Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 9/6/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

 

In which Dazzler is not a team player; Longshot is the Zonker Harris of the X-Men; Juggernaut is That Guy; Rachel and Miles channel Statler and Waldorf; and Alex Summers is seriously never, ever going to finish grad school.

X-PLAINED:

Mutant X

The only well-adjusted Scott Summers in the Multiverse

The Goblin Entity

Uncanny X-Men #217-219

The evolution of the X-Men’s lineup

Standards for a good twist

Doonesbury

Several Dungeons & Dragons analogies

A dubious literary allusion

Flying jeeps

CrimeBros

The fundamental tragedy of Longshot

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and several homages thereto

Geordie and Rupert

Havok (more) (again)

Car-wreck sex

An unfortunate end to a camping trip

The Plot Bus

Several ways to stat Rogue up as a D&D character

Narrative-friendly power sets

Special thanks to:

The wonderful Adam Warrock, for letting us sample his song “Teamwork” in this episode! You can listen to the full track here, and find more of Adam’s work at adamwarrock.com.

Harrison Barber for his X-Pert D&D advice (not to mention nearly fifteen years of tolerating our nonsense at the gaming table)!

NEXT WEEK: X-Men: Evolution with Robert N. Skir!

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