Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 5/3/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.\n\nIn which the X-Men get their third ongoing series; Elle drops in to x-plain the Defenders; the band gets back together; rich people are not like the rest of us; Cyclops is in desperate need of some kind of intervention; and X-Factor is basically Ghostbusters.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tCameron Hodge\n \tThe fairly spectacular secret origins of X-Factor\n \tThe Champions\n \tThe New Defenders\n \tThe evolution of Hank McCoy\n \tX-Factor #1\n \tThe death throes of Scott and Madelyne\u2019s marriage\n \tRusty Collins\n \tA really bad first date\n \tThe increasingly dubious life choices of Scott Summers\n \tThe worst job interview\n \tSushi-a-Go-Go\n \tHow not to have an intervention\n \tX-Factor\n \tThe X-Terminators\n \tThe Phoenix Force on Earth-811 (and its relationship to Rachel Summers)\n\nNEXT WEEK: The Beyonder ruins everything. Again.\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!