290 – The Obvious, the Silly, and the True

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it’s kind of a relief to be talking about a fictional apocalypse right now; Joe Madureira defines the look of the mid-late 1990s; Sunfire is less cheesecake than crepes Suzette; it all comes back to capes; Wild Child is more than he seems; Holocaust sucks about as much as you’d expect of someone who picked that code name; Jay has surprisingly strong feelings about Morph; Miles is all about judging some babies; resistance is fundamental to the X-Men’s identity within a superhero-universe paradigm; nobody deserves to be quarantined with Quentin Quire; and our two-week lead is making proofing these podcasts an increasingly surreal experience. X-PLAINED: Several things Blink might have done but did not. The status quo as of mid-March, 2020 Earth-295 (more) (again) Astonishing X-Men #1-4 Our coverage of the core Age of Apocalypse series Age of Apocalypse as proof of concept The best character design of Earth-295 Some guy named Rex A lake of blood which may or may not be figurative Sabretooth’s last-ish stand The revolutionary value of silliness Jay’s favorite Orwell quote The Infinite Processing Plant DefCon Armageddon A very cool fight scene Catharsis Mutants without the metaphor Best and worst X-Men to be quarantined with NEXT EPISODE: Weapon X! 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!