In which Nate Grey is a drama kid; Forge-295 is the hero we need; Mister Sinister is a graduate of the Danielle “Moonstar” Moonstar school of secret identities; and we really, really, really wish that the theater troupe had gotten the ongoing series.

297 – Blood Is Compulsory

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

Food

Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

Books

Ah, the age-old question: would you scissor your clone while yelling? (Uncanny X-Men #367)

In which the Magneto War comes to a close.

X-PLAINED:

 	X-Men #86-87
 	Uncanny X-Men #367
 	Quite a few other things, which we'll add to this post tomorrow!

NEXT EPISODE: Nate Grey meets Generation X!



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446 – Live at the Magnetosphere

In which not every story needs to be an event; Alan Davis returns to the X-line; X-mansion security is not what it once was; Rogue needs some new fantasies; and Magneto wants a country.

445 – Dick War

In which it’s difficult to flee with soup; Miles may or may not be haunting the X-Men; Colossus collaborates involuntarily; Marrow is full of surprises; Magneto is a dick; Jay continues to carry a torch for Secret Wars: Siege; and you should totally come to our birthday party.

X-PLAINED:

 	Several rather pointed allusions
 	X-Force #86
 	Uncanny X-Men #365
 	X-Men #85
 	Almost Reno, NM
 	Where mutants come from
 	The Aguilar Institute (more) (again)
 	Abandoned towns
 	Mary the telepathic moppet (more) (again)
 	Odysseus Indigo
 	The Damocles Foundation
 	Sibling names
 	The Fundamental Attribution Error
 	A haunting
 	Christmas beer
 	Christmas ghost exquisite corpse
 	Bill Jones
 	A rescue mission
 	Essential stories of the ‘90s
 	Our weird favorites
 	Siege
 	Our upcoming 10th birthday party (more) (again)

NEXT EPISODE: Magneto War begins!



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444 – Damnit, Magnus

Jay is dealing with an ongoing family medical emergency, so episode releases may be somewhat unpredictable for the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience!

A Brief Update

In which we walk down X-Plain Memory Lane; everyone needs Bitch Planet; HoX/PoX wouldn't stay on shelves; we learn how to make sure a comic doesn't get canceled; Marvel should have kept publishing those Krakoa-era anthology TPBs; X-Men is indeed a soap opera; and you can jump in here 'cause we're all confused.

X-PLAINED:

 	The most crowded X-year
 	Books With Pictures, official best comics shop in the world
 	Our upcoming 10th birthday party
 	Katie Pryde’s X-history
 	Prioritizing marginalized nerd identities
 	Lapsed X-readers
 	X-sprawl
 	The Dawn of X books that worked (and the one that didn’t)
 	The frustration of discontinued collection formats
 	The perfect number of X-books (again)
 	Drama and kissing
 	What we want after Fall of X
 	Readers’ single issue vs collection preferences
 	The power of the preorder
 	Katie’s (naming) origin story
 	Readers versus speculators
 	How to organize a comic book store
 	Non-X recommendations for X-fans
 	The glory of Judge Dredd
 	X-Men who can be trusted to watch a comic book store

NEXT EPISODE: Deviants, Christmas ghosts, and Magneto!



LINKS AND FURTHER READING:

 	Books With Pictures in Portland, Oregon
 	The Books With Pictures Podcast




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297 – Blood Is Compulsory

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