450 – Live at the Clinton Street Theater

In which we celebrate our tenth anniversary by X-Plaining what may be the most reviled X-arc; you should not try this at home; Mystique is so much better than this story; Azazel is a really boring devil; Nightcrawler should probably be missing a hand; the Xavier School definitely does not have an HR department; and we would prefer that you not pee on Iceman. X-PLAINED: Nightcrawler’s (most recent) parentage Uncanny X-Men #428-434 X-Men Blue: Origins #1 The X-Men, like, in general Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) Some narrative choices Mystique Baron Christian Wagner Marvel Europe Azazel Church sex Nightstreaker Isla des Demonas Foibles of Warren Kenneth Worthington III Annie and Carter Ghazikhanian Abyss Kiwi Black The Cheyarafim and Neyaphem Bad times with psychic therapy Post-traumatic supervillainy Uncool Hell A miracle of magnetism The only cool thing in Uncool Hell A very elegant retcon X-Muppets Characters who deserve more page space Miles’s favorite X-Person What the Worthington Corporation does A character who could reasonably be Azazel’s kid NEXT EPISODE: Back to X-business as usual! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! 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!