71 – The Once and Fuchsia King

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 8/30/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.   In which the New Mutants return from space; Professor Xavier ruins everything; Magneto is the Craig Pelton of X-Men; Cypher carouses shamefully with Hellfire tramps; Karma quits the team; and we wrap up Chris Claremont’s New Mutants run. X-PLAINED: Leong and Nga Coy Manh New Mutants #51-54 The Starjammers (again) The paradox of Professor X Several dramatic speeches The Hellfire Club for Creative Anachronism Plan Omega (but not that one) A fairly epic dress-code violation Magik vs. Limbo A very specific bit of fancasting Best Magneto What X-fans (may or may not) live for A well-wrought nightmare Hellion disambiguation Doug Ramsey’s Fancy Hair New Mutants X Frank Zappa Wacky teen hijinks at the Hellfire Club Carousing shamefully with Hellfire tramps A heroic challenge A counterintuitive heart’s desire Claremont’s New Mutants run. Libraries Emma Frost’s accent The sounds of blastin’ NEXT WEEK: It’s hard to be Havok. 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! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!