267 – The Saddest Joyride

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! 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. X-PLAINED: The first time the X-Men met Emma Frost Uncanny X-Men 314-315 X-Men Annual #18 A game show nobody should ever under any circumstances actually make Emma Frost’s recruitment tactics Previously unexplored ice powers The direct prelude to Generation X Caliban (more) (again) SoftPaws(TM) The giant squids of New York The neophyte A trial, kind of X-Men power fantasies Earth-X-Plain NEXT EPISODE: We’re so close to nearly reaching what’s almost the Phalanx Covenant! Game show music by MusicManiac301; used with permission. 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! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!