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Rachel screwed up and accidentally gave David material for episode 54 instead of 53, so there's no illustration this week. Instead, we offer both our sincere apologies and this photo of Miles dressed up as Mister Sinister for\xa0a costume party.\n\nIn which Wolverine doesn\u2019t care about your baby; Storm takes charge; duels are terrible bases for systems of government; editorial mandate is hell on a marriage; Magneto is a pretty cool teacher; Jean Grey comes back; and we have mixed feelings about the Phoenix retcon.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tKenji Uedo\n \tUncanny X-Men #201\n \tNew Mutants #35\n \tAvengers #263\n \tFantastic Four #286\n \tClassic X-Men #8\n \tThe post-Trial of Magneto status quo\n \tNathan Christopher Charles Summers\n \tA small cross-section of Cyclops\u2019s myriad issues\n \tThe wrong means to the right end\n \tMagneto\u2019s educational philosophy\n \tThe politics of creative credits\n \t\u201cYou Know Who\u201d\n \tThe Phoenix retcon\n \tSeveral unrelated break-ins\n \tThe return of Jean Grey\n \tJean and the Phoenix Force\n \tAlternate-timeline Madelynes Pryor\n \tJean Grey\u2019s code names\n\nNEXT WEEK:\xa0X-Factor\xa0begins! (for real, this time - sorry about that SNAFU!)\n\n\n\nYou can find a companion index to the material mentioned in this episode on our blog!\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nRachel and 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!