147 The Beginning of the End of the Beginning

Published: Feb. 20, 2017, 10:23 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Buy prints at Redbubble, or contact David to purchase the original!\n\nIn which the New Mutants get a new status quo (and new costumes); we have deeply mixed feelings about Rob Liefeld; Cable is the comprehensive sex-ed to Xavier's staunch denial and Magneto's abstinence-only; Rictor gets a new dad by right of arms; and you should totally come party with us at Emerald City Comic Con!\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tFeral Wolverine\n \tJay & Miles at Emerald City Comic Con\n \tNew Mutants #90, 91, 93, and 94\n \tEarly Rob Liefeld\n \tCaliban vs. Sabretooth\n \tVertical spreads\n \tStately Xavier Ruins\n \tHow to confuse Freedom Force\n \tImaginary fashions of the early '90s\n \tHow Rictor's father may or may not have died\n \tThe New Mutants' new uniforms\n \tA lovingly-rendered butt\n \tImprov with Apocalypse\n \tThe mystery of Rictor's shirt\n \tSeismic weaving\n \tThe Japanese branch of the MLF (Kamikaze, Sumo, and Dragoness)\n \tThe Mutual Liberation Front\n \tDiana, Warrior Princess (again)\n \tSeveral kisses\n \tSleet\n\nNEXT EPISODE: X-Factor Fights Yuppie LARPers or Something\n\n\n\nCORRECTION: In this episode, Jay referred to Bob Harras as Editor-in-Chief of Marvel in 1990. Tom DeFalco was in fact Editor-in-Chief; Harras was the X-Men line editor.\n\n\n\nThe visual companion to this episode will be up later this week!\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.)