22 Through Death and Through Life

Published: Sept. 7, 2014, 5 p.m.

Art by David Wynne\n\nIn which Rachel and Miles celebrate an anniversary with a retrospective of one of the great romances of the Marvel universe; the Summers/Grey family tree is more of a transdimensional strawberry patch; the X-Men play some football; Professor Xavier is not a jerk; and Scott Summers and Jean Grey are the power couple of existentialism.\n\nX-Plained\n\n \tSummers kids\n \tScott and Jean\n \tFeelings\n \tX-Men #32\n \tThe worst date ever\n \tMadelyne Pryor\n \tPlot-relevant prosopagnosia\n \tThree proposals\n \tX-Factor #53\n \tUncanny X-Men #308\n \t\u201cFatal Attractions\u201d\n \tThat one panel that gets us every time\n \tX-Men vol. 2 #30\n \tSome really excellent wedding vows\n \tThe best kiss in X-Men\n \tCats Laughing\n \tWhy \u201cOne\u201d is actually a pretty decent first dance\n \tExistential ramifications of fictional romance\n\nNext week: Rachel and Miles take a much-needed vacation.\n\nWeek after next: The New Mutants!\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to the episode \u2013 and links to recommended reading \u2013\xa0on our\xa0blog.\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\nSupport us on\xa0Patreon!