Class of X

With the the Disney+ cartoon, X-Men '97, coming out this month I thought now is as a good time as any to walk y'all through what the X-Men were doing in the comics all throughout 1997. This episode we seek to answer questions like "Who is Joseph and why does he look like Magneto?" or "What is Gambit's big secret he can't tell anyone?" or even "Who is this Maggot dude and why does he have pet slugs?" All of this and more as we read through Uncanny X-Men #342-352.

The MCU has introduced the multiverse into the films but what is the history of alternate realities in Marvel comics and what lead them to creating a multiverse hopping team of mutants called the Exiles? Let me introduce you to Morph, Mimic, Nocturne, Thunderbird and the leader of their team, Blink. It's an excuse to talk about "What If...?, "Age of Apocalypse" and the X-Men cartoon. Get in kids, we're traveling the multiverse today!

Reading for this episode includes: Exiles #1-6 (2001)

The world saw Cable assassinate Professor X at a live music concert. But was it really Cable? And what connection does the assassin have with Cyclops & Jean Grey? X-Cutioner's Song was the climax of the mystery behind Cable's origins and beginning of the worst pandemic mutants ever experienced, the Legacy Virus.

Reading for this episode includes: Uncanny X-Men #294-297, X-Factor #84-86, X-Men #14-16 & X-Force #16-18 (1992.)

A church killed an X-Men team member and a priest is the father of another. Mix that up with a techno organic alien race and Nimrod's queer eye persona, Bastion, and you have the makings of a renaissance painting called "X-Force."

Reading for this episode includes: X-Force (2008) #1-6.

Let's start 2024 by getting the record straight. Is Jean Grey the Phoenix? Who is Nightcrawler's dad? What exactly is coming out of Cyclops's eyes? A whole episode tackling misconceptions and myths about the X-Men to prep you for next week's trivia night. Happy New Year, you muties!a

The X-Men are no strangers to celebrating the holidays so this Christmas, Class of X is wishing you a Merry Christmas with a good ol' fashioned Holiday Special Episode! How does Wolverine get his Christmas shopping done? Does Santa looked good in blue fur? Why is Professor Xavier a jerk this Christmas? All of these questions and more will be answered as we discuss 3 fantastic Christmas issues of X-Men comics throughout the years.

To save mutantkind, the X-Men must save the mutant messiah. But Cable has his own plans, the Marauders are still on the hunt, Mystique is weaving webs, the Purifiers won't stop, Predator X approaches swiftly and Bishop himself has entered the arena. Can the X-Men save their kind and if so, at what cost?

Reading for this episode includes: Uncanny X-Men #493-494, X-Factor #26-27, New X-Men #45-46 & X-Men #206-207.

It's been 2 years since the Scarlet Witch warped reality with three word, "Now More Mutants", and the first mutant baby since that day has just been born in Alaska. It's a race against the evolutionary clock as the X-Men seek to find and protect this baby while Mister Sinister, the bigoted Purifiers and a mysterious 3rd party all scramble to claim the child. This is Messiah Complex PART 1!

Reading for this episode includes X-Men: Messiah Complex One-Shot, Uncanny X-Men #492-493, X-Factor #25, New X-Men #44 & X-Men #205 (2007).

What if the Weapon X in Wolverine's origin story was actually Weapon 10? What if Wolverine's origins were linked to Captain America's creation? What if all of this was revealed by a French mutant thief in a flying saucer? Let's talk about Weapon Plus, Wolverine's true backstory and our titular character of the episode, Fantomex! (This episode discusses New X-Men #128-130 and #142-145)

You wake up tomorrow and find you can split yourself into an infinite number of identical duplicates with a snap. What do you do? Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man from X-Factor, X-Force & the X-Men, is opening a mutant detective agency and using his powers and friends to solve mutant mysteries in mutant town. It's time we talk about the 2005 film-noir style mini series, Madrox!