205 Back to Basics

Published: July 16, 2018, 4:43 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which Jay returns from Latveria; Sabretooth is significantly less menacing in French; Fabian Nicieza takes the reins; X-Force wins our hearts and minds; Gideon plunders Flash Gordon's wardrobe; Crule does not actually rule; Rictor was right; Ship is the friend who helps you move, but better; the X-Force kids strike out on their own; and it's probably impossible to explain Joseph too much.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe secret origin of Gideon\n \tHow to get deported from Latveria\n \tMarvel en fran\xe7ais\n \tX-Force #11-15\n \tSome gratuitous posturing\n \tPico\n \tWhat the actual Domino has been up to\n \tOne hell of an outfit\n \tPeacock powers\n \tCrule\n \tA comical mix-up\n \tA somewhat radical cosmology\n \tA very dramatic strike force\n \tTygerstryke\n \tX-Force post-Liefeld\n \tWeapon P.R.I.M.E.\n \tA four-page spread\n \tA fight for one is a fight for all\n \tVance Astro\n \tThe death of Copycat\n \tThings only Cable and Domino could do\n \tJoseph (more) (again)\n \tMarvel style and its evolution\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Fire, life, and backstory!\n\n\n\nCheck out 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.)