Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/8/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.\n\nIn which we bid a fond farewell to Bill Sienkiewicz; Secret Wars II continues to ruin everything; the New Mutants end up in an improbable number of gladiatorial arenas; Shadowcat\u2019s secondary mutation is queer subtext; Magik gives no fucks about your crossover event; Warlock transcends storytelling conventions; and Karma rejoins the team.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe chronologically inconsistent mobility of Professor Xavier\n \tThe Shadow King\n \tNew Mutants #29-34\n \tSteve Leialoha\n \tThe Arena (more) (again)\n \tEvil group projects\n \tEaster eggs\n \tRachel Summers: butch fashion icon\n \tSome major failures of positive size diversity in comics\n \tMadripoor\n \tAshake\n \tThe incredible changing Guthries\n \tThe wickedest club in Cairo\n \tDefault X-teams\n \tCypher\u2019s powers\n\nNEXT WEEK: Miles and Elisabeth Allie\xa0X-Plain X-Men / Alpha Flight\n\n\n\nNo visual companion this week, because, reasons.\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nSupport us on\xa0Patreon!\n\nBuy prints of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!