178 Giant-Size Special #6

Published: Dec. 25, 2017, 7:38 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which we enter a new era of X-Men; Magneto reluctantly returns to villainy; Jay tries to like X-Men volume 2; when in doubt, you should open your story with a space fight; Nick Fury has so many pouches; experimenting on babies unsurprisingly backfires; psychic powers are pink; Claremont deserved better; Producer Matt makes his on-air debut; and you (yes, you!) are once again the recipients of a Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Award for Excellence in X-Cellence.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tLoa\n \tThe 1991 relaunch of X-Men\n \tX-Men vol. 2 #1-3\n \tChris Claremont's departure from Marvel\n \tX-Men vs. Uncanny X-Men\n \tBlue Team\n \tGold Team\n \tWhy Magneto is emblematic of Claremont's vision for the X-Men\n \tWhy there are so many copies of X-Men #1\n \tHow comics sales are counted\n \tOur very different perspectives on X-Men #1\n \tA space fight\n \tRevision vs. reversion\n \tWhat may or may not be in Nick Fury's pouches\n \tDaring loungewear worn well\n \tFabian Cortez\n \tFlatscans\n \tDisproportionate escalation\n \tThe Acolytes\n \tDelgado, kind of, maybe\n \tSeveral notable absences\n \tThe Magneto Protocols\n \tThat one time Magneto got turned into a baby\n \tSome dubious science\n \tA semi-invisible plane\n \tCode Silver\n \tFurther miracles of magnetism\n \tProducer Matt Hunter\n \tChiptunes\n \tPodcasting about video games\n \tThe Fourth Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence\n \tBest X-Toon holiday episodes\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Havok gets a job!\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Cordelia for her help on the episode opening!\n\n\n\nCheck out 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\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.)