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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 the back-up stories of Atlantis Attacks are way better than the main event; the Serpent Society is hilarious; Longshot finds a rock; the S.U.R.F.E.R.S. are no Neutrinos; our volume of digressions is inversely proportional to our investment in this crossover; Jay overthinks sunglasses; and somehow we still aren't entirely done with Inferno.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tLeonard McKenzie\n \tPrincess Fen\n \tTiger Shark\n \tA dubious crossover event and three splendid backup stories\n \tThe best thing in Marvel Puzzle Quest\n \tSkateman\n \tAtlantis Attacks\n \tUncanny X-Men Annual #13\n \tNew Mutants Annual #5\n \tX-Factor Annual #4\n \tGhaur\n \tLlyra\n \tHomo mermanus\n \tThe Serpent Society\n \tBoomslang\n \tWhy snakes don't wear vests\n \tThe Maple Hill Farm books\n \tThe Horn of Doom (again)\n \tNamorita\n \tImpractical swimwear\n \tSurf, or S.U.R.F.E.R.S., or whoever the hell they are\n \tZak and the Neutrinos\n \tThe trouble with mobile landmarks\n \tA case of mistaken identity\n \tThe true meaning of something, probably\n \tRalph Macchio, but not that Ralph Macchio\n \tCircumstances in which it is acceptable to throw a small child down an elevator shaft\n \tThe definitive Boom Boom\n \tEligible gentlemen of the Marvel Universe\n \tBoom Boom Von Doom\n \tA false dichotomy\n \tSally Pashkow\n \tA really great outfit\n \tPresidencies rated by X-Books\n \tBest and worst moral inversions\n\nNEXT WEEK: Mojo Mayhem!\n\n\n\nART CHALLENGE: Send your best Boom Boom romance stories, covers, and pin-ups to xplainthexmen(at)gmail.com by SEPTEMBER 15, with the subject line BOOM BOOM RULES.\n\n\n\nNOTE: In this episode, Jay briefly confused two Marvel villain teams: the Serpent Society (snake-themed villains);\xa0and\xa0the Sons of the Serpent, also known as the Serpent Men (hate group). We would like to offer our apologies to the Serpent Society, who are ridiculous but not, as far as we know, racist.\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog!\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\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!