Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
Daunted by complex continuity? Can’t tell a mutate from a warpie? We are here for you. We have trained for this responsibility for decades. We have the backissues, the calluses, and a really detailed map of the Summers family tree.
We’ve been explaining the X-Men informally for years–to our friends and family, to the Internet, and, occasionally, to patient strangers on the street. Now, we’re making it official, with Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men: a weekly podcast dedicated to unpacking the weird, wonderful world of our favorite superhero soap opera for newcomers and die-hard fans alike.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 537
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
36 – Steal This Podcast
Art by David Wynne. Prints available in the shop until 12/28, or contact David for the original!
In which we play Six Degrees of Lila Cheney; Cannonball gets a makeover; Earth does not in fact blow …
00:47:24 |
Sun 21 Dec 2014
35 – Post-Disco Panic
Art by David Wynne
In which literally every character in Dazzler: The Movie is the absolute worst; Beauty and the Beast is secretly kind of awesome; Ann Nocenti is an editorial war-bard; Rachel issu…
00:51:12 |
Mon 15 Dec 2014
34 – Mordenkainen’s Marvelous Mutants
Art by David Wynne. Prints available here through Sunday, December 14!
In which we venture forth into an age undreamed of, there are so many reasons to have Northstar on your team, Selene is the wor…
00:52:32 |
Mon 08 Dec 2014
33 – Crossoverload
Art by David Wynne! Prints here, or contact David for the original.
In which we dive into two crossovers; our DCU is the DCAU; the Greys just cannot catch a break; Darkseid is basically Santa Claus;…
00:53:24 |
Mon 01 Dec 2014
32 – Off the Map
Art by David Wynne
In which we hit the definitive arc of New Mutants; Bill Sienkiewicz blows our minds; Rachel gets choked up over a credits spread; Rahne gets a makeover; Doug Ramsey is justifiably…
00:50:37 |
Mon 24 Nov 2014
31 – Chekhov’s Raygun
Art by David Wynne
In which there is a whole, whole lot going on; we continue to have no use for Michael Rossi; Wolverine should be an advice columnist; Forge makes bold fashion choices; the health …
00:50:46 |
Sun 16 Nov 2014
30 – New-Wave Superteens in Love
Art by David Wynne
In which the New Mutants are the Bobbsey Twins to the X-Men’s Sam Spade; Nina da Costa is Ms. Frizzle; New Mutants does a Rachel-and-Miles cold open; Selene is the Elizabeth Ba…
00:46:01 |
Sun 09 Nov 2014
29 – Mutant in a Box
In which Cyclops is the worst at vacations, Mystique is your favorite MurderMom™, Havok is eternally ABD, Kitty Pryde does science, Callisto doesn’t give a damn about her bad reputation, Xavier has a…
00:45:53 |
Mon 03 Nov 2014
28 – What’s New, Shadowcat? (Featuring Greg Rucka)
Art by David Wynne.
In which we welcome back Greg Rucka, Rachel makes a valiant effort to read Secret Wars, Earth-200500 is still the best Earth, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine is kind of dodgy, Ogūn is …
00:43:35 |
Mon 27 Oct 2014
X-TRA – Greg Pak at New York Comic Con
Storm #1 cover art by Victor Ibañez
Rachel caught up with Greg Pak during NYCC--on no sleep, and on the con floor, so apologies in advance for the sound--to talk about Storm, Storm, team vs. solo ti…
00:17:11 |
Thu 23 Oct 2014
27 – NYCC 2014 Special with Kris Anka and Russell Dauterman
Adam X the X-Treme, updated by David Wynne!
In which we sit down with two of our favorite X-artists for an hour of continuity, character design, and a lot of wine; Corsair is the coolest; Emma Frost…
00:38:30 |
Sun 19 Oct 2014
26 – The Other Team America (featuring Chris Sims)
Art by David Wynne.
In which Danielle Moonstar is the Wolverine of the New Mutants, Henry Peter Gyrich is the Walter Peck of the Marvel Universe, Michael Rossi is no Peter Corbeau, Xavier is a Brood…
00:54:10 |
Sun 12 Oct 2014
25 – The Best at What He Does
Art by David Wynne, after Katsushika Hokusai.
In which Wolverine gets his first miniseries, Yukio is still (and forever) the best, we categorically reject the classification “manic pixie dreamgirl,”…
00:47:49 |
Mon 06 Oct 2014
24 – Ororo, Queen of the Galaxy
Art by David Wynne.
In which Professor X is (canonically!) a jerk, Miles has Sidrian Hunter feelings, Kitty Pryde is Clarissa Darling with a dragon, we introduce a drinking game, the X-Men do Barbar…
00:38:22 |
Sun 28 Sep 2014
23 – Meet the New Mutants
Art by David Wynne.
In which Rachel and Miles return triumphant, the X-Men get a second ongoing series, we hit peak Moira MacTaggert, R-A-H-N-E is definitely pronounced “rain,” Sam Guthrie is the ni…
00:39:46 |
Sun 21 Sep 2014
22 – Through Death and Through Life
Art by David Wynne
In which Rachel and Miles celebrate an anniversary with a retrospective of one of the great romances of the Marvel universe; the Summers/Grey family tree is more of a transdimensi…
00:41:29 |
Sun 07 Sep 2014
21 – Kurt Busiek at the Coffee-a-Go-Go
Art by David Wynne
In which special guest Kurt Busiek is the J. Robert Oppenheimer of X-Men, Rachel and Miles learn to love the Silver Age, Cyclops gets a job, Bernard the Poet falls from grace, we …
00:48:39 |
Sun 31 Aug 2014
20 – The Brood They Carried
In which Claremont levels up; the Brood are legitimately scary; Colossus is an ethical dude; Nightcrawler and Wolverine share beers in the face of certain death; Storm turns into a space whale; we ar…
00:51:34 |
Sun 24 Aug 2014
19 – Acorns and Swords
In which we continue our delve into the eldritch end of the X-Universe, Illyana Rasputin has a rough childhood even by X-Men standards, Kitty Pryde is a Niven fan, Limbo is way metal, Vincent Price i…
00:40:26 |
Sun 17 Aug 2014
18 – You’ve Got a Dracula Problem
In which Dr. Nemesis is delightful, Bill Sienkiewicz foreshadows himself, Dracula hits on absolutely everyone, Blade Godwins a crossover event, Jubilee get a jet ski, the X-Men do Castlevania 2, Rach…
00:47:36 |
Sun 10 Aug 2014
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