450 – Live at the Clinton Street Theater

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

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!

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