72 Thrown Under the Plot Bus

Published: Aug. 31, 2015, 5:23 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 9/6/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.\n\n\xa0\n\nIn which Dazzler is not a team player; Longshot is the Zonker Harris of the X-Men; Juggernaut is That Guy; Rachel and Miles channel Statler and Waldorf; and Alex Summers is seriously never, ever going to finish grad school.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tMutant X\n \tThe only well-adjusted Scott Summers in the Multiverse\n \tThe Goblin Entity\n \tUncanny X-Men #217-219\n \tThe evolution of the X-Men\u2019s lineup\n \tStandards for a good twist\n \tDoonesbury\n \tSeveral Dungeons & Dragons analogies\n \tA dubious literary allusion\n \tFlying jeeps\n \tCrimeBros\n \tThe fundamental tragedy of Longshot\n \tBrigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and several homages thereto\n \tGeordie and Rupert\n \tHavok (more) (again)\n \tCar-wreck sex\n \tAn unfortunate end to a camping trip\n \tThe Plot Bus\n \tSeveral ways to stat Rogue up as a D&D character\n \tNarrative-friendly power sets\n\nSpecial thanks to:\n\n \tThe wonderful Adam Warrock, for letting us sample his song \u201cTeamwork\u201d in this episode! You can listen to the full track here, and find more of Adam\u2019s work at adamwarrock.com.\n \tHarrison Barber for his X-Pert D&D advice (not to mention nearly fifteen years of tolerating our nonsense at the gaming table)!\n\nNEXT WEEK: X-Men: Evolution with Robert N. Skir!\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\nBuy prints of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!