381 – If We Told You, We’d Have to Kill You

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which real life sucks; Havok may or may not be a bad enough dude to rescue mutantkind; X-Factor quits; CD-ROMs were never THAT cool; subtlety is for suckers; Val Cooper hates nothing more than she hates the U.S. government; and Jamie Madrox wants nothing to do with your nonsense. X-PLAINED: One way to end a wedding X-Factor #130-133 Malice (again) A thumb (and the biting thereof) Barnes (and her hair) The relative versatility of plasma The Brotherhood A ruse and/or retcon Lighting design A CD-ROM The time Jay wrote some Captain America comics The last time you’re gonna see these Trevor Chase (more) One thing that might’ve inspired Jamie Madrox’s heel turn The nature of Jamie Madrox’s relative mortality Brand names Many faked deaths Agent Bowser A very fancy haunted house X-Factor’s true calling The X.S.E. (again) Mutant shifts in adaptations ‘Nuff said NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur vs. Crimson Dawn! 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!