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Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.\n\nIn which we recap nearly 200 issues in under three minutes; Madelyne Pryor is the Medea of X-Men; Mister Sinister takes the stage; Dazzler is basically an '80s movie refugee; Scrambler may or may not be an exchange student from the Riverdale Marauders; Marc Silvestri is excellent at some things and less so at others; nothing good happens in Nebraska; Trish Tilby is the April O'Neil of X-Factor; and we swear that it was a total coincidence that this episode went up on Mother's Day.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tOne solution to the existential conundrum of the Carol Danvers who is also kind of part of Rogue\n \tPretty much everything that's happened since the Dark Phoenix Saga\n \tThe structure of Inferno\n \tUncanny X-Men #239-241\n \tX-Factor #36-37\n \tThe rise of the Goblin Queen\n \tSeveral deaths in elevators\n \tMister Sinister and his amazing action-figure collection\n \tThe evolution of Mark Silvestri\n \tMadelyne and Alex\n \tA very symbolic dress\n \tThe Rainbow Room\n \tM-Squad\n \tThat damn costume\n \t1989 in outfit form\n \tJay's favorite Marauder\n \tRats-R-Us\n \tWolverine vs. a mail box\n \tThe X-Men, but evil\n \tThe secret origin of Madelyne Pryor\n \tA long-anticipated reunion\n \tObjects we'd demonically animate\n \tWhich X-Man should do your taxes\n\nNEXT WEEK: The Passion of Madelyne Pryor\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog!\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes, Google Play,\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nJay\xa0and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to\xa0help support the podcast\u2013and unlock more cool stuff\u2013you can do that\xa0right here!\n\nBuy prints of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!