344 – Where No Mutant Has Gone Before (feat. Tina Carleton)

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the X-Men cross over with two generations of Star Trek; your grandma invented slash fiction; Gladiator punches a starship; we designate a universe; Leonard McCoy gets bowdlerized; “Gary” is a silly name for a god; Elizabeth Dehner deserves better; a lot of things happen in space; Worf and Wolverine enjoy a brief but intense romance; the X-Men should have more to say about the ethics of “curing” mutation; and we successfully delay Onslaught by another week. X-PLAINED: Cross-franchise creative footprints Collecting Star Trek in the ‘90s Secret origins of Tina and Jay’s friendship Star Trex Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Second Contact Star Trek: The Next Generation / X-Men: Planet X Delta Vega “Where No Man Has Gone Before” The Shi’ar (again) The relationship of Star Trek to the Marvel Universe Earth-1701, which may or may not also be Earth-200500 Proteus (again) A dubious date First Contact The Borg Several temporal anomalies The Traveler Michael Jan Friedman Xhaldia Time Hooks and/or Chrono-compasses Prune juice Your new ship The Drakkon A simulated Charles Xavier A Highland sex ghost, apparently? NEXT EPISODE: All of the Marvels, with Douglas Wolk! 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!