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Art by David Wynne. Prints, cards, and coffee mugs available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.\n\nIn which we find the idea of Jack Kirby as G-d deeply comforting; "Jercules" is our new favorite insult; the difference between camp and divinity is good backlighting; Zeus does not have the moral high ground; Ron Lim's Captain Britain is the definitive cad; the Demon Druid is the saddest supervillain; Archangel broods like it's his day job; and Jay gets to do all the fun voices for once.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe Upstarts\n \tAn inflatable Batman\n \tNew Mutants #81\n \tExcalibur #20\n \tX-Factor #47\n \tOur favorite Magma story\n \tThe best insult\n \tPugilistic impunity\n \tA context-inappropriate oath\n \tThe worst film festival\n \tFighting fire with Magma\n \tThe Demon Druid\n \tA Satanic pirate tavern\n \tReactorhenge\n \tThe depths of fuchsia\n \tArchangel's deeply weird comfort mechanisms\n \tSome dude named Greg\n \tPublishing delays\n\nNEXT WEEK: Lady Mandarin, feat. Sarah Kuhn\n\n\n\nYou can find the 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\nWe're in the process of migrating our\xa0official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out!\xa0(You can still find the designs we haven't moved yet at Redbubble.)\n\nBuy prints (or mugs) of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!