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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which\xa0we check in on Firestar and the New Warriors; superheroes often celebrate Bring Your Mom To The Amazon Day;\xa0Fabian Nicieza employs only the finest of lampshades; and\xa0Emma Frost still doesn\u2019t apologize for blowing up that pony.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tVance Astro(vik)\n \tPenance (but not that one)\n \tAustin Gorton's\xa0X-Aminations\n \tNew Warriors #10\n \tFirestar (Angelica Jones)\n \tThe New Warriors\n \tVisual representations of invisible mutant powers\n \tThe Hellions (more) (again)\n \tTarot and her Morrisonian powers\n \tBevatrons\n \tOxy-cution\n \tThe inevitably increasing complexity of superhero origins\n \tThe Miracle of Microwaves\n \tNew Warriors #31\n \tNova Roma\n \tMagma (Amara Aquilla) (or Allison Crestmere, I guess)\n \tA brief and futile attempt at Roman soldier disambiguation\n \tEmpath and his large collection of red flags\n \tGender-based intuition\n \tA massive, stupid, and quickly undone retcon\n \tSuper-nature versus super-nurture\n \tThe hypothetical psychological roots of Emma Frost\u2019s fashion phases\n\nNEXT EPISODE: X-Factor finally makes it to Genosha!\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.)