Art by David Wynne. Buy prints at RedBubble, or contact David to purchase the original!\n\nIn which Val Cooper remains the club queen of U.S. Intelligence; the Shadow King is a huge jerk; Storm is a badass at any age; Gambit gets off to a surprisingly good start; "flesh and spirit" is the new "body and soul"; and we are guardedly optimistic about an upcoming release.\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tUnconventional evidence of nefarious influence\n \tUncanny X-Men #265-267\n \tStorm's early origins\n \tThe Shadow King\n \tDeb Levin\n \tA kind of pointless revenge plot\n \tTrouble in space\n \tA great deal of larceny\n \tCounterintuitive costuming\n \tThe debut of Gambit\n \tAn unnecessarily complicated plan\n \tCharm, and\xa0charm\n \tRegrets\n \tOur thoughts on the upcoming\xa0Legion\xa0series\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Excalibur meanders, with guest X-Pert Elisabeth Allie!\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode\xa0on our blog!\n\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\u2019re in the process of migrating our\xa0official shop to TeePublic!\xa0Click over to check it out!\xa0(You can still find the designs we haven\u2019t moved yet\xa0at Redbubble.)