291 – Eat Malarkey and Die

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we celebrate a birthday; nuclear war is never a good Plan A; every Logan is Old Man Logan; we are underwhelmed by the Pretty Boys of Earth-295; Jean Grey is one hell of a pilot; there are so many reasons not to like Donald Pierce; teleporters are the narrative nuclei of the Age of Apocalypse; and Gateway of Earth-295 deserves significantly more in-depth exploration than we can provide. X-PLAINED: Weapon X (Logan) Weapon X #1-4 Irony Coordinating costumes to tattoos (and vice versa) How to ride a sentinel Apocalypse’s sea wall Mutant power classifications The mass human evacuation Nuclear war Magma A load of malarkey Interactions of telepathy and PTSD The Pretty Boys of Earth-295 How not to jump out of a zeppelin What Carol Danvers smells like Gateway (Earth-295) An exceptionally high-tech guilt trip Unconventional navigation Character transformations between universes The complex conundrum of Jean Grey When humans became aware about mutants Logan’s D&D alignment Our own D&D character histories NEXT EPISODE: Factor 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!