Art by David Wynne. Prints, cards, and travel mugs available until 2/22/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.

In which Legion grows from setting to protagonist; Rachel is a master of narrative rationalization; “Claremont” is a verb; Warlock befriends an airplane; Xavier owns a significant mistake; New Mutants does a deep dive into power dynamics; you should go read X-Men: Legacy already; and Si reveals the true secret nature of reality.

X-PLAINED:

Blindfold (Ruth Aldine)

Luca Aldine

Legion (David Haller)

Mental illness in fiction

New Mutants #26-28

Socialized medicine

Appropriate gym apparel

Rachel’s favorite scene from any X-book, ever

Claremonting

Jack Wayne

Cyndi

Jemail Karami

Roughly 20 years of condensed continuity

The Age of Apocalypse

Age of X

X-Men: Legacy vol. 2

Father issues

David Haller’s accent

The Origamist

Santi Sardina

A visual metaphor

The true secret nature of reality

Professor Y

The Franklin Richards Universe Hypothesis

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