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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which almost everyone is better than Romulus; Barry Windsor-Smith continues to draw the best naked X-Men; Jay has strong feelings about Wolverine's origins; Miles still hasn't seen The Prisoner; when in doubt, it's probably Kang the Conqueror and/or Mystique; we remain unqualified to give bear-fighting advice; you should not hide out in a nuclear reactor; and the Coffee-a-Go-Go has probably been turned into a new-wave sushi bar or something.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe Professor (Truett Hudson)\n \tRomulus\n \tJay & Miles at Rose City Comic Con\n \tMarvel Comics Presents #72-84\n \t"Weapon X"\n \tBackstory attrition\n \tA really good opening montage\n \tSome very effective use of color\n \tHealing hair\n \tThe original villain behind Weapon X\n \tA retconned origin of Wolverine's claws\n \tDr. Abraham Cornelius\n \tCarol Hines\n \tTerry Gilliam's Weapon X\n \tAudio vs. text-based mind control\n \tAn action figure in dubious taste\n \tThe Milgram Experiment\n \tAn adaptation we'd like to see\n \tA bad place to hide\n \tSubsequent "Weapon X" retcons\n \tHow Cyclops's powers have (and haven't) developed\n \tJay's general failure at X-tourism\n\nNEXT WEEK: More MCP, featuring "The Retribution Affair" and "God's Country"!\n\nYou can find the visual companion to this episode\xa0on 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\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.)