292 – Weekend at Sinister’s

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it is probably not actually possible to be too nasty for Earth-295; Sinister is on nobody’s side but his own; Vulcan is still the worst Summers in the multiverse; the Bedlam Brothers are too delightful for the EMF; Heaven is just straight-up Rick’s Bar now; Polaris of Earth-295 is the saddest Polaris; Scott Summers and Jean Grey make a good team in most universes; and the metaphors of 1995 read very differently in 2020. X-PLAINED: Nathaniel Essex of Earth-1610 A regrettable tattoo #Creators4Comics Scott Summers (Cyclops) of Earth-295 Alex Summers (Havok) of Earth-295 Factor X #1-4 Working for the Man Costume design as narrative The EMF (Elite Mutant Force) Northstar and Aurora of Earth-295 Sam and Elizabeth Guthrie (Cannonball and Amazon) of Earth-295 Jesse and Terrence Aaronson (Bedlam Brothers) of Earth-295 Heaven (the bar) Scarlett McKenzie of Earth-295 Someone who is not Magneto The Brain Trust Lorna Dane (Polaris) of Earth-295 An obscene monument Innuendo of several sorts That time Jean Grey got captured Resistance of various sorts Poetic almost-kinda justice One more fallen angel Villains of the Age of Apocalypse NEXT EPISODE: Generation Next! 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!