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Guest art by Ryan Hill!\n\nIn which cartoon logic is terrifying; it\u2019s immensely frustrating to be Doug Ramsey; Psylock gets evil robot eyes; queer subtext is not just for the ladies; Danger Room cold opens are the new Kitty\u2019s costume changes; Mojo predicts reality TV; Longshot joins the X-Men; and we answer what may be the best question we have ever gotten.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tCaptain Britain Corps\n \tAlan Davis\n \tNew Mutants Annual #2\n \tX-Men Annual #10\n \tCaptain Britain (Brian Braddock)\n \tPsylocke (Betsy Braddock)\n \tSlaymaster\n \tMojo\n \tWhy cartoon logic is terrifying\n \tAnimal Man vol. 1 #5, \u201cThe Coyote Gospel\u201d (Incorrectly described as \u201cThe Ballad of Wile E. Coyote\u201d in episode)\n \tWildways\n \tRobot eyes\n \tTemplate\n \tSnitch\n \tStraight Arrow\n \tJubilee (but not that Jubilee)\n \tThe trouble with determining character ages in superhero comics\n \tThe stated mission of the New Mutants\n \tThe proto-X-Babies\n \tLongshot\u2019s X-Men debut\n \tThe New Mutants\u2019 graduation costumes\n \tA really charged costume choice\n \tTonal shifts in New Mutants\n \tX-Men vs. geese\n\nNEXT WEEK: APOCALYPSE NOW!\n\n\n\nART CHALLENGE: Design a new graduation costume for one or more of the New Mutants! Send your designs to xplainthexmen(at)gmail(dot)com, with the subject line GRADUATION, and we\u2019ll collect \u2018em on the blog at the end of the week!\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to 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\nSpecial thanks to Ryan Hill for this week's art, and to Claire Miller for the research X-Pertise!