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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which Jay has exciting news, Rick Leonardo draws an impressively creepy mad scientist\u2019s lair, the clouds are purple and so is the prose, Powers of X gets a subtle prequel 21 years early, Cable\u2019s own tolerance has finally reached zero, and we summarize Bastion\u2019s backstory way, way faster than Bastion does.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tMachine Man (X-51) (Aaron Stack)\n \tOperation Zero Tolerance (more) (again)\n \tJay\u2019s upcoming parental leave\n \tBastion (Sebastion Gilberti)\n \tM-Tech\n \tPowerman 5000\n \tCable & Machine Man Annual 1998\n \tHobgits and their sound effects\n \tStreet Fighter: the Roleplaying Game\n \tBatroc ze Lepair\n \tJack Kirby\u2019s 2001: A Space Odyssey\n \tX-51 / X-23 overlaps\n \tClassic Summers Family Bullshit\n \tPsionic soapboxes\n \tWhat makes Bastion a compelling villain\n \tThe necessity of companions\n \tMaster Mold 3.0 & Nimrod 2.0\n \tMachine Man & Bastion Annual 1998\n \tTerrible font choices\n \tZORCH\n \tCable vs. floors\n \tThe carbon footprint of robotic fascism\n \tMarvel Comics Presents #17-24 (just a little)\n \tIncredible Hulk Annual #7 (just a tad)\n \tThe Siege Perilous\n \tThe future of Machine Man\n \tThe hypothetical 2022 version of Bastion\n \tHistorical events in which we\u2019d love to see long-lived mutants take part\n\nNEXT WEEK: We take a break for the holidays!\n\nIN TWO WEEKS: The\xa0Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men 2022 Giant-Size Winter Special!\n\n\n\n\n \tCheck out the visual companion to this episode on our blog!\n \tFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n \tJay\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 \tBuy rad swag at\xa0our TeePublic shop!