In which Jay makes a sartorial switch; Hope Summers is less confusing than you might expect; we are very happy to present our first all-artist convention special; Ramon kills his idols; Rachelle deciphers the past; Bret (re)defines New Mutants; a long-time mystery is resolved; colorists deserve more respect; the Xavier School probably has an actual curriculum; and a lot of X-Men have really cool hair.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe adventures of Hope Summers\n \tSeveral Phoenix hosts\n \tThe time Quentin Quire became a Shi'ar god\n \tJay's mom\n \tOur panelists' definitive X-Men\n \tE for Extinction\n \tKilling your idols\n \tColoring as archaeology\n \tVisually defining the X-Men\n \tNew Mutants that might have been\n \tFavorite costumes\n \tThe actual color of Storm's '90s costume\n \tEditorial direction vs. editorial mandate\n \tPractical considerations in costume design\n \tActual education at the Xavier School\n \tWolverine's assorted children\n \tThe best hair in the X-Men\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Cannonball dies (briefly)!\n\n\n\nNo visual companion to this one, but check out the first part of our ECCC gallery over\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.)