235 – Fatal Extractions (Fatal Attractions, Part 2)

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Magneto may or may not own a Namor body pillow; Cyclops probably doesn’t color-code his files; Colossus is Not Okay; bats are nature’s flashers; there are a lot of reasons to be mad at Fatal Attractions; Charles Xavier is surprisingly durable; the X-Men know their Aeschylus; Jean Grey goes in through the face; and bringing Wolverine to fight the guy who controls metal was probably not a great idea. X-PLAINED: Mutant Alpha Uncanny X-Men #304 X-Men #25 False foreshadowing Costume storage and display Relative moral event horizons The character dehabilitation of Magneto The Magneto Protocols How Cyclops organizes his files An excellent eulogy The complicated legacy of Illyana Rasputin Several noteworthy absences A memorable funeral The ‘behold’ thing A protective mesh of electromagnetic fire A well-played callback A strategically dubious plan Several Prometheus Bound quotations An uncharitable assumption The blood-brain barrier A severe costume injury The definitive scene of Fatal Attractions The root of Onslaught Which X-Men would podcast Our preferred comics formats NEXT EPISODE: Colossus still can’t catch a break Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! We’re in the process of migrating our official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out! (You can still find the designs we haven’t moved yet at Redbubble.)