422 – Cairn Touch This

In which the X-Men’s membership is a complicated subject; not all angels know each other; we need to talk about Beast’s Wasp costume; Cecilia Reyes speaks for all reasonable folk; Storm gets a mysterious package; and reading comics day-and-date may not be for everyone. X-PLAINED: The variable loyalties of the N’garai X-Men #74-76 A somewhat atypical team lineup A whole lotta backstory How to join the X-Men Warren Kenneth Worthington III as a religious figure Flechette clean-up Teenage drama Detective Jim Logan A lot of murder The N’garai Beast’s Wasp costume Explanatory captions for real life The Ru’tai Pilgrimm Mai’Keth the Undying One The Eye of Kierokk Maggott’s secret origins X-Men cartoons for a 7-year-old Reckoning with loss in comics NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur rushes toward its conclusion 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!