319 – Giant-Size Special #9 (feat. Vita Ayala, Tini Howard, and Leah Williams)

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay and Miles receive a mysterious missive and are visited by three of our favorite X-writers; Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix is a pleasant surprise; Nathaniel Essex is the most dramatic man in the Marvel Universe; the sewers of Victorian London were a happenin’ place; Apocalypse isn’t even French; Beast is the flip-side of Sinister; community is for everyone; the Internet is (kind of) Krakoa; and death is fixable, but trauma might take a little more work. X-PLAINED: A quotation Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1-4 A closed loop Time travel with Scott Summers and Jean Grey Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) A somewhat excessive visual aid Beards Cootie Tremble The cultural context of sideshows The first Marauders and/or Nasty Boys Victorian Apocalypse Strained allegories Sanctity Apocalypse vs. the Hellfire Club Oscar the Somewhat Less Nasty Boy Varyingly anachronistic costuming The secret origin of ruby quartz A very vague objective A makeover A closed time loop Actual Cat Wizard Jonathan Hickman Something Jay is not in fact going to pitch to Marvel Creative dynamics and processes in the current X-line Revolutionary joy What’s cooler than one sword The Sixth Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence NEXT WEEK: Jay & Miles take a break NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur gets several Peters and a wolf! 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!