Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

By Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

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Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men episodes:

April 14, 2026521 – Snowflakes
Illustration by David Wynne
In which John Sublime sucks; Angel Salvatore rules; trauma does not justify evil; and you should never, ever, ever mess with Jean Grey.
X-PLAINED:
A horrifying revelation
The universe where Jay and Miles work for Cassandra Nova
New X-Men #118-120
John Sublime (more) (again)
The U-Men
Psychic energy, gender-reveal party-style
The Stepford Cuckoos
One way to disperse a mob
An uncivil conversation
The death and/or discomfort of many U-Men
An awakening of sorts
Squaring the phoenix
Hank McCoy’s “coming out”
NEXT EPISODE: The Shi’ar invade!
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52min
April 06, 2026520 – Head Like a (Black) Hole
Illustration by David Wynne
In which several individuals are not what they seem; John Sublime sucks; Cyclops talks Xorn down from a cosmic ledge; we meet the inimitable Beak; and Cassandra Nova makes herself (limitedly) known.
X-PLAINED:
John Sublime
Marvelscope™
New X-Men 2001 Annual
New X-Men #117
Xorn
X-Corporation
The U-Men
Ao Jun (and his super gross mutant power)
Synchronized heists
Psychometry vs. telepathy
A big eventual twist
Beak (Barnell Bohusk)
A kiss
Some really fucked up use of telepathy
Some Moira MacTaggert continuity nonsense
NEXT EPISODE: U-Men vs. X-Men
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46min
March 30, 2026519 – Beautiful People With Incredible Powers
Illustration by David Wynne
In which we start the Morrison Run; Professor X gets his hands on Chekhov’s gun; Cassandra Nova raises X-villains to a new level of weird; and humanity is running on borrowed time.
X-PLAINED:
No-Girl
New X-Men #114-116
Grant Morrison and their approach to the X-Men
Superhero fashion
Cerebra
Beast’s new look
Ugly John
Interpersonal dynamics
Cassandra Nova (somewhat)
Donald Trask
Master Molds
Wild Sentinels
Emma Frost (more) (again)
Negasonic Teenage Warhead (the original)
The fall of Genosha
Secondary mutations
The most strapless bra of all time
The Black Bug Room
Summers problems
Official X-Men and the designation thereof
Wonder Man and mutants
NEXT EPISODE: Beast has a bad day
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1h 7min
March 16, 2026518 – Mapping the X-Gene
In which Dr. Jey McCreight joins us to discuss all things X-Genetics!
X-PLAINED:
The genetics and taxonomy of Marvel’s merry mutants
NEXT EPISODE: The Morrison run begins!
Follow Dr. Jey on Bluesky, and check out Beyond X and Y!
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57min
March 09, 2026517 – Sliding Scale Ransom
In which we totally forgot to record a cold open (sorry); a lot of characters die (but not in Earth-616); Vampires may already be in command of America’s atomic arsenal; and we revisit a favorite.
X-PLAINED:
What If vol. 2 #9
What If vol. 2 #24
What If: Magik #1
Rahne Sinclair (moppet stage)
The deaths of the Silver Age and All-New-All-Different X-Men
Fancy television
Sliding-scale ransom
Then Ani-Men, somewhat
The Living LASER, somewhat
An orgy of satiation
Wolverine, Lord of the Vampires
Several highlights of Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
Vampire nonsense
The Darkhold
The Montessi Formula
Some alligators
August 5
Frank Punisher, Vampire Hunter
What If vol. 2 #37 (briefly)
A kinder alternate history
A singularly beautiful montage
The Soul Staff
Summers family connections
How Wolverine climbs
NEXT EPISODE: Unspooling the X-Gene, with Dr. Jey McCreight!
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44min
March 02, 2026516 – The Evolution of Magneto (feat. Asher Elbein)
In which Asher Elbein joins us to discuss the complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.
X-PLAINED:
Some complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.
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1h 14min
February 16, 2026515 – Origins
In which we do a thing and are not even sorry.
X-PLAINED:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Next Episode: Magneto, with Asher Elbein!
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1h 5min
February 09, 2026514 – Plan 9 From Westchester
In which we provide some inroads to resisting fascism in your community; pacifism has amazing abs; Cyclops and Wolverine play revolutionary chicken; Amelia Voght fails to live up to her narrative potential; Jean Grey continues to make spectacularly bad choices; Polaris deserves better; and Wolverine finally gets to stab Magneto.
X-PLAINED:
Community action and aid
X-Men #112-113
Uncanny X-Men #393
Genosha (more) (again)
Northstar (more) (again)
Dazzler (more) (again)
Sunpyre (more) (again)
Hector Rendoza (more) (again)
Paulie Provenzano (more) (again)
Frenzy (more) (again)
Amelia Voght (more) (again)
St. Sebastian thirst traps
Sewer adventures
Post-Apocalypse Cyclops (more) (again)
Awkward conversations about feelings
Implausible knitting
The Age of Apocalypse X-Babies
A protracted confrontation
Bad strategy
A confusing ruse
Some stabbing
What happens to the unlikeliest X-Men
Jean Grey as Charles Xavier’s heir
Best potential uses of Hector Rendoza
NEXT EPISODE: The secret (retconned) origin of Wolverine!
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53min
February 02, 2026513 – Eve of Destruction
In which Jay and Miles make an announcement; the X-Men are down to bare bones; Cyclops and Corsair are stunningly bad at feelings; Trish Tilby is stunningly bad at journalism; Magneto says goodbye to nuance; and Jean Grey assembles a team.
X-PLAINED:
X-Corps vs. X-Corp
A thing that will be happening in a few months
The story so far
Uncanny X-Men #391-392
X-Men #111
The state of the X-Men
A short-lived Cyclops costume
A reunion
A sorry excuse
Resolution, somewhat
Genosha (more) (again)
Conflict of interest
Several excellent villain speeches
Joanna Cargill (Frenzy) (again)
Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar) (again)
Hector Rendoza
Yet another angry mob
Paulie Provenzano (Omerta)
Leyu Yoshida (Sunpyre)
Ice skating in Rockefeller Center
Our picks for a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
NEXT EPISODE: Eve of Destruction concludes!
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52min
January 19, 2026512 – You Can Get Anything You Want at Stryfe’s Restaurant
In which it’s rude to eat in a helmet; Cable does his best villain bit; Bishop is clearly unfamiliar with early X-Force; we’re pretty sure clones still count as people; and Stryfe is the surprise MVP of Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom.
X-PLAINED:
Another time Stryfe and Bishop teamed up
Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #3-6
Some of the Witness’s fancy swag
An extremely awkward meal
Stryfe in four pages
Unsubtle foreshadowing
The relative ethics of killing Stryfe
A visual representation of time
Somewhat logical consequences
Bad clone ethics
Future uncertainty
Le Bête Noir
Hell-lord / anti-Phoenix disambiguation
A fancy t-shirt
The appropriate amount of mean to be to Stryfe
When Gambit and Bishop: Sons of the Atom takes place relative to The Search for Cyclops (more) (again) (inconclusive)
Reasons not to live under a crypt in New Orleans
Betty Noir’s
Relative (fictional) body counts
Business-casual Stryfe
Lucas Bishop, kitten guy
Relitigating the X-traitor
NEXT EPISODE: Eve of Destruction (and some bonus Summers family bullshit)
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47min

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