218 Careful What You Lick

Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 7:18 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which X-Cutioner's Song may be over, but its repercussions continue; Uncanny X-Men hits a major milestone; superhero comics are and always have been political; Bishop learns to banter; the X-Men gain an unlikely ally; and Magneto remains exceptionally difficult to kill.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tJay & Miles at VVCBF\n \tUncanny X-Men #298-300\n \tThe Acolytes (more) (again)\n \tThe Upstarts (more) (again)\n \tSeveral important lessons\n \tA very fancy room\n \tA very fancy brain\n \tThe unpleasant fate of Sharon Friedlander\n \tThe all-new, all-different Acolytes\n \tCarmella Unuscione\n \tThe return of one of our favorite antagonists\n \tA sick burn\n \tThe fate of Asteroid M\n \tMolting\n \tA debate\n \tGraydon Creed (more) (again)\n \tThe tentative redemption of Robert Kelly\n \tHow to lose a debate with Joe Biden\n \tA large number of prescient political references\n \tFriends of Humanity\n \tHow to engage with a fascist in a televised debate\n \tNoah DuBois\n \tFatale\n \tA generic rural mob\n \tMilan\n \tA narratively convenient superpower\n \tAmelia Voght\n \tSeamus Mellencamp\n \tNeophyte\n \tThe gospel of Magneto\n \tA joyous reunion\n \tThe helmet that wouldn't die\n \tPonytail ethics\n \tTimelust\n \tSeveral accents\n \tThe current state of Rogue's powers\n\nNEXT EPISODE: All Emma All Episode (feat. Seanan McGuire, Leah Williams, and more)!\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.)