63 – Wildways

Guest art by Ryan Hill! In which cartoon logic is terrifying; it’s immensely frustrating to be Doug Ramsey; Psylock gets evil robot eyes; queer subtext is not just for the ladies; Danger Room cold opens are the new Kitty’s costume changes; Mojo predicts reality TV; Longshot joins the X-Men; and we answer what may be the best question we have ever gotten. X-PLAINED: Captain Britain Corps Alan Davis New Mutants Annual #2 X-Men Annual #10 Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) Slaymaster Mojo Why cartoon logic is terrifying Animal Man vol. 1 #5, “The Coyote Gospel” (Incorrectly described as “The Ballad of Wile E. Coyote” in episode) Wildways Robot eyes Template Snitch Straight Arrow Jubilee (but not that Jubilee) The trouble with determining character ages in superhero comics The stated mission of the New Mutants The proto-X-Babies Longshot’s X-Men debut The New Mutants’ graduation costumes A really charged costume choice Tonal shifts in New Mutants X-Men vs. geese NEXT WEEK: APOCALYPSE NOW! ART CHALLENGE: Design a new graduation costume for one or more of the New Mutants! Send your designs to xplainthexmen(at)gmail(dot)com, with the subject line GRADUATION, and we’ll collect ‘em on the blog at the end of the week! You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Rachel 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! Special thanks to Ryan Hill for this week’s art, and to Claire Miller for the research X-Pertise!