager; Mothra is larger than most thing... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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256 – Mullets of Time and Space: In which you raised a lot of money for Trans Lifeline; we continue to miss Alan Davis; Rory Campbell should not be narrating a climactic event; Daytripper needs to dial up her eldritch patter; the universe is dubiously self-correcting; Britannic is not... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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275 – End of the Summer: In which Professor is too cool for the Phalanx; fatphobia is significantly more dangerous than Fred Dukes; Strong Guy catches a plane; Emma Frost will not let you coast; Jubilee says goodbye to the X-Men; and it’s probably for the best that we have avo... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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277 – Hedgehogs of Cairo: In which Sauron is a huge nerd; the Savage Land is where Marvel stores the weird stuff; an etymology detour does not come from the X-Pert you’d expect; and Storm will straight-up stab you. by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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262 – Science Fiction Double Feature: In which the Phalanx would make pretty fun novelty candy; “B-Plot” implies that we only have 26; nobody will take Jubilee to the movies; Repo Man and Repo: The Genetic Opera are in fact two entirely different films; Storm is a fashion icon; Sabretooth ... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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266 – They’re Good Dogs, Miles: Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! - In which Havok goes surfing; Malice eats a poodle; Strong Guy’s ex is a big jerk; Sinister’s gotta Sinister; and Miles learns about a meme. - X-PLAINED: The Puppet Master by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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259 – Kwannon Leap: In which fix-it fic goes canon (or vice versa); Psylocke is a complicated individual and/or individuals; assassins have complicated personal lives; it is probably ethical to tell your teammates about your camera eyes; Beast takes over Blue Team; we ge... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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264 – Autotune the Phalanx: In which we celebrate our 100th episode with producer Matt Hunter; you should always be kind to robots; Stryfe has a lot of very petty contingency plans; Britanic is bad at helping; we explore a peculiar pairing of book and arc; Charles Xavier has his ... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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254 – Carry Each Other: Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! - In which Nicole Miller is fashion designer to Earth-1218 and Earth-616, Jay rejects the word “bestest”, we kind of want to just read every word of X-Men #30 aloud, by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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283 – Legion Quest Quest: In which Jay is writing a Cyclops one-shot; It is honestly truly almost Legion Quest; Mystique plays the long game; sometimes filler is a good thing; Havok is a geophysicist, not a geographer; Lila definitely stole it; and more stories should be set in... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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261 – Out of the Subtext, Live from FlameCon with Vita Ayala!: In which we return to our favorite convention; writer Vita Ayala remains an absolute legend; everything was always already queer; and nobody should ever have to wait 37 years for a kiss. by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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286 – Family Before Continuity: In which Sunspot is a bad enough dude to save the president; Black Air is nowhere near as fun as WHO; we reach the end of Fabian Nicieza’s X-Force run; Rictor and Shatterstar talk about feelings; Gambit does not go gently into that good night; Scott an... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies (feat. Chris Eddleman): In which Chris Eddleman joins us for a close look at House of X and Powers of X; Doug Ramsey is highly relevant; resurrection is problematic in a universe with a documented afterlife; there is no reasonable in-continuity justification for the lack of t... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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273 – The Back-End Creep (The Phalanx Covenant, Part 3 of 3): In which we have been on All the Podcasts; Full Shred Thrash is easier to say that it sounds; the Phalanx uses dial-up; Cable is a very large man; Larry Hama writes excellent banter; Cyclops has been progressively desensitized to plane crashes; Cameron... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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272 – Children of the Phalanx (the Phalanx Covenant, Part 2 of 3): In which Ship was inside Cable all along; Life Signs is the Two Towers of the Phalanx Covenant (but only in the bad ways), it’s lucky that the Phalanx doesn’t have WiFi; Nightcrawler embraces chaos; and we promise the crossover gets better next chapter. by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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260 – Professor Power’s Prodigal Podcast: In which we explore the aftermath of Multiple Man’s death; X-Factor has a lot of feelings; it probably sucks to grieve with Charles Xavier; neither power nor responsibility is particularly fun; we finally find out who was trying to kill Polaris; Profes... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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268 – Disquettes: Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! - In which Excalibur addresses a number of dangling plot threads, Britanic finally gets (somewhat) interesting, Kitty really wants Douglock to be Doug, by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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265 – Rude Awakenings: Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! - In which Glen Danzig was the most popular Wolverine fancast for a weirdly long time; breasts have physical mass; the Shi’ar empire is not your friend; Deathbird should not be left in charg... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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285 – Immediately if Not Sooner: In which Goldballs is still a better name than Egg; we continue our progress towards Earth-295; Legion pulls a Stryfe; we’re still pretty shaky on how to pronounce “M’Kraan”; Xavier and Magneto were absolutely and unquestionably doing sex in the 1970s;... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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255 – Rules of the Game: In which the Upstarts are the worst at Calvinball; Moonstar remains a non-mystery; Speedball gets a new costume; Shinobi Shaw never gets to finish a bath; Gamesmaster comes perilously close to getting context; Cable gets a new superpower; and Rahne Sin... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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271 – Abs for Days (The Phalanx Covenant, Part 1 of 3): In which we’re finally both back in the virtual studio; Generation X is the new Inferno; the Phalanx Covenant begins; we’re not talking about Hickman in our coverage of this story; Banshee is the adult in the room; the Phalanx is pretty sexist; and gro... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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278 – A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: In which Moonstar really wasn’t fooling anybody; Bird Brain is somehow still alive; Cassidy Keep is weird; Gene Ha draws excellent Storm; Reeva Page makes her sole comics appearance; and Shinobi Shaw is wrong about everything. by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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267 – The Saddest Joyride: In which Emma Frost is a better Iceman than Bobby Drake; Generation X is aggressively foreshadowed; Malcolm and Randall are the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to Bishop’s Hamlet; and we launch a campaign for our own Multiversal designation. by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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276 – Wizard Problems: In which Excalibur gets a regular writer again; we judge a book against against its covers; nothing good ever comes from being sexy on Muir Isle; and the soul sword’s real power is cutting through continuity. by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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269 – NYCC 2019 Sofa Special: Double Dactyl, feat. Seanan McGuire: In which Seanan and Jay break down their favorite X-Villains; technically everyone is always cosplaying Mystique; Magneto remains the gold standard; and we have some concerns about Eye Boy. by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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281 – Memories: In which Warpath and Colossus should start a support group; X-Force gets a new HQ; we make an unprecedently large number of musical-theater references; Cable is a highly qualified individual; tranq darts don’t work like that; Emma Frost gives fairly de... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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HAWK TALK – Social Distance Special: Normally, this would be a skip week and there wouldn't be an episode - but things are pretty weird in the world right now. Let's talk X-Men comfort reads - with bonus complete lack of editing! by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods: In which some universes are more pleasant than others; Havok is basically a Care Bear; Wolverine is a P.R. nightmare; Nate Grey tries; stealth is not among the Silver Surfer’s strengths; Night Thrasher ascends to godhood; Jay and Miles dive down the Wh... by Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
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320 – The Accountability Wagon

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