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Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 5/17/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.\n\nIn which nothing comes between Sam Guthrie and his classic sci-fi allusions; Sunspot tries; the Beyonder is really scary; you can have Danielle Moonstar\u2019s agency when you pry it from her cold, dead hands; Empath remains the worst kid; Tom Corsi and Sharon Friedlander just cannot catch a break; Emma Frost gets nuanced; Magneto does the wrong things for the right reasons; Rachel and Miles like liking things; and we finally wrap up Secret Wars II.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tSoulsword\xa0custody\n \tNew Mutants #36-40\n \tThe best Secret Wars II tie-in\n \tSeveral Beyonder-triggered crises of confidence\n \tA literal derailment in the midst of a metaphorical derailment\n \tThe Greek tragedy of Illyana Rasputin\n \tPersonal personifications of death\n \tCounting coup\n \tThe death of the New Mutants\n \tCrossover-related PTSD\n \tA pep talk from a frog\n \tArt style as a component of narrative\n \tThe Hellions (again)\n \tSadneto\n \tMadneto\n \tA completely avoidable fight\n \tRachel\u2019s definitive Emma Frost moment\n \tEmma Frost, Charles Xavier, and moral culpability\n\nNEXT WEEK: The dubious debut of Apocalypse!\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion\xa0to 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!\n\nBuy prints of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!