293 – The Monster Under the World

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which not all Mondos are created equal; the kids are only rarely all right; the Age of Apocalypse is not Magneto’s fault; Sugar Man is the stuff of universal nightmares; “cartoonish” is not necessarily a plus; and the Age of Apocalypse is not particularly sustainable. X-PLAINED: Generation Next #1-4 The tradition of YA horror in X-books Bachalo unchained Whose fault the Age of Apocalypse is Adaptive technology vs. Apocalypse Chamber of Earth-295 Husk of Earth-295 Skin of Earth-295 Mondo of Earth-295 Vincente Cimetta Know-It-All (Claudia) An abysmal training exercise Colossus of Earth-295 Shadowcat of Earth-295 Gardner Monroe (Flashback) Quietus Sugar Man The Portland and/or Seattle Core Illyana Rasputin Ace Human collaborators A gratuitous Monty Python reference The difference between mass and volume Number Six The fall of Generation Next Growing up in the Age of Apocalypse Illyana 2.0 Subtext vs. queerbaiting NEXT EPISODE: X-Calibre! 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!