275 – End of the Summer

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! 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 avoided corporate advertisers. X-PLAINED: Mr. M Thor: Metal Gods Ship (more) (again) The Phalanx vs. the Borg Several cover homages X-Force #39 X-Factor #107 Uncanny X-Men #318 Prosh The myriad delights of embodiment A complex theory about Leprechauns Benefits of single-issue stories Strong Guy vs. the Blob Strong Guy vs. Gravity Strong Guy vs. an airplane Strong Guy vs. biology Several explosions The kids of Generation X Deluxe-format comics The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning Goodbyes Dazzler’s relative immortality Jay’s X-Men Happy Meal Toy wish list How to make a page-accurate Warlock toy NEXT EPISODE: The Soul Sword Trilogy 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!