414 – Blackwater Boy Band

In which Wild Child makes an unlikely Santa Claus; Sabretooth champions continuity; Random’s last name should’a been Violence; Forge doesn’t have to like you; and Mackie’s X-Factor run gets interesting—right before its untimely end. X-PLAINED: Another X-Factor X-Factor #142-145 Unrealized anticipation Deadline What Val Cooper wants for Christmas The evolutionary symbolism of noses Several breeds of dog The secret history of Val Cooper and Wild Child Wildheart The Secret Empire The X.U.E. (more) (again) Ice skating, interrupted Another cool way to draw Havok’s powers A clever retcon The X-Factor that might have been Greystone’s origins Micah A temple of doom The hierarchy of cool skulls Branching timelines and the implications thereof An Alex Summers / Moira MacTaggert chimera NEXT EPISODE: Gambit, again. 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!