Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

61 – Even Horses

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Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 6/21/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.

In which the band gets back together; Dani faces down Death; Sam takes Lila home to meet his mom; revenge is a dish best left unserved; there is nothing sadder than Warlock confused by the concept of death; Kitty Pryde has a some opinions about identity politics; and X-Men has not been great with textual representations of neurodiversity.

NOTE: Given some of the material covered in this episode, we wanted to link a few resources below, for anyone who might need them:

  • National Suicide Prevention Line (U.S.): 1-800-273-TALK (8255) www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
  • A fairly comprehensive list of suicide prevention hotlines outside of the U.S.: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
  • Advice for intervention if you suspect that someone you know may be suicidal: http://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/suicide-prevention-helping-someone-who-is-suicidal.htm
  • Autistic Self Advocacy Network: http://autisticadvocacy.org/

    • X-PLAINED:

    • The rotating members of the Guthrie family
    • New Mutants #41-45
    • One way to end a friendship
    • A respectable number of dubious decisions enacted over several issues
    • An epic showdown with an anthropomorphic personification
    • Additional Guthries
    • The Xavier Institute PTA
    • The worst Hellion (more) (again)
    • Legion (more) (again)
    • The second-saddest issue of New Mutants
    • The life and death of Larry Bodine
    • A somewhat bleak recurring continuity error
    • Depression and mental illness in X-canon
    • Care and storage of comic books
    • Autism in X-canon

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