418 – Reignfirefighters

In which S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are scarier in suits; Reignfire is the new Erik the Red; “background assets” would be a very funny euphemism; it’s always either time travel or clones; and you should probably not get a corporate logo tattooed on the side of your head. X-PLAINED: Crimes of Dark Beast X-Force #77-80 The Mutant Liberation Front Reignfire (repeatedly) Video Renaissance Almost Reno, NM The inversion of several common tropes Small towns Different kinds of mutants X-Force Fun Facts Skids (Sally Blevins) Several continuity errors Some kidnappings Sexiness without prurience Background assets Dr. Joshua (again) (Henry Wallinger) Psychic shenanigans Las Vegas Word-balloon disambiguation X-Force’s new HQ Historical X-Men we’d like to see NEXT EPISODE: Generation X and the Seven Dwarves 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!